Goalify vs Kai: Shipping Bars, Gifts and the Gap

Kai pairs a progress bar with shipping and gifts. Goalify stacks shipping, discounts and gifts, suggests a product to close the gap, and sets thresholds per country.

Goalify app icon on the left and the Kai app icon on the right

Key takeaways

  • Kai is a progress bar for shipping and gift goals on Shopify.
  • Goalify adds an order-discount goal in the same sequence, plus a product that closes the remaining amount.
  • Thresholds can differ by country, and the bar can be tested.

Kai puts shipping and gifts on a progress bar. That pairing is the natural one: spend a bit more, shipping drops, then a gift unlocks. Goalify keeps the pair and adds the middle reward stores actually run, a discount, plus a product aimed at whatever is still missing.

A gift with no path to it is a picture. The bar is the path. The recommended product is the step.

Shipping and a gift are the rewards shoppers already believe

Kai's category is specific. The bar is free shipping and a gift, which are the two rewards shoppers already trust. Vague "rewards" bars train people to ignore them. Specific ones get read.

The missing piece on many of these bars is the discount the email already promised, and the product that would finish the goal. If the bar says $16 short and the recommendations are $80 jackets, the bar is decoration. Goalify suggests from order history, biased toward closing the gap. A $19 add-on next to a $16 gap is a fair ask. An $80 jacket is a different shop.

Stacking is a sequence. Shipping at $50, 10% at $75, a gift at $100. The shopper sees the next one, then the one after it once they cross. Qualification can be value, quantity, or specific products. A gift can depend on what is already in the cart.

Countries and proof

One threshold for every country makes the domestic offer too high or the export offer too low. Goalify keeps a threshold per country. The bar can sit in the cart and as a block you embed on the theme. You can test copy and thresholds, and read the result.

Free under 10 monthly orders, then $3.99, $7.99, $11.99. Built for Shopify, rated 5.0 from 42 reviews.

Goalify and Kai

FeatureGoalifyKai
PriceFree under 10 orders, then $3.99, $7.99 and $11.99Starts at $5.99. No free plan. Pro is $7.99. Growth is $9.99
AIAI upsells on the free planAI recommendations on the $7.99 plan
TestsCompare thresholds and copyNot included
CountriesA different amount per country, from $3.99Multi-market and languages on the $5.99 plan
Cart drawerDrawer, product page and cart page from $3.99The cart drawer is on the $9.99 plan
RewardsUnlimited goals in one sequenceDiscount tiers, a gift and free shipping

The gift is the last step

Goalify is the better bar when the gift is the last step in a sequence you can explain. Write that sequence using free gift with purchase before you set the numbers. A gift that costs more than the extra margin is a popular bar and a bad week.

If the cart is Addy, keep the goal next to the line items so the path and the products are in one place.

Frequently asked questions

Does Goalify offer a free gift the way Kai does?

Yes. A gift can be its own goal, stacked with free shipping and a discount. Rules can look at cart value, quantity or the products already in the cart.

What does the suggestion do?

It recommends products from order history that help the shopper reach the next goal.

Is there a free plan?

Goalify is free up to 10 orders a month, then $3.99, $7.99 or $11.99. It is Built for Shopify with a 5.0 rating from 42 reviews.

Ninety9 Team

We build 5 conversion apps used by Shopify merchants in Bulgaria and beyond. Everything we write here comes out of what we see in real store data.

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