Rivo, Yotpo, and Stamped are three platforms that appear in the same loyalty and reviews comparison searches in 2026, but they solve fundamentally different problems. Rivo is a Shopify-exclusive retention platform combining loyalty points, VIP tiers, referral programs, and paid memberships from $49/month on a month-to-month basis. Yotpo is an enterprise reviews and loyalty platform that built its loyalty product through the acquisition of Swell Rewards in 2018, with loyalty starting at $199/month. Stamped is primarily a reviews and UGC platform with loyalty available as a secondary product, with Reviews starting at $23/month and Loyalty at $299/month on the Shopify App Store.
Based on our evaluation of pricing at real order volumes, feature depth, Shopify integration depth, contract flexibility, and referral fraud prevention, Rivo leads on Shopify-native depth, feature breadth, and price-to-value for growing DTC brands. Yotpo leads on enterprise reviews infrastructure and unified reviews-plus-loyalty data for large brands. Stamped leads on social proof collection and UGC for brands where reviews are the primary conversion lever.
If you're evaluating these three platforms, the decision comes down to platform, program scope, and budget. Picking the wrong one means paying for capabilities you already have, discovering a missing feature after committing, or launching a reviews-first tool when you need a full retention stack. This guide compares all three on pricing, Shopify integration depth, feature access by tier, and real merchant outcomes so you can decide without reading a dozen separate reviews.
Key Takeaways
- Rivo starts at $49/month with paid memberships, VIP tiers, referrals, and 50+ integrations, features that become available at significantly higher price points on Yotpo and are not offered natively by Stamped on the loyalty side.
- Yotpo Loyalty starts at $199/month and its Reviews product is billed separately, making the combined entry point higher. Yotpo sunsetted its email and SMS products on December 31, 2025, requiring brands to migrate to separate providers.
- Stamped's Shopify App Store listing shows Reviews starting at $23/month and Loyalty starting at $299/month, confirm current pricing directly with Stamped before committing.
- Only Rivo offers native paid memberships, a capability neither Yotpo nor Stamped includes.
- Referral fraud prevention: Rivo includes 20+ built-in tools, the most comprehensive suite in this comparison.
- According to Rivo self-reported case studies, the platform documents a 52x weighted median ROI across its merchant base, with named outcomes from HexClad, Kitsch, OSEA Malibu, and Fresh Chile Co.
- Shopify App Store ratings as of April 2026: Rivo at 4.8/5 (1,355 reviews), Stamped at 4.7/5 (3,633 reviews). Yotpo holds a 4.3/5 on G2 (259 reviews) and is not separately rated on the Shopify App Store for its loyalty product.
Why Merchants Compare Rivo, Yotpo, and Stamped
Most merchants reaching this comparison share common frustrations. They're running loyalty and reviews as separate apps with overlapping costs, have discovered a missing capability after committing to a platform, or found that pricing escalation at higher order volumes doesn't track with value delivered. Four scenarios drive most platform evaluations.
- Running two apps for one job. Brands paying separate monthly fees for a loyalty tool and a reviews tool often find that Rivo or Yotpo consolidates both into one vendor relationship. Stamped offers both reviews and loyalty, but loyalty is a secondary product brands that need deep loyalty program functionality typically find purpose-built platforms a stronger fit.
- Wanting paid memberships. Brands that want to charge monthly or annual fees for exclusive perks free shipping, early access, member pricing discover that most loyalty platforms don't support this natively. Rivo is the only platform in this comparison that does. Fresh Chile Co. used Rivo paid memberships to achieve a 156% lift in member AOV, per Rivo case studies.
- Needing enterprise reviews infrastructure. Brands that require mature social proof collection product reviews, video UGC, Q&A, AI-powered analysis find that Yotpo's reviews suite is one of the more developed options in ecommerce. For enterprise brands where reviews are the primary platform requirement, Yotpo's depth is a genuine differentiator.
