Shopify app comparison · refreshed

Tidio vs Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

Two Shopify apps in the chat category, compared on the dimensions merchants actually weigh: ratings, review momentum, pricing, customer-support sentiment, bugs, and what reviewers uniquely call out. Built from 1,288 live Shopify App Store reviews.

TIDIO LLC

Tidio ‑ Live Chat & AI Chatbot

Improve customer experience with a chatbot, AI agent, and live chat in one help desk for your store.

Rating
4.70
Reviews
1,285
Δ reviews · 49d
+45
Δ rating · 49d
+0.00
Pricing
From $29/mo
Built for Shopify
No

Adelante LTD

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

Done-for-you AI agent that resolves 80%+ of Zendesk tickets using live orders + policy data.

Rating
5.00
Reviews
3
Δ reviews · 28d
+1
Δ rating · 28d
+0.00
Pricing
From $99/mo
Built for Shopify
No

Scorecard

The decision, by the numbers.

Each row reads directly from the live App Store listing and the observed review-stats history. No editorialising on top.

DimensionTidioZendesk AI Agent By AdelanteEdge
Rating4.705.00Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante +0.30
Reviews1,2853Tidio 321.5×
Δ reviews · 49d+45+1Tidio +44
App Store launch20142026Tidio +12y
Paid plan from$29/mo$99/moTidio cheaper
Built for ShopifyNoNotied

Trajectory

Momentum and risk profile.

Review momentum

Reviews gained since first observed snapshot · past 49d

01020304050May 28Jul 15
Tidio+45
Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante+1

Star distribution

Share of reviews at each star tier — wider 1- and 2-star bands read as a fatter tail of negative experiences.

Tidio

1,285 reviews

85.2%7.6%1.2%1.7%4.3%

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

3 reviews

100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
5★4★3★2★1★

Feature footprint

How similar are these apps, really?

Every capability tag both apps list on the Shopify App Store, mapped into shared ground and side-specific edges. Same taxonomy on both sides — Shopify’s own.

Tidio only

38

Shared

18

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante only

1

30% of the larger app’s capability tags are shared with the other. Niche overlap — these solve different shapes.

Capabilities by Shopify category

61 · 19 total

Automated responses

Chat

12
7

Real-time messaging

Chat

13
5

Workflow automation

Helpdesk

18
0

Customization

Chat

10
7

Channels

Helpdesk

8
0
TidioZendesk AI Agent By Adelante

Tidio only

38

  • Video calls
  • Social media
  • File upload
  • Real-time translation
  • Push notifications
  • Behavior tracking
  • Agent analytics
  • Encryption
  • Customer insights
  • Cart recovery
  • Cross-sell
  • Upsell
  • Surveys
  • Send transcript
  • Color and font
  • Chat window
  • Chat buttons
  • Email
  • Chatbot
  • Self-service
  • Help center
  • Contact form
  • Auto-reply
  • Response templates
  • AI responses
  • AI summaries
  • Ticketing
  • Unified inbox
  • Auto-assign
  • Rule-based triggers
  • Escalation
  • Spam detection
  • Order tracking
  • Customer notifications
  • Feedback surveys
  • Multi-store
  • Analytics
  • Reports

Shared

18

  • AI chatbots
  • Live chat
  • Email chat
  • Multi-language
  • Discounts
  • FAQs
  • Greetings
  • Product recommendations
  • Quick replies
  • Review requests
  • Order updates
  • Emojis and stickers
  • Business hours
  • Welcome messages
  • Tagging
  • Chat assignment
  • Chat flows
  • Agent avatar

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante only

1

  • SMS

Side-by-side by axis

What merchants actually say.

Semantic search across the review corpus, bucketed by sentiment, with the strongest positive and negative quotes per side.

customer support

Tidio

100 mentions

95% positive · avg rating 4.75

Good customer support but I wish I could do a screenshare with support. It is helping with conversions and sales
Ultimate Vitality · 4★ · 2021-11-09
I can't find any really people for customer support anymore, when i meeting some questions what i can do just delete it, really stupid design
Monument Grills · 1★ · 2022-08-10

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

pricing

Tidio

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

ease of use

Tidio

73 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 4.92

Very easy to use and my customers love it! they are quick to help if I have any questions as well.
Carter And Son Toolworks · 5★ ·

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

onboarding

Tidio

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

bugs

Tidio

1 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 5.00

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

performance

Tidio

4 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 4.75

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

What each is known for

Themes reviewers raise.

The topics that surface most across reviews — the shared backbone and what each app is uniquely known for.

Tidio

  • customer-support2
  • pricing2
  • bug-notifications1
  • performance1
  • refund-policy1
  • onboarding1
  • product-knowledge1
  • billing1

Uniquely customer-support · pricing · bug-notifications · performance · refund-policy · onboarding · product-knowledge · billing · auto-upgrade

Zendesk AI Agent By Adelante

    Same Shopify categories

    Chat

    Methodology

    Where the numbers come from.

    Ratings, review counts, pricing, and the “Built for Shopify” flag come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily. Trend deltas compare the snapshot from 365 days ago against today. Sentiment counts and quotes are derived from semantic search across the live review corpus, bucketed by rating sign — every quote on this page is a real review, not a paraphrase. Snapshot generated .

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