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POwner.com vs Shopify Sidekick
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Owner.com if…
- you're in its core audience: independent restaurant owners, multi-location restaurant groups
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Choose Shopify Sidekick if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: new shopify merchants, established shopify store owners
Side by side
Feature Owner.com Shopify Sidekick
Pricing modelPaidFree trial
Starting price$249/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Store info kept two years after closure before deletion begins
Updates, last 90 days—11
Product content generation—
Product image generation—
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryE-commerceE-commerce
CompanyOwner.com, Inc.Shopify Inc.
Based inUnited StatesCanada
Founded—2006
Part of——
Key features
O Owner.com
- AI-optimized restaurant website built to rank on Google
- Commission-free online ordering with smart upsells
- Branded mobile app with push notifications
- Loyalty and rewards program
- Automated email and SMS marketing campaigns
- AI phone ordering and waitlist
- Point of sale, kitchen tablet and POS integrations
- Catering menus and ordering with SEO pages
S Shopify Sidekick
- Takes actions directly in the Shopify admin using store data
- Writes product descriptions and generates images
- Builds Shopify Flow workflows to automate repeated work
- Writes and runs code to forecast or summarize store data
- Generates custom apps
- Tests draft storefront changes with AI-simulated shoppers
- Saves reusable instructions as skills
- Voice mode and screen sharing
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Owner.com
Flexible$249/month + 5% restaurant fee per order
Flat Rate$499/month
Shopify Sidekick
Basic£19/mo billed yearly, or £25/mo billed monthly
Grow£49/mo billed yearly, or £65/mo billed monthly
Advanced£259/mo billed yearly, or £344/mo billed monthly
PlusFrom £1,800/mo
Strengths and limitations
Owner.com
- Both plans include every feature
- Month-to-month billing with no long-term contract
- Setup and migration handled by a dedicated specialist
- 24/7 support and chargeback protection included
- No free plan or free trial listed
- Flexible plan adds a 5% fee per order
- Limited design customization, by the company's own description
Shopify Sidekick
- Included with Shopify plans, with no separate Sidekick pricing tiers listed
- No setup or configuration required
- Presents changes for review before applying them
- Access follows each staff member's admin permissions
- Works inside Shopify, so it requires a Shopify store
- Features and usage limits vary by plan
- In some stores, Sidekick can't run code
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Built from each vendor's public website; we haven't tested them hands-on. Editorial policy