Omnisend vs tinyAlbert

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan: tinyAlbert — $3/mo vs $16/mo for Omnisend
Free plan: Only Omnisend (tinyAlbert has paid plans only)
Public API: Omnisend has one; not confirmed by us for tinyAlbert
Higher Trust score: Omnisend — 100 vs 81 for tinyAlbert
Best fit: Omnisend: Shopify and WooCommerce stores running email plus SMS · tinyAlbert: small Shopify stores wanting automated flows without hand-writing each email

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

OmnisendEmail, SMS and web push marketing for online stores, with AI forms, reports and product recommendations on the paid plans.

tinyAlbertShopify app that builds AI-drafted email flows — abandoned cart, welcome series, win-back — from a dashboard.

Side by side

Fact	Omnisend	tinyAlbert
Category	Email Marketing & Newsletters	Email Marketing & Newsletters
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Starts at	$16/mo	$3/mo
Public API	Yes	Not confirmed
Trust score	100 / 100	81 / 100
Platforms	Web, API	Web
Company	UAB Omnisend	tinyCo
Launched	2014	—
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

Omnisend

A mature e-commerce marketing platform that added AI to jobs it already did, which is why the AI tools are useful rather than decorative — forms, reports and product picks are the tedious parts of running store email. The catch since September is that the AI now sits behind paid plans and the headline Standard price is a three-month discount, so the real bill starts higher and tracks your contact count. The MCP server, open to every plan, is a genuine extra for anyone who works from Claude or ChatGPT.

Pros

Forms AI and Reports AI built into the existing builder on Standard, with product recommendations and send-time AI on Pro
MCP server on every plan, including Free, for checking performance and managing campaigns from ChatGPT or Claude
Free plan with 500 emails and 250 contacts, not a trial
300-plus integrations including Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and Wix, plus an open API
Named EU company operating since 2014 with published legal entities

Cons

The $11.20 Standard headline is a first-three-months discount; the regular rate is $16/mo at 500 contacts
AI tools are no longer on the free plan, and the recommender is a paid add-on on Standard
SMS is metered separately on top of the plan
Price rises with contact count

tinyAlbert

tinyAlbert packages the standard Shopify email-flow playbook — cart recovery, welcome, win-back — behind AI-drafted copy and a usage-based price that undercuts flat monthly email platforms at small list sizes. The tradeoff is that it only exists inside Shopify, and per-100-customer billing means cost is unpredictable as a store's list grows rather than fixed in advance.

Pros

Five-plus pre-built flow types (cart, welcome, browse abandonment, win-back, reviews) ready to switch on
AI-drafted copy and segmentation rather than blank-template building
Usage-based pricing starts very low for small stores
4.9-star Shopify App Store rating with a stated 4,000+ install base

Cons

Shopify-only — not usable outside that platform
Per-100-customer billing makes total monthly cost hard to predict as a list grows
tinyCo's country/headquarters is not disclosed

Which one fits

Choose Omnisend if you need

Shopify and WooCommerce stores running email plus SMS
Teams who want AI forms and reports without leaving the campaign tool
Anyone wanting to query campaign data from an AI assistant via MCP

Choose tinyAlbert if you need

small Shopify stores wanting automated flows without hand-writing each email
merchants who want usage-based pricing instead of a flat monthly fee
stores that haven't set up abandoned-cart or welcome flows yet