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Joy vs. Smile.io
Smile.io Alternative: Best-in-class loyalty platform for every brand
Compare Joy and Smile.io to see which platform gives you more ways to reward customers, customize loyalty, and scale without limits.
4.9★1,689 reviews on Shopify
20,000+Shopify brands run loyalty on Joy
Feature comparison
Joy vs. Smile.io, side by side
Feature
Joy
Smile.io
Monthly fee
Joy: $499/mo
Smile.io: $999+/mo → Enterprise
Free orders/mo
Joy: 7,000 (then $5 per 100)
Smile.io: ~7,500/mo ($5 per 100)
Platform
Joy: Shopify only
Smile.io: Shopify + others
Reward rule conditions
Joy: Customer, order, product & collection
Smile.io: Order & customer only (Growth plan+)
VIP tier system
Joy: Advanced plan+
Smile.io: Growth plan+
Paid membership
Joy: Yes (Advanced plan+)
Smile.io: Not offered
Wallet passes (Apple/Google)
Joy: Yes (Advanced plan+)
Smile.io: Not offered
Social Rewards
Joy: Automatic Instagram story, comment & follow detection
Smile.io: Basic follow tracking only
On-site touchpoints
Joy: 30+
Smile.io: Loyalty hub, page, product embed, account page
Cart drawer redemption
Joy: Yes (Advanced plan+)
Smile.io: Not offered
Dedicated Account Manager
Joy: Advanced plan+
Smile.io: Plus plan
Support
Joy: Live chat on every plan, dedicated account manager on Advanced+
Smile.io: Email + chat
See full Joy pricing, plans & limits →
Competitor data last reviewed July 2026.
Why brands switch to Joy
Built for brands that outgrow the basics
Price at scale
Smile.io's top plan runs about double Joy's at the same order volume. Ultimate covers 7,000 orders a month for $499, then $5 per 100 beyond that — a flat, predictable rate instead of a cost that climbs against you as you grow.
Membership and wallet passes
Joy runs paid membership tiers with exclusive perks — a recurring revenue line Smile.io doesn't offer. Members also carry their loyalty card in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, with live point balances.
Social Rewards and on-site reach
Joy detects Instagram story mentions, comments, and follows automatically. Smile.io tracks basic follows only. On-site, Joy shows up in 30+ places — cart, checkout, POS, pop-up, product page — versus a narrower set of placements on Smile.io.
Reward conditions and cart redemption
Joy's rule engine sets conditions by product, collection, and customer segment. Smile.io limits conditions to orders and customers, on its Growth plan and up. Joy is also the only one of the two where customers redeem points straight from the cart drawer.
By the numbers
Built for brands that demand flexibility at scale
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Book a demo20K+
businesses empowering
4.9/5.0
from 1,689 reviews on Shopify
194M+
revenue assisted by Joy
Proven results
Real brands, real growth
318%
Return on investment
The Game Collection
The Game Collection hit a 318% return on investment on Joy — and cut support tickets by 40% along the way.
98.5%
MoM sales growth
Allbirds Korea
Allbirds Korea's loyalty campaign drove 98.5% month-over-month sales growth on Joy.
$110K
Assisted revenue in 14 days
Songmont
Songmont drove $110K in loyalty-assisted revenue in just 14 days on Joy.
Zero-risk switch
Move from Smile.io to Joy — no lost points, no downtime
1-on-1 expert support
A dedicated specialist owns your migration end to end, so nothing slips and you always know what's next.
Your customer data stays private
Your customers' data is handled securely and never shared — transferred straight into your own Joy account.
Our migration team maps your points, tiers, and program — then rebuilds it in Joy before you go live.
See how loyalty migration works →FAQs · Joy vs. Smile.io
Answers
Find answers to common questions about Joy, Smile.io, and how the two compare.
- Pricing
- Migration
- Features
Yes, for Shopify brands. Joy Loyalty adds paid membership, Apple and Google Wallet passes, and product- and collection-level reward rules that Smile.io doesn't offer, at roughly half the cost of Smile.io's top plan at a comparable order volume. Smile.io is the better fit if you run loyalty across multiple platforms beyond Shopify, since Joy is built exclusively for Shopify.
Smile.io is the stronger choice when your store runs on a platform other than Shopify, or spans several platforms at once — it works across Shopify and others, while Joy is Shopify-only. If multi-platform coverage matters more to you than membership tiers, wallet passes, or product- and collection-level reward rules, Smile.io fits better.
Joy is built exclusively for Shopify, with paid membership, wallet passes, and automatic Instagram rewards — none of which Smile.io offers. Smile.io runs across multiple platforms but caps out at a narrower rule engine and fewer on-site touchpoints.
Joy. Ultimate covers 7,000 orders a month for $499 — roughly half Smile.io's top-plan cost at a comparable volume.
Yes — paid membership and Apple/Google Wallet passes are exclusive to Joy, along with product- and collection-level reward rules and cart drawer redemption.
Joy reaches 30+ touchpoints — cart, checkout, POS, pop-up, product page — versus Smile.io's loyalty hub, loyalty page, and account page placements.
Joy detects Instagram story mentions, comments, and follows automatically. Smile.io tracks basic follows only.
No — as of this comparison, Smile.io offers neither. Both are core to Joy.
Joy includes live chat support on every plan, plus a dedicated account manager on Advanced plans and up. Smile.io offers email and chat support.
Our migration team handles the full move — points, members, tiers, and program setup — with no migration fee and no downtime for your customers.
No. Joy is built exclusively for Shopify, which lets it go deeper on native integrations — checkout extensions, POS, Shopify Flow — than platform-agnostic tools.
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20,000+
Brands run loyalty on Joy
4.9★
Shopify App Store rating
1,689
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