Honeycomb is the only app in this set that includes split testing on its free plan, which is a real advantage. It is also the only one capped in funnel views rather than orders — and views are spent by everyone who looks, not only by people who buy. At 100 views a month, that is a small number of shoppers.
Honeycomb rates 4.6 across 146 reviews and its free plan resets every month, which is the right structure. The problem is the unit and the step above it.
Views, not orders. Honeycomb's listing describes the free plan as "100 monthly funnel views." A funnel view is consumed whenever a shopper sees the offer, whether or not they buy. At a 5% acceptance rate, 100 views is roughly five accepted offers a month. An order-capped plan at the same number would deliver twenty times the usable volume, which is why view caps feel generous and behave restrictively.
The paid step is the steepest here. Per the listing, the first paid tier is $54.99/mo for 2,000 views. That is the highest entry price among the apps compared on this page, by a wide margin over the $9/mo tier that Selleasy, Wiser AI, and iCart all start at.
Split testing is worth keeping, though. If testing is the reason you chose Honeycomb, make sure any alternative includes it — several apps charge for it or omit it, and testing is the only reliable way to know whether an offer earns its cost. Ours includes A/B testing at $0, and we would rather you compare that claim against the listing than take our word for it.
| App | Free plan | First paid tier | Listing rating | Standout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeycomb | $0 · 100 funnel views/mo (views, not orders) | from $54.99/mo (2,000 views) | 4.6 · 146 reviews | Split testing included on the free plan |
| Selleasy | $0 · 50 orders/mo, counted on total store orders (renews monthly) | from $9/mo | 4.9 · 2,525 reviews | Frequently-bought-together across product, cart & post-purchase |
| Wiser AI | $0 · 0–50 orders/mo | from $9/mo (51–100 orders) | 4.9 · 513 reviews | AI-driven recommendation matching |
| iCart | $0 · 100 orders lifetime (one-time, never renews) | from $9/mo (101–200 orders) | 4.7 · 434 reviews | Replaces the cart drawer itself |
| Essential | $0 · up to $100 additional revenue generated (one-time) | from $9.99/mo (up to $500/mo generated) | 5.0 · 2,234 reviews | Only bills once the app has generated revenue |
| BOGOS | $0 · 30 orders lifetime (one-time, never renews) | from $29.99/mo (300 orders) | 5.0 · 4,092 reviews | Gift with purchase, BOGO, bundles & mix-and-match |
| Upsell.com | $0 · development stores only | from $4.99/mo | 4.8 · 2,803 reviews | Full-stack post-purchase funnels |
Every figure above is read from the vendor's own Shopify App Store listing, checked 26–27 August 2026. App Store pricing changes without notice — check the listing before you commit.
| If you… | Look at |
|---|---|
| Want a free cap counted in orders rather than views | Selleasy (50/mo), Wiser AI (0–50/mo), iCart (100 lifetime) |
| Want a far cheaper first paid tier | Selleasy, Wiser AI or iCart at $9/mo versus $54.99/mo |
| Only want to pay once the app has generated revenue | Essential — $100 of generated revenue free |
| Need split testing specifically | Check it is included rather than paid — see our A/B testing page |
| Need gifting and bundle depth | BOGOS, or our free-gift feature pages |
| Do not want a cap at all | NUO AI — disclosed vendor pitch, see below |
None of these is the right answer for every store, and the deciding factor is almost never the feature list — it is what ends the free plan and what the first paid tier costs when it does. A cap counted in views behaves nothing like a cap counted in orders, and a lifetime allowance behaves nothing like a monthly one.
We maintain direct comparisons between these apps, each built from the vendors' own listings rather than from feature-matrix marketing:
If you are deciding between two specific apps, those pages are more useful than this one — they go into the exact wording each vendor uses to describe its cap.
This page is published by NUO AI, so treat this section as a vendor pitch and the rest of the page as research. We build a free Shopify cart upsell, cross-sell and free-gift app with no order cap, no view cap, no revenue cap, and no paid tier to graduate into — which sidesteps the cap question entirely rather than answering it.
What we do not claim: we are a newer app with far fewer reviews than any vendor in the table above, and we do not match the promotional depth of a specialist that has spent a decade on gifting mechanics. What we do offer is every feature at $0 — auto-added free gifts, spend thresholds, quantity breaks, funnel analytics and A/B testing included — plus a founder onboarding call on every install.
If your reason for looking at alternatives is that a cap ended your free plan, that is the specific problem we built around.
An impression of the offer. It is consumed whenever a shopper sees the funnel, whether or not they buy — so 100 monthly views is roughly five accepted offers at a 5% acceptance rate, not 100 orders.
Because most people who see an offer decline it. A cap counted in views is spent by your whole audience; a cap counted in orders is spent only by buyers. The same number means roughly twenty times less usable volume in views.
Per its listing, the first paid tier is $54.99/mo for 2,000 funnel views — the highest entry price among the apps compared on this page, where several start at $9/mo.
Split testing on a free plan is genuinely uncommon, which is Honeycomb's strongest argument. Confirm on each listing rather than assuming — and note that we include A/B testing at $0, which is a vendor claim you should check for yourself.
If you have enough traffic to produce meaningful tests within 2,000 views a month, possibly. Below that, testing cannot reach a reliable result, so you would be paying $54.99/mo for a capability your volume cannot use.
They were read from each vendor's Shopify App Store listing on 26–27 August 2026. Verify on the listing before committing.
