Shoppers search for part numbers, brand names, and words that only live in your product descriptions — and Shopify's native search shrugs. SearchSentry indexes all of it and answers instantly, with flat pricing by catalog size.
Install on Shopify — free planFree plan up to 50 products · flat tiers with 7-day trials · founder support
Exact SKU, partial SKU, even SKUs typed without the dashes. If your customers order by part number, they'll finally find it.
Words that only appear in your product descriptions become findable — the classic native-search blind spot.
Vendor and manufacturer names match, so "show me everything by X" actually shows everything by X.
A fast search box with live results (thumbnails, prices, SKU labels) added as a theme app block — no theme code edits, graceful fallback to native search.
See every search that found nothing — each one is a shopper telling you exactly what they wanted to buy. Merchandising gold.
Plans priced by catalog size with hard caps you choose. No per-search fees, no setup fees, no surprise charges as you grow.
| Native Search & Discovery | Enterprise search apps | SearchSentry | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKU / partial SKU | Unreliable | Yes | Yes — incl. dash-insensitive |
| Description matching | No | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free | Catalog-size fees, setup fees, upsells | Flat tiers, free plan |
| Setup complexity | Built in | Often heavy | One theme block |
| Support | Community | Varies | Founder-direct |
Honest framing: if you run a 100k-product catalog and need AI merchandising, the enterprise apps are genuinely strong. SearchSentry is for small-to-mid stores that want search to simply work — SKUs, brands, descriptions — at a flat, predictable price.
It's title-oriented — partial SKUs, dash variations, manufacturer names, and description-only words often return nothing. SearchSentry indexes all those fields and matches exact, partial, and dash-insensitive queries.
Flat plans by catalog size: free for small catalogs, flat monthly tiers with 7-day trials above that. No per-search or setup fees.
No — it's a Theme App Extension block. If the app is ever paused, the search box falls back to your theme's native search.
It's live on the Shopify App Store now — free plan for small catalogs, 7-day trials on paid tiers. Install SearchSentry here.