Compare Elevate A/B testing vs Intelligems
Elevate A/B Testing and Intelligems both test price, shipping, checkout, and content natively on Shopify, and the coverage looks close to identical on a feature list. The comparison that actually matters is how each platform runs day to day: how much support and engineering time it demands, how much statistical control operators get before calling a winner, and how deep results can be broken down by product, channel, and customer segment. Elevate covers nearly the same ground as Intelligems, with a deeper statistical layer, and starts at $99/mo instead of $350/mo.
Which One Fits Your Store
Choose Elevate if you're doing $100K–$5M+ in monthly GMV, you own CRO without a dedicated engineer, and you want to ship a price test yourself in five minutes instead of configuring a module stack. They offer a dedicated Customer Success manager who walks you through onboarding. For most use cases you will be able to perform combined experiments.
Intelligems starts to make more sense once you're running $10M+ in monthly GMV. They offer full onboarding too, but their real edge is combined testing: price and shipping in a single experiment instead of sequencing them one after the other.
Elevate delivers roughly 95% of Intelligems' functionality at about 72% lower cost. You save $3,012/year and get a faster setup with the same core features most Shopify stores actually need.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Elevate | Intelligems |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Elevate $49/mo |
Intelligems $69–79/mo |
| Price-testing | Elevate From $99/mo |
Intelligems From $350/mo |
| Setup for a price test | Elevate Included: Minutes, no product duplication |
Intelligems Partial or conditional: Longer, more technical setup |
| Shipping testing | Elevate Included: Included in the $99/mo Standard tier |
Intelligems Partial or conditional: Separate module (Smart Shipping) |
| Product image testing | Elevate Included: Included. Native image testing, ready to run out of the box. |
Intelligems Partial or conditional: Included, but only through the content testing module. Extra setup required to configure image variants. |
| Custom code testing | Elevate Included: Yes, standalone or layered on another test |
Intelligems Included: Yes |
| Combination testing (price + shipping + offer, one experiment) | Elevate Included: Native, simultaneous. Covers most common combinations. |
Intelligems Included: Native, simultaneous. Broader combination coverage across price, shipping, and offer. |
| Customer support | Elevate Included: Live chat on every plan, and dedicated CSM on Premium Plan |
Intelligems Included: Email and Slack; dedicated CSM on the Unlimited plan |
| Shopify App Store rating | Elevate 4.9(143 reviews) |
Intelligems 4.7(164 reviews) |
| Free Trial | Elevate Included: Available. Full access. Every feature, including price testing, available during the trial. |
Intelligems Partial or conditional: Limited. Price testing isn't available on the trial. |
| MCP integration | Elevate Included: Included. Connects test data directly to AI tools and agent workflows. |
Intelligems Included: Included |
| External API | Elevate Included: Included |
Intelligems Included: Included |
| Custom events | Elevate Included: Included. Track conversion events beyond standard revenue and order metrics. |
Intelligems Included: Included. |
| Independent subscription price testing | Elevate Included: Native. Test subscription pricing separately from one-time purchase pricing. |
Intelligems Partial or conditional: Possible through a workaround in price testing, more configuration required, not native. |
| Multi page testing | Elevate Included: Two options: a native multi-page mode and a content editor-based one. |
Intelligems Partial or conditional: Content editor-based only, no native option. |
| Agency partnerships | Elevate Included: Included. Program for agencies managing multiple client stores. |
Intelligems Included: Included. |
| Offer testing | Elevate Not supported: Not currently available. |
Intelligems Included: Included. |
Detailed Comparison
Elevate's price-testing tier is $99/mo. Intelligems' starts at $350/mo for the same core capability, a $251/mo difference, or $3,012 a year, before adding any other module.
Intelligems prices by module: Smart Content starts at $69/mo, Smart Pricing at $350/mo, with bundle discounts kicking in at two or more modules. Add shipping, checkout, or merchandising testing and the total climbs with every module turned on. Elevate's $99/mo Standard tier already includes price and shipping testing together, so the gap widens the more a store wants to test.
The Real Cost
To get price testing:
Elevate's $99/mo Standard tier bundles price, shipping, and checkout testing into one price. Intelligems now prices these as separate modules: Smart Pricing, Smart Shipping, and Checkout & Post-purchase each carry their own cost, so a store buying all three from Intelligems pays more than the $350/mo Smart Pricing figure alone.
Key Differences
Setup Time
5 minutes, zero code required
15-30 minutes, technical setup needed
Winner: Elevate is 3x faster
Visual Editor
Advanced visual editor for content testing on $49 plan, including a code mode for custom JS/CSS.
