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Octane AI vs Rep AI

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

OOctane AIFrom $43/moVisit site
RRep AIFrom $12/moVisit site
VS
O

Choose Octane AI if…

  • you need an API to build on
  • you're in its core audience: shopify merchants, e-commerce marketing teams
R

Choose Rep AI if…

  • you want the lower entry price ($12/mo vs $43/mo)
  • you're in its core audience: ecommerce merchants, customer support teams

Side by side

Feature Octane AI Rep AI
Pricing modelFree trialFree trial
Starting price$43/mo$12/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionKept only as long as necessary; then deleted or anonymizedDeleted when no longer required for original purpose, unless legally justified to retain
Security and complianceGDPR—
Shopping recommendations—
Product image generation—
Revenue attribution—
MCP server—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CategoryE-commerceCustomer Support
CompanyOctane AI, Inc. · since 2016Rep AI Technologies Inc. · since 2021
Full feature lists

O Octane AI

  • AI quiz creation from a description, spreadsheet or document
  • Image analysis, such as reading skin tone from a selfie
  • Design tools with image generation and site color matching
  • Issues finder for broken logic and out-of-stock products
  • Analytics for drop-off, completion, orders and revenue by answer
  • Shopper profiles combining quiz answers, visits and orders
  • Experiments for testing quiz variants
  • REST API, webhooks, Storefront JS API and MCP server

R Rep AI

  • Natural-language product search, comparisons and checkout inside chat
  • Buying-signal detection for hesitation, comparisons and abandoned carts
  • Automated order tracking, cancellations, address changes and returns
  • Rep Inbox helpdesk with AI ticket summaries and routing rules
  • Handoff to human agents with full conversation history
  • Insights on unanswered questions, drop-off reasons and competitor mentions
  • Klaviyo sync for conversation-based segmentation
  • MCP server for reviewing store data and approving AI answer edits

Their home pages

What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.

Octane AI home page
O Octane AI · octaneai.com
Rep AI home page
R Rep AI · hellorep.ai

What you'd pay

The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.

Work it out for your team

  1. Rep AISales$9.60/mo
  2. Octane AIOctane AI Basic$43/mo

The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.

All plans and prices

Octane AI

Octane AI Basic$50/mo, or $43/mo billed yearly
Octane AI Plus$200/mo, or $170/mo billed yearly
Octane AI Enterprise & Unlimited$500+/mo, or $425+/mo billed yearly

Rep AI

SalesFrom $12/month
SupportFrom $49/month
ConciergeFrom $130/month
EnterpriseCustom
AI channels add-on$0.75 per AI-resolved conversation
Rep Inbox add-onFrom $8/month for 50 tickets, plus $20 per agent per month

Strengths and limitations

Octane AI

  • All plans include a 14-day free trial with full feature access
  • AI features are included on every plan, including Basic
  • No setup fees on any plan
  • Quizzes keep working if credits run out
  • No free plan is listed
  • Basic is limited to two quizzes and shows the Octane AI logo
  • Credit overages are billed at the end of the billing cycle
  • AI features use extra credits, and unused credits roll over for only 30 days

Rep AI

  • 14-day free trial on every plan with no credit card required
  • No annual commitment, and yearly billing is 20% less than monthly
  • Hands conversations to Gorgias, Zendesk, Kustomer, Freshdesk or Richpanel without custom development
  • MCP server is read-only by default, and edits need approval before going live
  • No permanent free plan is listed
  • Email, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp AI cost $0.75 per resolved conversation
  • Overage is on by default for new subscribers, at $1.20 per resolution
  • Vendor pages disagree on the Sales starting price: $12 on pricing, $99 on the home page

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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Oct 31, 2026. Editorial policy