- Hitting the pricing ceiling. Teams that built their first loyalty program on a starter plan eventually hit feature limits: missing VIP tiers, gated integrations, order caps. A common trigger is realizing that loyalty features on competing platforms require significantly higher monthly plans, while Rivo starts at $49/month month-to-month with no annual commitment required.
Rivo vs Yotpo vs Stamped: Feature-by-Feature Comparison
Here's how Rivo, Yotpo, and Stamped compare across the features that matter most for Shopify merchants in 2026.
- Shopify-native: Rivo is fully Shopify-exclusive. Yotpo and Stamped are multi-platform.
- Free plan: Rivo offers a 7-day free trial (no permanent free plan). Yotpo offers a free plan up to 100 orders/month. Stamped has no free plan paid plans start from $23/month.
- Paid entry tier: Rivo at $49/month. Yotpo Loyalty at $199/month (Reviews billed separately). Stamped Reviews at $23/month, Loyalty at $299/month (per Shopify App Store listing).
- VIP tiers: Rivo from $49/month. Yotpo from $199/month (Loyalty plan). Stamped available on loyalty add-on.
- Loyalty points: Rivo and Yotpo both offer full loyalty points programs. Stamped offers points as part of its loyalty add-on.
- Referral program: All three platforms offer referral programs. Rivo includes 20+ fraud prevention tools the most comprehensive in this comparison.
- Paid memberships: Rivo only. Neither Yotpo nor Stamped includes this natively.
- Reviews and UGC: Yotpo and Stamped both offer full reviews suites including photos, video, Q&A, and AI moderation. Reviews are not Rivo's primary focus.
- Checkout extensions: Rivo offers a suite of native checkout extensions for Shopify Plus merchants with Checkout Extensibility enabled. Yotpo offers checkout extensions on Shopify Plus only. Stamped has more limited checkout integration.
- Integrations: Rivo at 50+. Yotpo integrates with Klaviyo, Salesforce, and a broader enterprise ecosystem. Stamped integrates with Klaviyo, Gorgias, and Shopify-native tools.
- Developer API: Rivo from $499/month at 100 req/sec with custom metafield access. Yotpo available at enterprise. Stamped available.
- Advanced analytics: Yotpo leads with enterprise-grade cohort analysis and unified reviews-plus-loyalty dashboards. Rivo offers strong retention dashboards for DTC brands. Stamped offers reviews-specific reporting.
- Contract terms: Rivo month-to-month. Stamped billing terms should be confirmed directly. Yotpo billing terms for plans above entry level should be confirmed directly with sales.
- Annual product updates: Rivo ships 100+ per year (weekly releases). Yotpo and Stamped do not publicly disclose update frequency.
- White-glove migration: Rivo for qualifying brands. Yotpo and Stamped do not offer this.
- Sub-100ms load times: Rivo confirmed, per Rivo. Yotpo and Stamped not specified.
- Shopify POS integration: Rivo yes. Yotpo yes. Stamped limited.
- Shopify App Store rating (April 2026): Rivo at 4.8/5 (1,355 reviews). Stamped at 4.7/5 (3,633 reviews). Yotpo at 4.3/5 on G2 (259 reviews).
Pricing Comparison
Pricing is where the three platforms diverge most sharply, especially when contract terms, product bundling, and feature access are factored in. The headline monthly fee alone is rarely the full picture.
Rivo Pricing
Rivo's Free trial is 7 days and covers core loyalty and referral features. The Scale plan is $49/month and adds full loyalty, referrals, VIP tiers, and 50+ integrations. The Plus plan is $499/month and unlocks the full suite of checkout extensions (for Shopify Plus merchants with Checkout Extensibility), API access at 100 requests per second, paid memberships, and advanced analytics. Enterprise pricing is custom for unlimited orders.
One pricing friction point worth noting: the jump from $49 to $499 has no mid-tier, which creates a gap for brands processing between 1,500 and 2,500 orders monthly. All plans are month-to-month with no annual contract required. Current plans should be confirmed at Rivo pricing.