AI-powered drag-and-drop visual builder, plus a code mode for custom JS/CSS
Winner: Roughly parity: both are no-code by default; Elevate stays faster, more comprehensive, and easier to use for non-technical teams.
Price Testing
Available at $99/month (Standard plan)
Available at $350/month (Smart Pricing module, Build Your Own plan, not available in the trial)
Winner: Elevate is 72% cheaper for price testing and included in the free trial.
Shipping Testing
$99/month (Standard plan)
Priced separately as the Smart Shipping module (price not published)
Winner: Elevate: shipping testing is bundled into the $99/month tier; Intelligems prices it as a separate add-on
Product Image Testing
Included in the Standard plan, native, $99/mo.
Also included, but only through the content testing module, which makes configuring image variants more complex.
Winner: Elevate. Both platforms support product image testing, but Elevate's native setup saves time and doesn't require technical knowledge to configure.
Custom Code Testing
Available on Standard plan and above ($99/mo+)
Also available (Code mode for custom JavaScript/CSS)
Winner: Parity: both support custom code testing
Profit & COGS Tracking
Revenue, profit metrics, COGS tracking
Revenue, profit metrics, COGS tracking
Winner: Both offer the same core profit tracking capabilities.
Combination Testing
Runs price and shipping tests sequentially, or layers custom code to combine them.
Full combination testing (test price + shipping + offers together). Available on the Unlimited plan ($1,279/month).
Winner: Intelligems for multi-variable optimization. Elevate works for most stores that can test sequentially.
Customer Support
Live chat (all plans), email, Slack channel (Premium tier)
Email and Slack (all plans), dedicated Customer Success manager on the Unlimited plan only
Winner: Elevate for accessibility: live chat on every plan vs. Intelligems' email/Slack model
What Real Users Say
Elevate Users (4.9 stars, 143 reviews)
Rated 5 out of 5Shopify App Store“Amazingly good software for A/B testing, the optionality and customizability couldn't be any better. They are very engaged with the clients and take your suggestions very seriously. The 14-day trial makes it worthwhile to understand the value it's bringing before committing to any payment.”
Rated 5 out of 5Shopify App Store“Easily the best A/B test app I've used. A lot of flexibility and options for experiments. The Slack channel with CRO Expert Marko was hugely valuable, and the calls talking through our tests helped massively.”
Rated 5 out of 5Shopify App Store“We've been able to get up to speed quickly with a variety of testing on the basic plan. With a few early wins, this app has paid for itself 100x over in no time. Great support along the way has been a major bonus.”
Common themes: engaged, responsive support (including named CRO experts on Slack), flexible test options, fast time-to-value, worthwhile trial period
Intelligems Users (4.7 stars, ~164 reviews)
Rated 1 out of 5Shopify App Store“The pricing plan is a bit overpriced, it takes the team about 7 days to get the pricing to actually work before you can start. You are still charged during this time period on their most expensive plan. Shopify just rolled out their own AB testing tool for free, going to cancel and use that instead.”
Rated 5 out of 5Shopify App Store“Ahmed was great to work with throughout a pricing A/B test project. He was responsive, patient, and very thorough in helping us investigate a complex technical issue involving our shipping A/B test. Even though we ultimately discovered the limitation was on Shopify's side, he stayed engaged and recommended an alternative solution.”
Rated 5 out of 5Shopify App Store“So glad I found this app! Made it so easy to run my complicated free shipping + multiple gift with purchase promos. Had no idea they had post-purchase as well. Great for a small brand to do everything in one app.”
Which store are you
Small DTC, $100K–$500K/month
Elevate. Full price and shipping testing at $99/mo, self-serve setup.
Growing brand, $1M–$5M/month
Elevate, in most cases. This is the GMV range where Elevate's own customer data shows the strongest pay-conversion and retention.
Shopify Plus at scale, $5M–$20M/month
Either, depending on whether native combination testing is worth a 3.5x higher price-testing cost.
Running your first test
Elevate. No product duplication, no developer ticket, a price test live the same day.
Bottom line
Ease of use decides most of this comparison before we even mention pricing. Elevate ships tests without pulling in extra support or engineering time, where Intelligems more often needs both to get a test live.
Elevate also runs a deeper statistical layer: significance thresholds, traffic and conversion minimums before calling a winner, outlier detection, bot traffic exclusion, and free gift and draft order exclusion, none of which Intelligems offers.
On feature coverage, Elevate matches nearly everything Intelligems does, with Intelligems' clearest edges being broader combination testing. For price testing specifically, Elevate costs $99/mo against Intelligems' $350/mo, a $3,012/year gap for capability that lands at parity or in Elevate's favor across the rest of this comparison.
