A question buyers ask AI

Which live chat platforms can recommend products in the chat based on our catalog and what the visitor is browsing, rather than agents pasting links manually?

Measured in 1 answer, last on Nov 11, 2026. Only the passages that name a brand are shown.

Brands in the answers

BrandNamed inRecommended inPositiveAvg. position
Tidio100%100%100%—
Gorgias100%100%100%—
Intercom100%100%100%—
Rep AI100%100%100%—
Smartsupp100%0%0%—

Where each answer names a brand

Answer 1 · Nov 11, 2026 · 10 sources cited
TidioRecommendedSite citedpositive
“My take: A strong candidate if you want an AI shopping assistant without investing in a large enterprise support platform.”
+ Catalog synchronization

“Shopify and WooCommerce catalog synchronization.”

+ Question-based recommendations

“Product recommendations based on the visitor's question.”

+ Current product page awareness

“Awareness of the product page currently being viewed.”

+ Alternative and complementary suggestions

“Alternative and complementary product suggestions.”

+ Product comparisons and price-range recommendations

“Product comparisons and price-range recommendations.”

+ Visual product cards

“Visual product cards with images and prices.”

+ Add-to-cart in chat

“Add-to-cart functionality directly inside chat.”

+ Product feeds and APIs

“It can also work with product feeds and APIs.”

SmartsuppSite citedmixed
“An interesting alternative, particularly if you have a structured product feed.”
+ Product feed catalog understanding

“Uses product feeds to understand your catalog.”

+ Current product page recognition

“Recognizes the current product page.”

+ Product cards with images

“Can display product cards with images.”

+ Human-agent handover

“Supports human-agent handover.”

− Limited use of visitor behavior beyond current page

“One limitation to investigate is how deeply it uses visitor behaviour beyond the currently viewed page.”

GorgiasRecommendedSite citedpositive
“One of the strongest options for your requirement.”
+ Shopify catalog integration

“Connects directly to your Shopify catalog.”

+ Tracks browsing behavior

“Tracks products viewed, page views and current page.”

+ Cart and purchase history awareness

“Understands cart contents and, for signed-in customers, purchase history.”

+ Product recommendations

“Recommends similar and complementary products.”

+ Visual product cards in chat

“Displays visual product cards in chat.”

+ Add-to-cart in chat

“Allows customers to add recommended products to their cart.”

+ Product prioritization/exclusion controls

“It also has controls to prioritize or exclude specific products.”

− Shopify-only recommendation functionality

“Important: The current Shopping Assistant product recommendation functionality is designed for Shopify-connected stores.”

IntercomRecommendedSite citedpositive
“My take: Particularly interesting if you want to combine customer service, sales automation and AI-powered product discovery in one platform.”
+ Catalog synchronization

“Synchronize your product catalog, variants, pricing and availability.”

+ Understands customer intent

“Understand what customers are looking for.”

+ Narrows large catalogs

“Narrow down thousands of products.”

+ Product comparisons

“Compare products and explain differences.”

+ Complementary products and upsells

“Recommend complementary products and upsells.”

+ Cart updates

“Update the shopper's cart.”

+ Checkout guidance

“Guide the customer towards checkout.”

+ Website-visit triggered workflows

“It also supports workflows triggered by website visits.”

− Non-Shopify platforms require catalog connectors

“Shopify has the most straightforward native integration; other platforms require catalog connectors.”

Rep AIRecommendedSite citedpositive
“Rep AI would be my fourth choice, particularly if proactive sales engagement is important.”
+ Catalog-based product discovery

“Product discovery using your catalog.”

+ Guided product searches

“Guided product searches.”

+ Product comparisons

“Product comparisons.”

+ Behaviour-based engagement

“Behaviour-based engagement.”

+ Proactive assistance

“Proactive assistance when shoppers appear hesitant.”

+ Product recommendation carousels

“Product recommendations presented in carousels.”

+ Qualifying questions via Product Finder

“Its Product Finder can ask shoppers qualifying questions and narrow down the catalog to relevant products.”

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