Weav Review
Best for A Shopify store doing a few hundred support conversations a month that wants an AI agent on chat, email and WhatsApp for a flat $29 to $119 without Gorgias-style per-resolution fees.
Our verdict
Weav is the cheapest way I have found to put a proper order-aware AI agent in front of Shopify customers, and the flat message-based pricing is easy to budget. It is also three months old with no reviews, so treat it as a trial candidate rather than a Gorgias replacement, and subscribe on weav.com rather than through the Shopify listing.
Score
7/10
- Ease of use
- 8/10
- Value
- 8/10
- Amazon
- 1/10
- Shopify
- 7/10
Verified Sept 2026. Opens Weav in a new tab.
Written by Mark Dunne, 11+ years selling onlineWhat changed in this review
- Initial review from vendor documentation, the Shopify App Store listing and launch coverage. Not yet tested hands-on.
TL;DR
Weav scores 7/10 for e-commerce sellers. There is a free plan to get started. Weav is a Salt Lake City AI customer service platform launched in June 2026 that answers chat, email and WhatsApp on its own and hands the rest to your inbox. A Shopify app adds verified order lookup and policy-based returns. Free Lite plan, then $29, $119 and $359 a month with flat AI message allowances. Promising and cheap, but too new to have a track record.
Best for: A Shopify store doing a few hundred support conversations a month that wants an AI agent on chat, email and WhatsApp for a flat $29 to $119 without Gorgias-style per-resolution fees. How we test tools
What Does Weav Do?
Weav is a helpdesk with an AI agent built in, rather than a chatbot bolted on to a helpdesk. You connect your website, help centre, FAQs and files, and the agent uses that knowledge to resolve customer questions across website chat, email and, since August 2026, WhatsApp. Anything it cannot resolve lands in a shared inbox with the conversation and context attached, where AI drafts a reply for a human to send or edit. Weav calls the whole thing a Resolution Engine and quotes a 71 per cent average resolution rate at launch.
For sellers the important part is the Shopify app, listed on 7 July 2026. Once installed it syncs the catalogue, store policies and live orders. The agent can verify a customer, pull order status and tracking, answer fit and availability questions from product data, and walk someone through a return or exchange using your actual return window. Refunds, damaged items and lost parcels are deliberately left to a human, with the order details passed along. Subscription changes are covered through a Recharge integration.
Around that sit specialised agents with their own tone and rules, escalation routing, reporting, an internal Ask Weav tool for staff, custom actions that can call any external HTTPS API during a conversation, a REST API, webhooks and an MCP server for connecting other AI tools. Native integrations beyond that are short: Stripe and Google Drive. The company is based in Salt Lake City; co-founder Brady Nord fronted the June 2026 launch.
How Does Weav Score?
How Much Does Weav Cost?
Four tiers on weav.com as of September 2026, all with a 14-day trial of paid features and 20 per cent off on annual billing. Lite is free: 20 AI messages a month, one teammate, one custom email address, 100 KB of training data. Plus is $29 a month ($23.20 on annual) for 500 AI messages, two teammates, 1 MB of training data. Pro is $119 ($95.20) for 5,000 messages, three teammates, 10 MB, automatic retraining and standard integrations. Max is $359 ($287.20) for 20,000 messages, five teammates, 50 MB and advanced integrations. The same plans cost more through the Shopify App Store: Plus $39, Pro $149, Max $449, so create the account on weav.com and then install the app. WhatsApp is included on every plan. There is no per-resolution charge, which is the main difference from Gorgias and Intercom.
Lite
$0/mo
billed annually
$0/mo if billed monthly
Plus
Recommended$23.2/mo
billed annually
$29/mo if billed monthly
Pro
$95.2/mo
billed annually
$119/mo if billed monthly
Max
$287.2/mo
billed annually
$359/mo if billed monthly
Four tiers on weav.com as of September 2026, all with a 14-day trial of paid features and 20 per cent off on annual billing. Lite is free: 20 AI messages a month, one teammate, one custom email address, 100 KB of training data. Plus is $29 a month ($23.20 on annual) for 500 AI messages, two teammates, 1 MB of training data. Pro is $119 ($95.20) for 5,000 messages, three teammates, 10 MB, automatic retraining and standard integrations. Max is $359 ($287.20) for 20,000 messages, five teammates, 50 MB and advanced integrations. The same plans cost more through the Shopify App Store: Plus $39, Pro $149, Max $449, so create the account on weav.com and then install the app. WhatsApp is included on every plan. There is no per-resolution charge, which is the main difference from Gorgias and Intercom.
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Verified Sept 2026
What Features Did We Test?
AI agent on chat and email
Works wellPer the vendor, the agent trains on your site, help centre and files, resolves routine questions on its own and drafts replies for the rest. The 71 per cent resolution claim is the vendor's own figure and has not been independently checked.
