Comparison

Everything you expect, and more

Everything you expect from modern smart search for online stores, plus extra features that bring in sales.

New in ThunderBar

  • Models and brands, exactly, and a clear "not found" "gtx" does not bring GX or GTS, a brand does not bring words that are merely spelled alike. When a model is not in the store, the shopper sees that clearly, together with the closest products
  • In six languages search window and results page in Greek, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, picked automatically from the store language
  • "Notify me when it is back" a shopper who searches for a size you do not have or opens a sold-out product leaves an email and gets one email as soon as it arrives, in your store's name or from your own email. Orders from those emails count in your sales
  • Search in Google Analytics 4 and Meta searches, clicks and add-to-cart from the search window in your own analytics too, for ad audiences
  • Banners and coupons inside search for the words you choose, with a coupon copied in one click, dates, views and clicks
  • What they ask for and you do not have, titles and Google Shopping searches and sizes you are missing for your suppliers, words missing from your titles and labels for Merchant Center. All marketing tools
  • Automatic season and product types tracksuits and jackets first in winter, shorts and t-shirts in summer, with no expiring rules; "pants" does not bring shorts first
  • Marketing with AI ask your data in plain language, Google Ads keywords, one-click newsletter, trends with a ready campaign page, a Slack or Teams alert for every order. See all
  • Your month in search one card with the month's highlights, downloadable as an image
  • Looks like part of your site your site's font and colours automatically, and on OpenCart your theme's own product cards, with no custom CSS. Sales look the way your store shows them (e.g. final price only and "OUTLET PRICE")
  • Category pages with collapsible filters colours and "NEW" on product cards, available sizes on hover, search inside long filter lists (OpenCart)
  • Grey inline completion in the search box the shopper types "brac" and sees "bracelets", from the store's popular searches. Tab to accept
  • Popular products in the search box before the shopper types, automatically from 30-day sales, clicks and views, with an "In high demand" badge only where it is true
  • "Find the perfect gift" quiz 4 questions (who, occasion, interests, budget), then gifts within the shopper's price range
  • The chat assistant suggests products from search HachiChat searches the catalog with ThunderBar and answers with the right products, price, photo and link
ThunderBarOther search solution AOther search solution B
Search as you type, typo tolerance, synonyms, filters
AI semantic search (built in)
Greeklish and wrong keyboard layout
Voice search
Image search, "See similar"
Understands whole phrases (price, gender, size) with "Understood:"
Recommendations on product pages
Available alternatives for out-of-stock products
"Notify me when it is back" for missing sizes and sold-out products
Rules, campaigns, suggested links
Promotion banners inside results, for the words you choose
Add to cart and wishlist from results
Analytics, conversions and revenue from search
Searches, clicks and add-to-cart in the site's own Google Analytics 4 / Meta Pixel
Cancelled orders excluded from revenue automatically
Per-visitor personalisation
AI for the store owner (reports and suggestions)
"Ask your data": AI assistant for the marketing team
Brands, categories and products: what is searched for and what sells
Google Ads keywords and negative keywords from searches
Sizes shoppers ask for that you do not have, with a stock check
Words missing from product titles and labels for Google Merchant Center
Newsletter block with the most wanted products, in one click, with AI-written text
Alert for every order by email, Slack, Teams
Alert when a search takes off
Analytics downloads for Excel
Pinned popular searches with dates
Monthly "Your month" card and Live office screen
AI assistants (MCP server)
Multiple users with roles
Your catalogue in ChatGPT and Google
Preview on your live site before going live
Installation on your own server
Works with any platform (module, feed, snippet)
Barcode scanning with the camera
Landing pages for campaigns
Chat assistant for visitors (HachiChat)

Based on the information on their public websites, October 2026. Trademarks belong to their owners.

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