Comparison · 163 merchant reviews read · Updated October 2026
Elevate vs Shogun
Short answer
Pick Elevate if you need shipping tests and you want the fewest bug complaints.
Pick Shogun if you need profit per variant and you want the lowest starting price ($39/month).
 Elevate |  Shogun | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.9★ (144) | 4.2★ (45) |
| Cost at your traffic | $49+/moStarting price. The listing says price rises with orders but gives no tiers. | $39+/moCheapest plan: Pro. |
| How price scales | Starts at $49/month with a free trial, and the price goes up with your store's sitewide order volume and the plan you choose. | Starts at $39/month and goes up by plan, which mainly differs in the number of active tests and features; a free trial is available but its length isn't stated. |
| Launched | December 22, 2020 | March 21, 2025 |
| App Store listing | App Store listing |
Shogun starts at $39 a month, Elevate at $49
Elevate
- Basic Plan$49/mo
- Standard Plan$99/mo
- Premium Plan$499/mo
“Pricing scales based on sitewide order volume”
Shogun
- Pro$39/mo
- Advanced$119/mo
- Unlimited$499/mo
Only Elevate can run shipping tests
Read from each app's listing. A dot means the listing says it can do it.
Shogun reviews mention bugs problems 21.4% of the time, Elevate 3%
Share of each app's reviews that complain about the topic. Apps under 20 reviews are left out because a single review swings the number.
The most common Elevate complaint: bugs
bad app. Can't even split visitors good. Is 250 visitors and 30 visitors a 50/50 split? xd
The most common Shogun complaint: bugs
WORST APP EVER - MY PRODUCT PHOTOS LAGGED AND DID NOT WORK / THE PRICE EVEN AFTER UN INSTALLING KEPT CHANGING . Subject: Re: Toothy - pricing test issue Hi Sweetan, Thanks for looking into this. Before reinstalling or sharing collaborator access, I want to share what I've found on my end, because I think it points to the actual cause. After uninstalling Shogun, I found that Shogun had written…
Shogun replies to 100% of reviews, Elevate to 6%
Serious problems reviewers reported
Billing disputes, broken stores, misused data and missing features. Each one is a single merchant's account.
bad app. Can't even split visitors good. Is 250 visitors and 30 visitors a 50/50 split? xd
WORST APP EVER - MY PRODUCT PHOTOS LAGGED AND DID NOT WORK / THE PRICE EVEN AFTER UN INSTALLING KEPT CHANGING . Subject: Re: Toothy - pricing test issue Hi Sweetan, Thanks for looking into this. Before reinstalling or sharing collaborator access, I want to share what I've found on my end, because I think it points to the actual cause. After uninstalling Shogun, I found that Shogun had written…
it f*cked up a live theme. Now I have to figure out what to do in the middle of the day while traffic enter the broken theme.
Shogun A/B testing is really poor and full of bugs. My store theme got unpublished without notice. It publish duplicated theme that created month ago. Now my entire store is messed up. This kind of sneaky conduct has caused me order losses. I paid $119 for the service, but the product detail testing function fails to work. I cannot even edit and adjust product descriptions normally.
I started an AB test. It deleted all of my product images and made some of my apps broken.
Shogun A/B testing is really poor and full of bugs. My store theme got unpublished without notice. It publish duplicated theme that created month ago. Now my entire store is messed up. This kind of sneaky conduct has caused me order losses. I paid $119 for the service, but the product detail testing function fails to work. I cannot even edit and adjust product descriptions normally.
Results merchants put a number on
- $30k+ revenue with Elevate. “find $30k+ in additional monthly sales”
- 3/4 other with Shogun. “3/4 bos to A”
- 12% other with Shogun. “pull another 12%”
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