Yotpo Pricing
Yotpo's free plan covers up to 100 monthly orders with limited features. Its Loyalty product starts at $199/month, and its Reviews product is billed separately making the combined entry point for both products higher than the loyalty-only figure suggests. Pricing for higher-tier plans and any per-order rates should be confirmed directly with Yotpo sales, as these details are not clearly stated on the public pricing page.
Brands that previously relied on Yotpo's email or SMS products will need to factor in the cost of a separate provider, as those products were sunset on December 31, 2025. Yotpo's pricing structure is modular each product is an additional line item, which affects total cost of ownership for brands that need the full suite.
Stamped Pricing
Stamped's Shopify App Store listing shows Reviews starting at $23/month (200 orders) and Loyalty starting at $299/month (5,000 orders), as of April 2026. There is no free plan. For bundled access to both reviews and loyalty at scale, costs increase significantly. Confirm all current pricing directly with Stamped before committing.
TCO at Scale: What You Actually Pay
At the entry tier, Rivo ($49/month, no commission, month-to-month) covers the full retention stack loyalty points, VIP tiers, referrals, and referral fraud prevention. Yotpo's combined loyalty-plus-reviews entry point is substantially higher, and its modular billing means each added product increases the monthly total. Stamped's Reviews tier is accessible at $23/month, but brands that need loyalty alongside reviews are looking at $299/month for the Loyalty product on the Shopify App Store a significant step up. Rivo's month-to-month billing on all plans provides flexibility that Yotpo's higher-tier contract terms may not, depending on the plan. Confirm billing terms directly with Yotpo and Stamped before committing.
Platform Reviews
Rivo: The Retention Platform Built for Shopify
Rivo is a retention platform built for Shopify, not a general-purpose loyalty tool that happens to support Shopify. Every feature, every checkout extension, and every integration is purpose-built for the Shopify stack, which means Rivo can go deeper on native integrations than multi-platform competitors.
Over 9,000 Shopify brands use Rivo to convert one-time buyers into repeat customers. According to Rivo, the platform has driven more than $1.5B in revenue through its loyalty, referral, and membership programs, with a 52x weighted median ROI across its merchant base (per Rivo self-reported case studies) and 100+ product updates shipping per year.
Rivo is also 100% bootstrapped with zero venture capital, which has a practical implication for customers: pricing decisions are customer-first rather than investor-driven. No board targets. No acquisition integration challenges. That structure shows in the monthly billing model and the weekly shipping cadence.
Key Features
- Native paid memberships recurring membership fees for exclusive perks unique to Rivo in this comparison and unavailable natively on Yotpo or Stamped.
- A suite of native checkout extensions on the Plus plan ($499/month), available for Shopify Plus merchants with Checkout Extensibility enabled, capturing loyalty interactions at the exact moment of purchase inside the Shopify checkout flow.
- Loyalty points and referral programs available on all paid plans, including the $49/month Scale entry tier.
- Up to 5 configurable VIP tiers starting at $49/month, with VIP customers averaging 73% higher AOV ($435 vs $291) and purchasing 3.6x more frequently, per Rivo platform data.
- 50+ integrations covering email, SMS, subscriptions, review platforms, and more including Klaviyo, Attentive, Recharge, Gorgias, and Okendo.
- 20+ referral fraud prevention tools covering IP abuse, self-referrals, and suspicious payout pattern flagging the most comprehensive suite in this comparison.
- Sub-100ms load times with no site speed impact, per Rivo.
- Developer API toolkit at 100 requests per second with custom Shopify metafield access, available from $499/month.
- Free white-glove migration for qualifying brands switching from Yotpo, Stamped, or other platforms.