Shopify order actions
Works wellVerified order lookup, tracking, catalogue answers and policy-driven returns and exchanges are all documented in the Shopify listing and the August 2026 launch post. Refunds stay with humans by design.
Channels
AcceptableWebsite chat, email and WhatsApp Business, with WhatsApp on every plan. No Instagram, Messenger or SMS, and Meta's 24-hour reply window applies on WhatsApp.
Integrations
Needs workShopify, Stripe, Google Drive and Recharge are the named ones. Custom actions can call any API and there is a REST API, webhooks and an MCP server, but you are doing the wiring.
Pricing model
Best in categoryFlat monthly plans with a message allowance and no per-resolution fee. Gorgias adds roughly $1 per AI resolution and Intercom charges per seat plus per resolution.
Track record
Needs workLaunched June 2026, Shopify app July 2026 with no reviews, no G2 or Capterra profile found. That is not a fault of the product, but it is a reason to trial rather than migrate.
What Does Weav Do Well?
Predictable cost
A store doing 400 AI-handled conversations a month pays $29. The same volume on Gorgias Automate would be a helpdesk plan plus about $360 in resolution fees. That gap is the whole pitch.
Order-aware answers on Shopify
The agent verifies the customer and reads live order data, so it answers where-is-my-order with a tracking number instead of a link to the tracking page. Returns follow your policy rather than a script.
Human handoff with context
Escalation rules route anything the agent should not touch, and the human gets the full conversation and order attached. Refunds and damaged goods always go this way.
Developer surface
Custom HTTPS actions, a REST API, webhooks and an MCP server mean a technical seller can connect a warehouse system or a returns portal without waiting for a native integration.
Where Does Weav Fall Short?
It is brand new
Three months old, zero app reviews, no third-party review profile. Nobody outside the company has published churn, uptime or accuracy numbers yet.
Two price lists
Buying through the Shopify App Store costs $10 to $90 a month more than the same plan on weav.com. Nothing on either page explains the difference.
Small training allowances
1 MB on Plus is roughly a few hundred help articles. A mature store with a large help centre and long policy pages is on Pro at $119 before it starts.
Amazon sellers get nothing
No Amazon messaging integration, so buyer-seller messages still live in Seller Central or a tool like eDesk.
Decided Weav fits your stack?
Verified Sept 2026
Who Should Use Weav?
Shopify stores with 100 to 1,000 conversations a month
Plus at $29 or Pro at $119 covers that volume flat, the app handles order and return questions, and WhatsApp comes free.
Sellers paying per resolution today
If your Gorgias or Intercom bill swings with AI usage, Weav's message allowance makes next month's cost knowable.
Technical founders
Custom actions and the API let you connect systems Weav has no native integration for.
Who Should Avoid Weav?
Amazon-first sellers
There is no Amazon integration. eDesk or Seller Central's own tools are the answer there.
Stores that need Instagram, Messenger or SMS
Weav covers chat, email and WhatsApp only. Tidio or Reply Agent cover the social channels.
Anyone who needs references before switching
There are none yet. Run it in parallel on the free plan for a month and judge the resolution rate on your own tickets.
How Does Weav Compare to Alternatives?
| Weav | Gorgias | Tidio | eDesk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $10/mo | Free | $55/mo |
| Ease of use | 8/10 | 7/10 | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Value | 8/10 | 6/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Amazon | 1/10 | 2/10 | 2/10 | 9/10 |
| Shopify | 7/10 | 9/10 | 8/10 | 6/10 |
| Overall | 7/10 | 7/10 | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Best for | A Shopify store doing a few hundred support conversations a month that wants an AI agent on chat, email and WhatsApp for a flat $29 to $119 without Gorgias-style per-resolution fees. | Pick Weav for flat pricing and a lighter setup; pick Gorgias if you need its deep Shopify helpdesk, macros and app marketplace and can absorb per-resolution fees | Pick Weav if email and WhatsApp resolution with order actions matters more than the widget; pick Tidio for a wider free tier, social channels and years of reviews | Pick Weav for a Shopify or DTC store; pick eDesk if Amazon buyer messages are most of your support volume |
Sources and Further Reading
- Weav pricing-- Weav
- Weav AI Customer Service on the Shopify App Store-- Shopify App Store
- Weav brings AI customer service to Shopify stores (26 Aug 2026)-- Weav
- Introducing Weav's WhatsApp integration (12 Aug 2026)-- Weav
- Weav launches AI-first customer service Resolution Engine (25 Jun 2026)-- TechIntelPro
What Platforms Does Weav Support?
Frequently asked questions
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Best for: A Shopify store doing a few hundred support conversations a month that wants an AI agent on chat, email and WhatsApp for a flat $29 to $119 without Gorgias-style per-resolution fees.
Verified Sept 2026. Opens Weav in a new tab.
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