OngoingAI

Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026

KlaviyovsListrak

Compare Klaviyo and Listrak for Shopify email marketing using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.

Klaviyo

Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS

Build email marketing, SMS, and WhatsApp campaigns powered by AI to grow ecommerce sales.

Rating
4.70
Reviews
3,007
Review growth · 30d
+54 · +1.8%
Pricing
Free to install
Years on Shopify
14
Stores observed
34,345

Listrak

Listrak: Email, SMS & Identity

Accelerate growth and revenue with unmatched Email, SMS, Identity, and Push orchestration.

Rating
5.00
Reviews
20
Review growth · 30d
+0 · +0.0%
Pricing
Free to install
Years on Shopify
6
Stores observed
30

Our read

Ratings
Listrak higher (5.00 vs 4.70)
Review growth
Klaviyo faster (+1.8% vs +0.0%)
Review depth
Klaviyo 143.2× more reviews
Adoption
Klaviyo larger (34,345 vs 30)

OngoingAI's data favors Klaviyo on observed Shopify adoption (34,345 vs 30 stores), backed by a larger review base.

Head-to-head

The signals, side by side.

Each row reads straight from the live App Store listing and OngoingAI’s census. The Difference column states the gap — not a buyer recommendation.

DimensionKlaviyoListrakDifference
Rating4.705.00Listrak +0.30
Reviews3,00720Klaviyo 143.2×
Review growth · 30d+54 · +1.8%+0 · +0.0%Klaviyo faster
Listed pricingFree to installFree to installNot directly comparable
Years on Shopify146Klaviyo +8y
Stores observed34,34530Klaviyo leads

Which fits your requirements?

Choose by what you actually need.

Choose Klaviyo if…

  • You need sms campaigns
  • You need push notifications
  • You need forms
  • Recent review-growth signals matter to you

Choose Listrak if…

  • You need landing pages
  • You need targeting
  • You need segmentation
  • A higher App Store rating is a priority

Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.

Feature differences

70% of listed capabilities overlap.

These apps cover largely the same ground. The decision material is what each lists that the other doesn’t.

Klaviyo only

12

  • SMS campaigns
  • Push notifications
  • Forms
  • Discounts
  • Promotions
  • Follow-up emails
  • Subscriptions
  • Product reviews
  • Custom code
  • Custom fonts
  • Bulk editing
  • Email domains

Listrak only

12

  • Landing pages
  • Targeting
  • Segmentation
  • Reporting
  • Analytics
  • A/B testing
  • APIs and webhooks
  • SMS marketing
  • Compliance
  • Personalized messages
  • Scheduled messages
  • Two-way messaging
Show 28 shared capabilities
  • Email marketing
  • Email campaigns
  • Newsletters
  • Pop-ups
  • Upsell emails
  • Cross-sell emails
  • Cart emails
  • Checkout emails
  • Exit intent
  • Abandoned cart
  • Browse abandonment
  • Welcome emails
  • Price drop emails
  • Back-in-stock emails
  • Win-back emails
  • Product recommendations
  • Drip campaigns
  • Custom campaigns
  • Editor tool
  • Templates
  • AI generation
  • Localization
  • Import and export
  • Consent collection
  • Email capture list
  • SMS capture list
  • Triggers and rules
  • Automations

Observed adoption

Who actually runs each, on real stores.

The stores OngoingAI’s weekly census observes running each app, and the platform each skews toward — observed presence, not vendor-reported install totals.

Klaviyo

34,345

stores observed

Skews Shopify · 89%

Listrak

30

stores observed

Skews Shopify · 67%

Scope

What this comparison measures.

What it measures

Shopify App Store ratings, review counts and 30-day review growth, listed pricing and capabilities, category data, and OngoingAI-observed storefront adoption for Klaviyo and Listrak.

What it doesn’t

Hands-on usability, customer-support quality, deliverability, merchant sentiment from review text, or revenue impact. We draw a sharp line around what we can observe.

Methodology

Where the numbers come from.

Ratings, review counts, pricing, and categories come from the live Shopify App Store listing, refreshed daily. Review growth compares the observed snapshots across the trailing 30-day window. “Stores observed” and the platform split come from OngoingAI’s weekly storefront census — the real stores running each app, not the listing’s claimed totals. Comparison generated Aug 25, 2026.

See who’s switching — as it happens.

Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Klaviyo or Listrak, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.