# Opinew review (2026): is it worth $19 a month? > Product review collection and display app for Shopify stores Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Opinew is a product reviews app for online stores that sends review request emails after a purchase, imports reviews from sites such as AliExpress and eBay, and shows them in widgets. Plans are sized by monthly email credits and an import limit, and an add-on called Smart Reviews uses AI to pick which reviews appear first. - **Category:** Customer Review Tools - **Made by:** Opinew - **Website:** https://www.opinew.com/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free plan, as there is only a 14-day trial. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Opinew is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $19 per month (Starter, billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial on every plan. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $19 per month for 200 email credits, billed monthly | 200 request emails a month, a 500-review import limit, photo and video reviews, coupon incentives and SEO rich snippets. | | Growth | $89 per month for 1,000 email credits, billed monthly | Adds 50 free SMS credits, a 5,000-review import limit, Q&A, Google Shopping and Aftership integrations, and all widgets. | | Advanced | $199 per month for 2,000 email credits, billed monthly | Adds 100 SMS credits, a 30,000-review import limit, headless support, priority support, onboarding and a customer success manager. | | Enterprise | $499 per month and up, billed monthly | Unlimited email credits and imports, 300 SMS credits, Smart Reviews, dedicated server, custom reports and multi-country requests. | Read from https://www.opinew.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Opinew before buying. ## Key features - **Automated review requests:** Sends invitation emails after purchase. One credit sends one email, and requests can be timed after delivery through an Aftership integration on Growth and up. - **Review imports:** Imports reviews from AliExpress, eBay and other platforms, with a cap per plan: 500, 5,000 or 30,000 on the three entry plans. - **Widgets and rich snippets:** Standard widgets plus an all-reviews page, floating widget and footer badge on Growth and up; rich snippets show review stars in search results. - **Smart Reviews:** An AI add-on that ranks and pins the highest-quality reviews on top. It is available on Growth and Advanced, and is included in Enterprise. - **Coupon incentives and SMS:** Offer coupons inside review requests on any plan; SMS requests come with free SMS credits from Growth. ## Good for - Dropshipping stores that import supplier reviews - Stores that want a review app with a 14-day trial before paying - Brands that need a review migration from another platform ## Worth knowing - There is no free plan; every plan starts with a 14-day trial. - Extra email credits are sold separately, and the Smart Reviews add-on starts at $9 a month. - Personal review migration and a customer success manager come only with Advanced and Enterprise. - The page read showed monthly prices; the Annually toggle's prices could not be read. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Opinew collects and shows product reviews for Shopify stores, from $19 a month. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial, extra email credits cost more, and the personal help starts on the higher plans. - **Value for money: B.** Starter is $19 a month for 200 request emails, at the edge of the cheaper quarter of review tools. Growth is $89, Advanced $199 and Enterprise $499 and up. - **Free plan and trial: D.** There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial, and the page does not say whether it needs a card. - **Features: B.** Review requests, imports, widgets, rich snippets, photo and video reviews and coupon incentives. Q&A starts on Growth, and Starter caps imports at 500 reviews. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It is a Shopify app you install and configure. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Shopify, Klaviyo, Omnisend, Gorgias, Zendesk and Aftership. No desktop or phone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Opinew's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among customer review tools - Opinew's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 18 of the 34 other customer review tools we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 25 of 34) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 11). - Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 6 of the 28 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/reviews ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Opinew you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $228 a year. - You could make: Review collection and schema markup: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Shopify, Klaviyo and Omnisend among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Shopify, Klaviyo, Omnisend, Gorgias, Zendesk, LoyaltyLion, Smile.io, Aftership **Tags:** Review collection, SMS marketing, AI features, Schema markup, Online store ## Alternatives - [Judge.me](https://toolgpa.com/tools/judge-me): Product reviews for Shopify stores with a free plan and one paid tier. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/judge-me-vs-opinew) - [Loox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/loox): Photo and video product reviews with referrals for Shopify stores. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/loox-vs-opinew) - [Fera](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fera): Photo and video product reviews for online stores. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fera-vs-opinew) - [Okendo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/okendo): Product reviews for Shopify brands, with loyalty, quizzes and surveys. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/okendo-vs-opinew) - [Stamped](https://toolgpa.com/tools/stamped): Product reviews, Q&A and a loyalty program for online stores. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/opinew-vs-stamped) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.opinew.com/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/opinew Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).