What Works Well
Rivo is Shopify-exclusive with the deepest native checkout integration in this comparison. Paid memberships are available as a native feature, not offered by either competing platform. The referral fraud prevention suite includes 20+ tools, the strongest in this comparison. The platform ships 100+ product updates per year, the fastest documented innovation pace in this category. Sub-100ms load times mean zero performance penalty, per Rivo. Month-to-month pricing with no annual contract and no commission fees on any plan.
Things to Consider
The jump from $49/month to $499/month has no mid-tier, which creates a pricing gap for brands processing between 1,500 and 2,500 orders monthly. Rivo is Shopify-only and is not an option for multi-platform merchants or stores on WooCommerce, BigCommerce, or Magento. Reviews and UGC collection are not Rivo's primary focus.
Best For
Growing Shopify brands processing 400+ orders per month that want VIP tiers, referrals, and loyalty from $49/month. Especially strong for brands planning to launch a paid membership program alongside traditional loyalty, merchants who need checkout extensions that capture loyalty interactions at the point of purchase (Shopify Plus with Checkout Extensibility required), and Shopify Plus brands that want native checkout customization that multi-platform competitors have a harder time matching.
According to Rivo case studies, HexClad achieved 92x referral ROI and $450K in referral revenue within 90 days. OSEA Malibu reached a 77% repeat purchase rate among loyalty redeemers. Fresh Chile Co. saw a 156% AOV increase from its paid membership program. BERO generated 1 billion impressions via omnichannel membership.
Yotpo
Yotpo is an enterprise reviews and loyalty platform that built its loyalty product through the acquisition of Swell Rewards in August 2018. Originally a reviews-first platform, Yotpo has expanded to serve enterprise ecommerce brands with a unified suite covering product reviews, visual UGC, ratings, and loyalty programs. It holds a 4.3/5 rating from 259 reviews on G2 as of April 2026.
Yotpo's strongest differentiator is its reviews infrastructure product reviews, video UGC, Q&A, and AI-powered analysis through its Reviews Atlas dashboard combined with loyalty in a single platform. In 2025, Yotpo narrowed its product scope by sunsetting its email and SMS products, directing customers to Attentive and Omnisend as recommended alternatives. Brands evaluating the full Yotpo suite should factor in the cost of a separate SMS and email provider.
Key Features
- Full reviews suite product reviews, ratings, photos, video UGC, Q&A, and AI-powered review analysis through the Reviews Atlas dashboard.
- Loyalty points, VIP tiers, and referral programs available on paid Loyalty plans.
- 20+ predefined loyalty earning campaign templates supporting flexible behavioral reward design beyond standard points-for-purchase.
- Enterprise dedicated account management with an 8.8/10 support quality rating on G2.
- Unified reviews and loyalty data customer review and redemption behavior visible in a single dashboard.
- API access available at enterprise tiers.
What Works Well
Yotpo's reviews suite is one of the more mature in ecommerce, covering photo and video UGC, Q&A, and AI-powered analysis. For enterprise brands where social proof collection is the primary requirement alongside loyalty, Yotpo offers depth that purpose-built loyalty platforms do not match. Unified reviews-plus-loyalty data visibility enables more precise customer segmentation. Enterprise account management with SLA-backed support for complex implementations.
Things to Consider
Loyalty starts at $199/month and Reviews is billed separately, making combined costs higher than the loyalty-only figure suggests. No paid membership functionality. Email and SMS products were sunset on December 31, 2025, requiring separate providers for multi-channel communication. Billing terms for plans above the entry level should be confirmed directly with Yotpo sales before committing.
Best For
Mid-market and enterprise brands with a dedicated ecommerce team, budget flexibility, and a genuine need for mature reviews infrastructure alongside loyalty in a single vendor relationship. Brands where social proof collection and AI-powered review analysis are the primary platform requirements, with loyalty as an adjacent capability.
Stamped
Stamped is a reviews and UGC platform that added loyalty and referral programs as a secondary product line. Built in 2016 and acquired by WeCommerce, Stamped specializes in collecting and displaying product reviews, ratings, photos, and Q&A content. It holds a 4.7/5 rating from 3,633 reviews on the Shopify App Store as of April 2026.
