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Fast Simon pricing: what it really costs a Shopify store

AI search and collection merchandising app priced by monthly sessions, meaning every store visit, not just visits that use search. Paid plans support up to 40,000 products.

Partly confirmedFree option overlapsPrice checked on 2026-10-26 from the official source.

Plans

PlanMonthly billingAnnual (per mo)What's included
Free$0—100 monthly sessions, up to 250 products
Starter$39.99$33.332,000 monthly sessions
Essential$114.99$95.8310,000 monthly sessions, realtime sync
Top Pro$299.99$249.9930,000 monthly sessions, merchandising rules, A/B tests, AI multimodal search
Enterprise——Custom quote

How it's billed

Flat monthly plans capped by monthly sessions: 100 (free), 2,000, 10,000 and 30,000. Above 30,000 sessions you need a custom/Enterprise quote. AI multimodal search is on Top Pro.

Estimated monthly cost by store size

Small store (500 products, 200 orders, $15,000 revenue, 10,000 sessions, 15,000 search requests a month)
$114.99/mo
Essential
  • Your store: 10,000 monthly sessions
  • Cheapest plan that covers it: Essential (up to 10,000 monthly sessions) = $114.99/mo, monthly billing
Medium store (5,000 products, 1,000 orders, $75,000 revenue, 40,000 sessions, 60,000 search requests a month)
Not public / check site
Above published plans
  • Your store: 40,000 monthly sessions
  • The largest published plan, Top Pro, stops at 30,000 monthly sessions ($299.99/mo). Above that it's a custom quote. Not public, check site.
Large store (25,000 products, 4,000 orders, $300,000 revenue, 150,000 sessions, 225,000 search requests a month)
Not public / check site
Above published plans
  • Your store: 150,000 monthly sessions
  • The largest published plan, Top Pro, stops at 30,000 monthly sessions ($299.99/mo). Above that it's a custom quote. Not public, check site.

Monthly billing unless noted; taxes, add-ons, setup/developer work and negotiated discounts excluded. How we calculate.

Not confirmed / not public:Check the vendor's site for these.
Free Shopify alternative: Shopify Search & Discovery (free) covers basic filters, synonyms and boosts. See Shopify Search & Discovery.

Note: A third-party review (motive.co) reports that a Fast Simon session is every store visit, whether or not the shopper searches; Fast Simon's own listing just says 'Monthly Sessions'. Annual prices: $399.96/$1,149.96/$2,999.88 a year. Essential went from $99.99 to $114.99 a month on 26 Oct 2026.

See Fast Simon's official pricing

Sources

Other search & recommendation apps: Shopify Search & Discovery · Searchanise · Boost · Doofinder · Algolia · Wiser · LimeSpot · Rebuy · Klevu · Nosto

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