Octane AI
Octane AI is the quiz and zero-party-data layer for Shopify: industry-specific product quizzes collect shopper preferences, the CORE-1 AI engine turns them into recommendations, and everything syncs to Klaviyo, Attentive, Recharge and 50+ tools.
Pricing
Paid
Platforms
Web, Shopify App
Developer
Octane AI
Rating
4.4 / 5.0
Last Updated
September 19, 2026
Overview
Octane AI is a Shopify product quiz platform built on one premise: the fastest way to personalise a store is to ask shoppers what they want.
Merchants build a quiz from industry templates - shade matching for beauty, skin-type analysis for skincare, size finders for apparel, health-goal matching for supplements, taste profiles for food and beverage - and every completion produces both a product recommendation and a structured customer profile.
The vendor states the platform has influenced more than $1B in revenue and is used by 5,000+ Shopify stores. The recommendation layer is CORE-1, Octane AI's own engine.
Smart Products reads your catalogue and selects items in real time, Smart Copy writes the personalised results-page text, and Image Analyzer extracts attributes from product photography so the catalogue does not have to be hand-tagged first.
Collected data leaves the quiz through native integrations - Klaviyo, Attentive, Recharge, Postscript, Gorgias, Yotpo, GA4, Zapier and 50+ further tools - so quiz answers can feed email, SMS and audience building instead of sitting in a silo. Pricing is credit-based and needs attention before you commit.
One credit equals one quiz engagement, and AI calls burn extra credits: the vendor's pricing page lists Smart Products at roughly 0.3 credits, Smart Copy about 0.1 and Image Analyzer about 0.2, so a completion with AI recommendations lands near 1.3 credits.
Basic is $50/month ($43/month billed yearly) with 400 credits and a two-quiz limit; Plus is $200/month ($170 yearly) with 2,200 credits, unlimited quizzes and A/B testing; Enterprise & Unlimited starts at $500+/month ($425+ yearly) with 7,250+ credits.
Every plan includes a 14-day free trial, unused credits roll over for 30 days, and overage bills at $0.10 per credit.
Use Cases
Running a skin-type or shade-matching quiz that recommends products and captures emails
Growing email and SMS lists with pop-ups and opt-ins that trade value for first-party data
Building Klaviyo segments from quiz answers for lifecycle and win-back flows
Reducing returns on apparel and supplements with size finders and goal matching
A/B testing quiz questions and results pages to lift completion and conversion rates
Who Is This For
Shopify merchants in beauty, skincare, apparel, supplements and food
E-commerce marketers building zero-party data programmes as cookies fade
Lifecycle and CRM teams that want quiz answers flowing into Klaviyo segments
DTC brands fighting returns and choice paralysis with guided selling
Agencies managing Shopify growth programmes for retail clients
Key Features
AI Quiz Builder and Templates
Build no-code, logic-branching quizzes in minutes, starting from templates tuned for beauty, skincare, apparel, supplements and food brands, with AI assistance and advanced logic branching on higher plans.
Zero-Party Data Collection
Collect preferences, goals and constraints directly from shoppers instead of relying on third-party cookies, and store them as customer properties that can segment email, SMS and ad audiences.
CORE-1 Recommendations
Smart Products selects products in real time, Smart Copy writes the personalised results-page copy, and Image Analyzer reads product images to derive attributes - so recommendations improve as the engine is retrained across stores.
50+ Integrations
Native connections include Klaviyo, Shopify, Attentive, Recharge, Postscript, Gorgias, Yotpo, GA4 and Zapier, syncing quiz data in real time with the rest of the marketing stack.
Quiz Analytics and A/B Testing
Track completion rates, email opt-in rate, conversion and AOV impact per quiz, and run A/B tests on quiz variants from the Plus plan upward, with overage and credit usage visible in the same dashboard.
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Pros & Cons
Pros
- Recommendation engine is genuinely catalogue-aware: Smart Products reads product data rather than relying on manually tagged taxonomies
- Zero-party data lands in Klaviyo, Attentive and 50+ tools, so quiz answers become usable segments instead of a dead-end report
- Industry-specific templates shorten setup for beauty, skincare, apparel, supplements and food brands
- 14-day free trial on every plan plus 30-day credit rollover lowers the cost of validating whether quizzes convert for your store
Cons
- No free tier: the cheapest plan is $50/month and the two-quiz limit on Basic is restrictive for stores testing several funnels
- Credits, not seats or traffic, drive cost - AI features consume extra credits (Smart Products ~0.3, Image Analyzer ~0.2 per interaction) and overage is billed at $0.10 each
- Shopify-only: the platform is built around the Shopify product catalogue and Shopify sync, so non-Shopify stores are out of scope
- Unlimited quizzes, A/B testing and custom CSS sit on the $200/month Plus tier, which is a steep step from Basic
Pricing Plans
Octane AI Basic
Start collecting zero-party data with a single quiz funnel.
- 400 credits included (1 credit = 1 quiz engagement)
- Limited to two quizzes
- Pop-ups and opt-ins
- Klaviyo and Shopify sync
- AI features included
- Analytics
- 14-day free trial
Octane AI Plus
Scale quizzes, testing and credit volume for growing stores.
- 2,200 credits included
- Unlimited quizzes
- A/B testing
- More credits for AI usage
- Custom CSS
- Everything in Basic
- Advanced logic branching
- Developer tools (JS events)
Enterprise & Unlimited
For high-volume stores needing unlimited credits and white-glove service.
- 7,250+ credits or unlimited
- Dedicated account manager
- Quiz strategy and optimization guidance
- Email flow blueprints
- Custom onboarding
- Monthly strategy calls
- SOC 2 and custom DPA options
Frequently Asked Questions
Editorial Review
Editorial Team
September 19, 2026
We read octaneai.com/pricing on 19 September 2026. Basic is $50/month ($43/month billed yearly) with 400 credits and a two-quiz limit, Plus is $200/month ($170 yearly) with 2,200 credits, unlimited quizzes and A/B testing, and Enterprise & Unlimited starts at $500+/month ($425+ yearly). One credit equals one quiz engagement; Smart Products uses about 0.3 credits, Smart Copy about 0.1 and Image Analyzer about 0.2, with overage at $0.10 per credit and unused credits rolling over for 30 days.
Editorial Team
September 19, 2026
The strongest argument for Octane AI is the data handoff: quiz answers sync to Klaviyo, Attentive, Recharge, GA4 and 50+ tools, which is the difference between a novelty quiz and a segmentation asset. Two caveats we would flag to any buyer - the entry tier's two-quiz cap, and a credit model where every AI recommendation adds to the cost of each completion.
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