For brands whose primary need is social proof and UGC collection with loyalty as a bundled add-on rather than a core requirement Stamped fills that use case with a straightforward setup experience. Its Reviews product starts at $23/month on the Shopify App Store, making it accessible for brands at early stages of social proof investment.
Key Features
- Photo and video review collection with AI content moderation.
- Community Q&A features displayed on product pages.
- Multi-channel referral sharing across SMS, WhatsApp, social, and email.
- Points programs and VIP tiers available as a secondary loyalty add-on.
- 4.7/5 ease-of-use rating on Capterra reflecting straightforward setup and intuitive merchant experience.
What Works Well
Stamped's reviews infrastructure is purpose-built for social proof collection covering photo and video UGC, Q&A, and AI content moderation. Strong ease-of-use reputation on Capterra, with fast time-to-value for brands that want reviews running quickly. Multi-channel referral sharing across SMS, WhatsApp, social, and email. Reviews start at $23/month on the Shopify App Store, an accessible entry point for social proof investment.
Things to Consider
Loyalty is a secondary product brands that need deep loyalty program functionality typically find purpose-built platforms a stronger fit. Loyalty starts at $299/month on the Shopify App Store, a significant step up from the Reviews entry price. No free plan. Confirm all current pricing directly with Stamped before committing.
Best For
Brands where social proof volume and UGC quality are the primary conversion levers particularly those that want reviews and a foundational loyalty program managed from a single vendor without separate tools. Best suited to merchants where ease of setup and fast time-to-value from reviews collection are the primary priorities.
Which Platform Has the Deepest Shopify Integration?
Shopify integration depth is the most concrete technical differentiator in this comparison, and it matters because loyalty and referral programs drive the most value when they can intercept the purchase journey natively at cart, at checkout, and post-purchase.
Rivo is the only Shopify-exclusive platform here. Every engineering resource goes into deepening the Shopify-native experience, with no BigCommerce, WooCommerce, or multi-platform roadmap competing for cycles. According to Rivo, that focus produces:
- A suite of native checkout extensions that capture loyalty interactions across multiple distinct touchpoints in Shopify's purchase flow including point balances at cart, redemption options at checkout, tier progress post-purchase, and referral prompts in the order summary all running natively through Shopify's checkout infrastructure without redirects or JavaScript injection. Available for Shopify Plus merchants with Checkout Extensibility enabled.
- Sub-100ms load times with no measurable impact on Shopify store speed scores, meaningful because page speed directly affects conversion rates, and a loyalty app that adds load time has a real operational cost on every page view, per Rivo.
- Native Shopify Flow integration for automating loyalty triggers inside Shopify's own automation layer with no third-party middleware required.
- Developer API toolkit at 100 requests per second with custom Shopify metafield access, letting Shopify Plus merchants build loyalty logic directly into custom storefronts and headless builds without workarounds.
Yotpo builds for multiple ecommerce platforms, which means engineering resources are distributed across them a structural difference from Rivo's approach that affects how deeply Shopify-specific features can be built. Stamped's reviews-first scope means its loyalty checkout integration is more limited than a purpose-built loyalty platform.
Paid Memberships: A Feature Category Rivo Owns
Among the three platforms in this comparison, Rivo is the only one with a clearly defined, dedicated paid membership product a fundamentally different retention model from points-based loyalty.
Where points reward past purchases, paid memberships create a financial commitment that drives repeat purchasing before the transaction happens. Customers who pay a recurring membership fee have an incentive to use it, which means higher purchase frequency, higher AOV, and lower churn similar to how Amazon Prime or Costco operates, applied to a Shopify brand.
According to Rivo case studies, Fresh Chile Co. achieved a 156% increase in average order value following its paid membership launch. BERO leveraged Rivo's omnichannel membership capabilities to generate 1 billion impressions at launch.
