Tired of confusing prices, reviews, and deals? Let AI do the hard work for you, from finding deals to comparing products. The following smart shopping assistants help you find the best deals, compare products, and make the right choices every time.
Below is a quick summary of the best AI shopping assistant tools I’ll be discussing.
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1. Shop.app
Shop.app AI by Shopify is an AI-powered shopping assistant designed to make online shopping more intuitive and efficient. It features a split interface with a chat panel on the right and a shopping panel on the left.
You can type their shopping queries in natural language, and the AI quickly provides relevant product suggestions. It also asks follow-up questions to refine searches, ensuring more accurate recommendations.
A key advantage of Shop.app AI is its ability to track past conversations, allowing us to modify our preferences without starting a new search. The shopping panel shows product images, names, and prices, with options to favorite items or view similar products. It also includes a price range slider for better filtering.
While Shop.app AI is one of the fastest tools in delivering results, but it occasionally presents irrelevant items when handling highly specific queries. Additionally, it primarily focuses on Shopify-based stores, limiting its reach compared to broader AI shopping tools.
2. Buysmart.ai
Buysmart.ai is an all-in-one tool to find the right products and learn more about them. Apart from a really nice interface, it has a cool category system where you can choose what you are looking for to start the search. You don’t have to tell it anything, just choose a category and then a product, and the AI will start asking questions to find the right item.
For example, I selected Electronics > Computers, and it asked whether I wanted a laptop, desktop, or tablet. When I selected a laptop, it started telling me about the laptop essentials that buyers looked for and listed all possible requirements for me to choose from.
The product recommendations are listed in great detail, along with highlighted features. On top of that, the tool writes a separate pros and cons list for each recommended product based on reviews found online.
It mentions exactly how many shopping websites it searched through and how many total related products it found before coming up with the recommendations. Although the final recommendation only consists of 3-5 products, they are well-researched. You can create a free account to store the history of your searches.
3. Claros
Although it’s limited to Amazon only, Claros is a great AI shopping assistant when you prefer to have detailed information. It won’t immediately show results for your query; it will ask questions, and when it has sufficient knowledge, only then will it search for the items. Usually, it takes 2-3 questions to start the search.
The results are shown in a slide-like panel where you can see the product’s picture, name, price, and rating. The tool also shows its own recommendation from the list of products, along with a brief description of its features and why it thinks it suits you best.
Even after showing results, it keeps asking questions to further narrow the search. I tried to narrow down my searches as much as possible, and it always returned relevant results.
The overall product listing and writing its own recommendation section is fast, but the searching part takes a bit of time. For me, it took 5-10 seconds to process each query. I also really liked how it lists everything in a scrollable window, so I could always go back to previous results.
4. ShopGuru
ShopGuru comes as a Chrome extension to help you learn more about products on Amazon using AI. Using product descriptions and reviews, it will answer any questions about the product, if possible. It’s not safe from fake reviews, but it does an overall good job of answering questions using what’s available.
You just need to ask questions in natural language, and it will reply accordingly. You might even quote the description or a review to tell you exactly what is mentioned. By default, there are prompts to list the pros and cons or summarize all the reviews. You can also create your own prompts from extension options for future use.
ShopGuru will add a new button on any Amazon page you visit. You can click on it to open a panel where you can ask questions. It’s worth mentioning that it doesn’t keep any history, and upon page refresh, it will remove all previous conversations. However, in a session, it remembers the previous conversation and replies accordingly.
I found the extension very responsive, with almost instant replies. The answers were also very detailed, and many of them mentioned the exact words used in the reviews.
5. Rufus
Rufus is Amazon’s built-in AI shopping assistant, designed to help users find the right products by understanding their natural language queries. Unlike other AI shopping tools that work across multiple platforms, Rufus is deeply integrated into Amazon’s ecosystem, ensuring a seamless shopping experience for you.
When you type a query into the search bar, Rufus automatically provides suggestions and product recommendations. It also offers insights into product details, customer reviews, and comparisons to help you make an informed decision. You can refine your search by asking additional questions, and Rufus will adjust its recommendations accordingly.
One standout feature is its ability to summarize product reviews, highlighting key aspects such as durability, quality, ease of use, and value for money. Additionally, it can answer common product-related questions based on customer feedback and specifications.
However, since Rufus is exclusive to Amazon, it doesn’t offer price comparisons across different retailers. Also, while it does a great job of refining search results. Rufus is a solid choice for those who frequently shop on Amazon and want a more intuitive and AI-based shopping experience.
Why Go For AI Shopping Assistants?
There are many traditional shopping tools that will help you find cheap deals on your favorite products or find products that fulfill specific requirements. However, there aren’t any tools that can understand you on a personal level and help you find what you need.
AI assistants offer that and much more. Below are some ways AI shopping assistants are beneficial:
- They understand natural language.
- Most AIs ask further questions related to the product to better understand your needs. These also come with related preset answers, so you won’t have to type either.
- You don’t have to provide the exact product name or type; just talk about what you need the item for, and it will find it.
- You can ask questions about a particular product, and it will answer based on the information available online.
- They can learn from user behavior and assist accordingly in future purchases.
- You can easily change product requirements without starting a new search.
- Overall, a faster shopping experience since you don’t waste time doing basic things like managing filters or manually comparing items, etc.
Conclusion
If I have to single out a tool from this list, then Buysmart.ai is definitely the most well-rounded one. It’s fast, easy to use, comprehensive, and the results are reliable.
I’ll recommend you use these along with traditional shopping tools since they won’t help with extra stuff like finding coupons and cashback opportunities.