Shopify's built-in AI assistant for store owners. Sidekick works inside your Shopify admin, knows your store's data, and can help with product copy, discounts, email campaigns, low-stock alerts, and weekly summaries. It's included with your Shopify plan.
Pricing
Subscription: Shopify's Sidekick FAQ (Oct 28, 2026) says Sidekick is included with your Shopify plan, with features and usage limits that vary by plan. Shopify's pricing page lists Basic $39/month monthly or $29/month yearly, Grow $105 or $79, Advanced $399 or $299, and Plus from $2,300/month, with a 3-day free trial then $1/month for 3 months. Card rates from 2.9% + 30¢ on Basic. Per-plan Sidekick limits aren't spelled out on the pages we read.
Getting set up
According to Shopify: open your Shopify admin and click the purple glasses icon. No setup or configuration needed.
The plain-English overview
Sell on Shopify and wish you had an assistant who knows your store? Sidekick is the AI assistant built into Shopify. Here's what Shopify's official pages say, as of Oct 28, 2026.
Here's what Shopify lists:
- Built in: Shopify says Sidekick has direct access to your Shopify data, understands commerce workflows, and takes action in your admin.
- A launch team in one tool: designer, photo editor, writer, tech support, and marketer.
- Example prompts on its page include writing product descriptions for SEO, analyzing your pricing, creating social posts, a weekly performance summary, setting up discounts, building an email campaign, low-stock alerts, organizing collections, and auditing shipping settings.
- Permissions: every staff member can use Sidekick based on their admin permissions.
- Languages: Sidekick adapts to your store's language settings.
Recent updates on Shopify's page:
- October 28, 2026: Sidekick can stage storefront changes in a draft, test them with AI-simulated shoppers (SimGym), and show you the recommendation to review.
- October 24, 2026: images with transparent backgrounds.
- October 13, 2026: help customizing checkout and customer accounts.
Who it's for: anyone selling on Shopify who wants AI help without adding another tool.
Good to know: it only works with Shopify. Check product copy, prices, and discounts before you publish anything.
Sources
- Shopify Sidekick — official page and FAQ (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Shopify — pricing page (checked Oct 28, 2026)
Where each fact came from
- What it can do · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked regularly — Shopify Sidekick — official page and FAQ
- Overview · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked regularly — Shopify Sidekick — official page and FAQ
- Where it runs · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked regularly — Shopify Sidekick — official page and FAQ
- Getting set up · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked regularly — Shopify Sidekick — official page and FAQ
- Pricing · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked often — Shopify — pricing page
- Pricing model · checked Oct 28, 2026 · rechecked often — Shopify Sidekick — official page and FAQ
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