Comparison
Atomz AI Search vs Boost
A fast filter-and-search app vs the catalog layer underneath it
Boost is the popular Shopify-native search-and-filter app, strong on filter trees, fast keyword and AI-tagged search, merchandising, and recommendations, from $29 a month. It reads your catalog, including metafields, as it stands, and does not enrich it. There is no Shopify taxonomy mapping, no attributes written back to metafields, no conversational assistant, and no off-site agent readiness in its public materials. Atomz works one layer down, mapping your catalog to the Shopify Standard Product Taxonomy and writing structured attributes into your metafields, then running natural-language discovery and a grounded assistant on the result.
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What each one does.
| Capability | Atomz AI Search | Boost |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword search and filters | ✓ | ✓ |
| Merchandising (pin, boost, bury) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Catalog enrichment written to your metafields | ✓ | — |
| Shopify Standard Product Taxonomy mapping | ✓ | — |
| Grounded shopping assistant | ✓ | Not stated |
| Off-site / agentic readiness | ✓ | Not stated |
| Entry price | From $99 / mo | From $29 / mo |
Where Boost stops
Boost speeds up search and filtering on the catalog you already have, and stops there. It does not map your catalog to the Shopify taxonomy, write attributes to your metafields, or, in its public materials, ship a conversational assistant or off-site agent readiness.
Where Atomz wins
You want the catalog itself made readable, with a grounded assistant and off-site visibility, not only a faster filter box on top of it.
The bottom line
If all you need is fast filters, Boost is a fine and cheaper choice. If the problem is that AI cannot read your catalog on-store or off, Atomz fixes that layer, which a filter app does not touch. The free audit shows which one you actually need.
Questions merchants ask
Is Atomz more than a filter app?+
Yes, and they solve different problems. A filter app speeds up search on your existing catalog. Atomz enriches the catalog itself, mapping it to the Shopify taxonomy and writing attributes to your metafields, then adds a grounded assistant and off-site readiness.
Should I just use the cheaper app?+
If filters are your only gap, yes. The free audit at gpt.atomz.ai tells you whether your catalog is the bottleneck or your filter UX is, so you do not pay for the wrong fix.
Talk to us
Still weighing Atomz against Boost?
Book a call and we will walk your catalog through both, or add the app and see what changes on your own store.