Alternative to Smile.io

The best alternative to Smile.io for Shopify brands ready to outgrow basic loyalty.

A more powerful Smile.io alternative for Shopify, with Customer Accounts, fraud-protected referrals, and a no-code editor included. Mage scales with you from your first 100 customers to enterprise volume.
From starter to enterprise
Scales
Migration from Smile.io
1-click
Go-live, zero downtime
Same-day
Mage Customer Account sidebar with loyalty, orders, returns, and recommendations unified

The fastest growing brands choose Mage

Designed for today’s leading brands. Mage elevates loyalty into a refined, scalable growth experience your team and customers will love.

4x

Average ROI our customers see over the cost of Mage.

+15%

Average revenue lift — top performers hit 25%.

3.1x

More annual spend from loyalty members who redeem rewards vs those who don't.

Why brands switch from Smile.io to Mage

Smile.io is great for getting started. When you're ready for a real loyalty program, Mage is what comes next.

Modern Customer Accounts

An on-site sidebar that unifies orders, returns, loyalty, wishlists, and upsells. Smile.io gives you a widget; Mage gives you the whole account.

Fraud-protected referrals

Two-sided rewards with built-in fraud detection, abuse limits, and approval flows. Smile.io referrals don't come close.

Full no-code Canvas editor

Design loyalty, account, and referral blocks across the storefront with drag-and-drop. Not a basic rewards widget.

Wishlists included

Built-in wishlists and saves on every plan. Smile.io doesn't offer this at all.

Plans that scale with you

Starter for smaller brands, Growth for fast-growing brands. Mage moves with your store; Smile.io plateaus.

Every feature on every paid plan

Loyalty, referrals, customer accounts, wishlists, and memberships in one bundled subscription. No tier-locked upgrades.

Built for modern Shopify

Smile.io gives you a widget. Mage gives you the account.

Mage Customer Accounts unify orders, returns, loyalty, wishlists, and personalized recommendations in a single on-site sidebar, built with our no-code Canvas editor.

Smile.io drops a rewards widget on your storefront and stops there. Mage rebuilds the account experience around loyalty, so every logged-in visit becomes a retention surface, not just a points check.
Mage Accounts sidebar showing orders, loyalty, and recently-viewed products

Plans that scale with your store, not against it

Smile.io tier-locks features so you outgrow your plan as you grow your business. Mage uses transparent usage-based pricing, with every feature included on every paid plan.

Starter for smaller brands

All the loyalty fundamentals at a price that suits stores in their first years, with room to grow into the full platform.

Growth for fast-growing brands

The whole platform, including Customer Accounts, wishlists, fraud-protected referrals, and the developer API. No upgrade calls.

No tier-locked features

Smile.io makes you upgrade just to access the next thing you need. Mage keeps every feature on every paid plan, so you only pay for volume.

Wishlists & saves

Smile.io doesn't have wishlists. Mage includes them.

Wishlists drive second purchases, yet Smile.io doesn't offer them at all. Mage bundles built-in wishlists and saves with every plan, so customers can save favorites, get back-in-stock alerts, and convert from intent to purchase without leaving your store.

  • Save favorites with one tap from PDPs, collection pages, or directly inside the account sidebar
  • Back-in-stock & price-drop alerts automatic emails and SMS when wished-for products restock or drop in price
  • Included on every plan no upgrade tier, no separate subscription, no per-customer fee
Mage wishlist popup with saved items and back-in-stock alerts
Built for your whole team

A full Canvas editor.Not just a rewards widget.

Smile.io drops a basic rewards widget on your storefront. Mage Canvas is a true no-code editor your ecommerce and marketing team can use to build, change, and ship loyalty, account, referral, and wishlist blocks across the storefront. And when you do need to go deeper, a full developer API and JS SDK are right there waiting.

  • Mage Canvas no-code editor drag, drop, and design loyalty, account, referral, and wishlist blocks live
  • Full developer API & JS SDK extend, embed, or build headless on the same API our own widgets run on
  • Klaviyo, Postscript, Judge.me, and more 20+ native integrations to plug loyalty data into your stack
Mage's no-code Shopify account builder, an alternative to Smile.io

Mage vs Smile.io, feature by feature

Same loyalty fundamentals as Smile.io, with the modern customer experience, deeper features, and pricing that scales with your store.

