Comparison · 75 merchant reviews read · Updated October 2026
Trident AB vs Shogun
Short answer
Pick Trident AB if you want to start on a free plan and you want the fewest bug complaints.
Pick Shogun if you need theme tests and checkout tests and you care about a developer that answers reviews.
 Trident AB |  Shogun | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.7★ (47) | 4.2★ (45) |
| Cost at your traffic | Free to startStarting price. The listing says price rises with visitors but gives no tiers. | $39+/moCheapest plan: Pro. |
| How price scales | Free for up to 500 monthly impressions, then $19.99 to $49.99/month as your monthly impression limit grows, with about 20% off for annual billing. | 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 | August 9, 2021 | March 21, 2025 |
| App Store listing | App Store listing |
Trident AB starts at $0 a month, Shogun at $39
Trident AB
- FreeFree
- Premium$19.99/mo
- Business$24.99/mo
- Enterprise$49.99/mo
Shogun
- Pro$39/mo
- Advanced$119/mo
- Unlimited$499/mo
Only Shogun can run theme tests
Read from each app's listing. A dot means the listing says it can do it.
| Trident AB | Shogun | |
|---|---|---|
| Price tests | ● | ● |
| Theme tests | ○ | ● |
| Template tests | ● | ● |
| Content tests | ● | ● |
| URL split tests | ● | ● |
| Checkout tests | ○ | ● |
| Visual editor | ○ | ● |
| AI test ideas | ○ | ● |
| Audience targeting | ○ | ● |
| Profit per variant | ○ | ● |
| Free plan | ● | ○ |
Shogun reviews mention bugs problems 21.4% of the time, Trident AB 12.8%
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.
| Trident AB | Shogun | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 2.1% | 3.6% |
| Billing and refunds | 2.1% | 0% |
| Support | 6.4% | 3.6% |
| Bugs | 12.8% | 21.4% |
| Setup | 0% | 0% |
| Dashboard | 6.4% | 0% |
| Reporting and stats | 6.4% | 3.6% |
| Flicker | 0% | 0% |
| Page speed | 0% | 0% |
| Integrations | 2.1% | 7.1% |
| What you can test | 0% | 3.6% |
| Results | 0% | 0% |
The most common Trident AB complaint: bugs
Not impressed. Our first test had an issue and when we tried to make the changes necessary it just glitched and kept trying to load. So we created a new test, and it will not switch back and forth at all. Support tried to help, but doesn't seem to be able to figure out what is going on. We just want a refund and will try a different app instead.
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. Trident AB replies to none
| Trident AB | Shogun | |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews with a developer reply | 0% | 100% |
| Praise support | 12.8% | 39.3% |
| Complain about support | 6.4% | 3.6% |
Serious problems reviewers reported
Billing disputes, broken stores, misused data and missing features. Each one is a single merchant's account.
The app is faulty and causes rework - it removed all our variant images and caused lose of sales. Now we have hours of rework to just get our website back to where it was before implementing this app.
I ran one test on one product detail page. the goal was to test the product images. Test didn't work as it should. I immediately stopped it. But the app destroyed our product detail page. All images were a mess. Can't recommend it.
when I hopped on a call they promised free trial for 2 years, haven't received it since months. Also there's almost no live chat support, making it difficult to communicate. App does not show ATC performance as well, must be bug.
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.
Results merchants put a number on
- +9% other with Trident AB, testing checkout button. “up 9%”
- 3/4 other with Shogun. “3/4 bos to A”
- 12% other with Shogun. “pull another 12%”
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