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Opinew vs Loox
Opinew is the marketplace-import app, with a free tier and reviews pulled from Amazon, eBay and AliExpress. Loox is the visual-review app, built around good original photo and video.
Verdict
These solve different jobs, and both do them well. Loox is the choice for collecting and displaying original photo and video reviews from your own customers; Opinew is the choice for importing existing reviews from Amazon, eBay and AliExpress, with a free tier to start. If you want your reviews to display well and also grow your traffic, BeyondReviews is the newer option: every review answered in your voice, the phrases your customers repeat put where Google and AI answers read them, and free to start.
- BeyondReviews: Stores that want reviews to bring in traffic, not only to reassure the shopper already there.
- Opinew: Dropshippers importing existing reviews from Amazon, eBay and AliExpress.
- Loox: Visual-first brands in fashion and beauty that sell on original photos.
Which is right for you?
Which is better for importing reviews from Amazon, eBay or AliExpress?
Opinew. Marketplace import is its focus: it pulls existing reviews from Amazon, eBay and AliExpress so a new or dropshipping store does not launch with empty product pages. Loox is built to collect original reviews from your own customers instead.
Which is better for original photo and video reviews?
Loox. Photo and video galleries are its whole design, and the widgets are good-looking and well-made. Opinew also supports photo and video from its $19 tier. BeyondReviews includes photo and video reviews on every plan, the free one too.
Which has a free plan to start on?
Both are free to start, so the answer is about what each free tier holds. Opinew gives you 50 requests and 100 marketplace imports. Loox gives you up to 500 orders, with video on the $49.99 Convert tier. BeyondReviews is free up to 100 orders a month with unlimited review requests, photo and video, Google stars and 10 AI replies a month.
Which gets my reviews into Google and AI answers?
BeyondReviews, because that is what it is built for. Opinew and Loox both output rich snippets, and both load the reviews in a JavaScript widget, which crawlers that do not run scripts do not read. BeyondReviews writes your reviews, your replies and the phrases you approve into the page HTML, with Product and Review schema on every plan.
Each tool in detail
Opinew
The marketplace-import app. A free tier and the ability to pull existing reviews from Amazon, eBay and AliExpress make it a popular choice for dropshippers seeding new product pages.
Opinew · Strengths
- Imports reviews from Amazon, eBay and AliExpress, ideal for dropshipping launches
- Free tier with 50 requests and 100 imports to start without paying
- Photo and video reviews supported from the $19 Starter tier
- Rich snippets and schema included for star ratings in search
Opinew · Trade-offs
- 4.7 stars across 623 Shopify App Store reviews
- SMS review requests arrive from the $89 tier
- Reviews load in a JavaScript widget, which crawlers that do not run scripts do not read
Loox
The visual-review app. Good original photo and video galleries, free to 500 orders, then priced by order volume.
Loox · Strengths
- Good photo and video review collection and display
- On-brand, design-forward widgets that suit visual storefronts
- 4.9 stars across more than 9,000 Shopify App Store reviews
Loox · Trade-offs
- Collects original reviews rather than importing Amazon or AliExpress ones
- Video reviews start on the $49.99 Convert tier
- Priced by order volume, with possible automatic upgrades as you scale
BeyondReviews
The new way of running reviews. It collects and displays them like Opinew and Loox, then puts them to work bringing the next buyer in.
BeyondReviews · Strengths
- Photo and video reviews, Google stars (Review and Product schema) and every widget on every plan, including the free one
- Chorus counts the phrases your customers repeat on each product; a phrase counts once three customers use it
- A reply desk drafts an answer to every review in your voice and works one of those phrases in where it fits. Nothing publishes until you approve it
- Approved phrases are printed into the product page’s own HTML, where Google and AI answer engines read them
- Issues, Copy gaps and Pulse show what customers complain about, what your page never says, and whether the reason they bought held up
- Every price published: free up to 100 orders a month, then $29 to $249 by volume, Enterprise from $750
BeyondReviews · Trade-offs
- Focused on reviews and the traffic they bring: no loyalty programme or subscriptions
- Newer than Opinew and Loox, so without their years of App Store reviews
By the numbers
- 100 vs 0
- Marketplace review imports on each free tier. Loox collects original reviews rather than importing themShopify App Store listing, checked August 2026
- 623 vs 9,663
- Shopify App Store review countsShopify App Store, checked September 2026
- 0
- Major AI crawlers that run JavaScript. GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot read the page as it arrives, so the words that get quoted are the ones in the HTMLVercel and MERJ, December 2024
- 270%
- More likely to be bought with five reviews than with noneSpiegel Research Center, Northwestern University, 2017
Frequently asked questions
Can Opinew import my Amazon, eBay or AliExpress reviews?
Yes. Marketplace import is what Opinew is built for: it pulls existing reviews from Amazon, eBay and AliExpress so your product pages launch with social proof. Loox collects original reviews from your own customers instead.
Does Loox have a free plan?
Yes, up to 500 orders, on its Free plan, with video reviews from $49.99 a month on Convert. Opinew also has a free tier, with 50 requests and 100 marketplace imports, and BeyondReviews is free up to 100 orders a month with photo and video included.
Which is better for original photo and video reviews?
Loox is the visual choice, with good galleries and video on the $49.99 tier and higher. Opinew supports photo and video from its $19 tier. BeyondReviews includes photo and video on every plan and then answers every review in your voice.
Can I switch between Opinew, Loox and BeyondReviews without losing reviews?
Yes. Opinew and Loox both support exporting and importing reviews. Moving to BeyondReviews, your reviews import as part of setup and count toward your rating from day one, and keeping your Google stars through the move is treated as our problem, not yours.
Do either of them get my reviews cited by ChatGPT or Google AI Overviews?
Both render reviews through JavaScript widgets, which the major AI crawlers do not run. BeyondReviews is built for this: your reviews, replies and the phrases your customers repeat are printed into the page HTML, where ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews read them.