Smile.io logoSmile.io
Points, VIP tiers, and referrals
Modern Customer Account sidebarUnify orders, returns, loyalty, and upsells in an on-site account drawer.
No-code storefront builderA full Canvas editor, not just a basic rewards widget.
Limited
Wishlists & saves
Two-sided referrals with fraud protection
Limited
Full developer API & JS SDK
Limited
Checkout extensions for native redemption
Plans that scale to enterpriseStarter for small brands, Growth for fast-growing brands.
Every feature on every paid plan
Free white-glove migration
Free migration

Your data, your customers, zero downtime.

We've built a direct Smile.io migration tool that imports every point balance, VIP tier, and referral record exactly as it stands today. Our team handles the switch end-to-end, and most brands go live the same week they install Mage.

  • One-click import of points, VIP tiers, and referral history
  • All earning rules and rewards rebuilt 1:1 in Mage
  • Zero customer disruption: same balances, better program
  • White-glove migration handled by our team, not a checklist

Pricing & Plans

The all-in-one loyalty platform for brands serious about retention

Starter

For growing brands, get access to a loyalty program with Shopify POS, VIP Tiers, earning rules and rewards.

$49

per month

Monthly Orders500 included
$0.15per additional order
Loyalty
  • Shopify POS integration
  • Access to all earning rules
  • Access to all rewards
  • VIP Tiers
  • Emails & Customisation
Referrals
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Referral reward popup
Wishlists
  • Shareable Wishlists and Favorites
Analytics
  • Basic Analytics
Integrations
  • Key integrations

Growth

Popular

For established brands. Customer Accounts, Wishlists and advanced retention features.

$499

per month

Monthly Orders2,500 included
$0.10per additional order

Everything in Starter, plus:

Accounts
  • AI Upsells based on preferences
  • Passwordless Login & Signup
  • Recently Viewed & Saved to Cart
  • Unified Subscriptions & Returns
Loyalty
  • Bonus Campaign Events
  • Points Drops
  • Checkout Extensions
Referrals
  • Referral Campaigns
  • Fraud prevention
Analytics
  • Advanced Analytics
Integrations & Support
  • All integrations
  • Priority Support

Enterprise

For high-volume brands with custom needs. Full platform with developer tools, API and dedicated support.

Pricing

Tailored to you

Build a plan that fits

Included Orders5,000+

Additional orders

Custom rate

Everything in Growth, plus:

Loyalty
  • Advanced reporting and analytics
Enterprise
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Quarterly review & strategy planning
  • Full migration support
  • White glove onboarding & setup
  • Full developer access
Analytics
  • Advanced & Custom Analytics
Integrations & Support
  • Dedicated Slack Channel
  • Custom Integrations
Merchants Love Mage

Built for merchants.
Loved by customers.
Powered by loyalty.

Sashee

We are really happy with working with the Mage team and getting this program up and running. They are very responsible and professional. Very seamless and the upsell features seem to already be helping with adoption!

Sashee
Founder, Teadrops
Juan Niño

I looked into so many different integrations for loyalty and referrals for our Shopify Store, but no one impressed me more than Mage on human connection, customer service, and value.

Juan Niño
Director of Ecommerce, Reelie

Switching from Smile.io? FAQ

Mage is the modern alternative to Smile.io for Shopify brands that have outgrown a basic rewards widget. You get the same easy points and VIP tiers, plus Customer Accounts, fraud-protected referrals, a full no-code Canvas editor, and built-in wishlists. Mage scales with you from your first 100 customers to enterprise volume, where Smile.io plateaus.

Most brands switch when Smile.io's basic widget stops keeping up. Common signals: you want a branded customer account, you need fraud protection on referrals, you want to combine loyalty with wishlists or upsells, or you've hit Smile.io's plan ceiling. If any of those sound familiar, you've outgrown Smile.io.

No. We import every point balance, lifetime points, VIP tier, and referral record exactly as it stands in Smile.io. Customers log in to find the same balance in a faster, more capable program.

Mage uses transparent usage-based pricing with every feature included on every paid plan. Smile.io gates features by tier, which is why most growing brands end up paying for upgrades they didn't budget for. Starter brands keep things lean on Mage Starter; growing brands unlock the full platform on Growth without a surprise upsell.

Modern Customer Accounts with a no-code sidebar that unifies orders, returns, loyalty, and recommendations; built-in wishlists and saves; fraud-protected two-sided referrals; a full developer API and JS SDK; checkout extensions for native point redemption; and a Canvas editor your marketing team can use without an engineer.

Built natively for the modern Shopify stack, with full support for 2.0 themes, app blocks, checkout extensions, and Plus features like Multipass SSO. Headless storefronts use the same API and SDK our embedded widgets are built on.

Founder-led support with direct Slack access to the engineers building Mage. Free white-glove migration from Smile.io. We treat support as part of the product, not a separate help-desk queue.