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OWebsite, online ordering, branded app and marketing for independent restaurants
From $249/mo
Popmenu vs Shopify Sidekick
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Popmenu 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 Popmenu Shopify Sidekick
Pricing modelPaidFree trial
Starting price——
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
CompanyPopmenuShopify Inc.
Based in—Canada
Founded—2006
Part of——
Key features
P Popmenu
- AI phone answering around the clock
- Texts callers links for ordering and reservations
- AI-generated monthly emails, texts and social posts
- Approve, edit and schedule AI marketing content
- Mass email campaigns and SMS messaging
- Online ordering for restaurants
- Dynamic menu technology
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
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Popmenu
EssentialsSee vendor pricing page (prices differ between vendor pages)
PremierSee vendor pricing page (prices differ between vendor pages)
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
Popmenu
- Marketing, ordering and phone answering from one vendor
- AI content can be edited and approved before sending
- Essentials tier includes 500 SMS texts
- AI phone answering costs extra on the Essentials tier
- Prices shown differ between vendor pricing pages
- Built only for restaurants
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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