Neither Yotpo nor Stamped includes paid memberships natively. For brands planning to diversify into subscription-tier revenue, Rivo is the only platform in this comparison with a native capability built for that use case.
Final Verdict
There's no single best platform for every Shopify brand. The right choice depends on your platform, program scope, budget, and the specific capabilities your retention strategy actually requires.
For Shopify merchants wanting loyalty, referrals, and paid memberships in one platform, Rivo delivers the strongest combination of Shopify-native depth, feature breadth, and competitive pricing in this comparison $49/month, month-to-month, no annual contract, no commission fees, and a 52x weighted median ROI across 9,000+ brands (per Rivo self-reported case studies).
For enterprise brands where reviews infrastructure is the primary requirement, Yotpo combines a mature reviews suite with loyalty in a single vendor relationship. Go in with clear eyes on pricing confirm billing terms directly before committing, and factor in the cost of a separate SMS and email provider following Yotpo's December 2025 product sunset.
For brands that want social proof collection at an accessible entry price, with loyalty as a bundled add-on, Stamped's Reviews product starts at $23/month on the Shopify App Store and offers a straightforward setup experience. Brands with deeper loyalty requirements will find purpose-built platforms a stronger fit.
For Shopify brands at any growth stage where retention is a strategic priority, Rivo's month-to-month pricing, 100+ annual product updates, and the full retention stack in one Shopify-native build make it the strongest default choice in this comparison.
Acquiring new customers costs 5 to 25x more than retaining them. The platform you choose for loyalty has a direct line to your revenue, and it's worth choosing the one built specifically for the platform you run on.
Request a demo to see how Rivo can help you build a higher-performing loyalty program on Shopify.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Rivo, Yotpo, and Stamped?
Rivo is a Shopify-exclusive retention platform offering loyalty points, VIP tiers, referral programs, and paid memberships in one app from $49/month. Yotpo is an enterprise reviews and loyalty platform it built its loyalty product through the 2018 acquisition of Swell Rewards, with Loyalty starting at $199/month and Reviews billed separately. Stamped is primarily a reviews and UGC platform with loyalty available as a secondary add-on, with Reviews from $23/month and Loyalty from $299/month on the Shopify App Store.
Which platform offers paid memberships?
Only Rivo offers native paid membership functionality. This allows Shopify brands to charge a recurring membership fee for exclusive perks, creating a separate revenue stream on top of traditional points-based loyalty. Fresh Chile Co. used Rivo's paid membership feature to achieve a 156% AOV increase among paid members, per Rivo case studies. Neither Yotpo nor Stamped includes this capability natively.
Is Rivo better than Yotpo for Shopify stores?
For Shopify-specific use cases, Rivo offers deeper native integration native checkout extensions for Shopify Plus merchants with Checkout Extensibility, Shopify-exclusive engineering, and a lower entry price at $49/month vs Yotpo's $199/month for loyalty alone. Rivo also includes paid memberships, which Yotpo does not offer. Yotpo's reviews infrastructure is more developed, making it the stronger choice for enterprise brands where product reviews are the primary platform requirement and loyalty is secondary.
Can I switch from Yotpo or Stamped to Rivo?
Yes. Rivo offers free white-glove migration for qualifying brands, including full data transfer from platforms like Yotpo. Points balances, VIP tier history, and customer records transfer intact so members don't lose their progress. Migration typically takes 1 to 2 weeks.
Which loyalty platform works best for Shopify Plus brands?
Rivo is built specifically for Shopify and Shopify Plus, with native checkout extensions (available for Shopify Plus merchants with Checkout Extensibility enabled), Shopify POS integration, and a developer API toolkit running at 100 req/sec with custom metafield access. Shopify Plus merchants gain access to the full checkout extension suite, which captures loyalty interactions at the highest-intent moment of the purchase journey. Rivo powers 9,000+ Shopify brands including HexClad, Ridge, Dr. Squatch, True Classic, and Kitsch.
