The Best Judge.me Replacements for BigCommerce Merchants

Judge.me has long been a favorite 3rd party app for collecting and syndicating customer reviews on BigCommerce. As a free app, it offered advanced features at a cost merchants couldn’t resist! Unfortunately, Judge.me has announced it will no longer support BigCommerce stores (or other platforms) to focus exclusively on Shopify merchants. This news has left many store owners wondering what Judge.me alternatives are available, and how they compare on features and pricing.

I’ve already been asked by a few clients what reviews systems I recommend to replace Judge.me. Two immediately came to mind – Reviews.io and Stamped.io. I decided to do a deep dive into their functionality and pricing plans, comparing the two Judge.me alternatives side by side.

General Impressions

Though these two review platforms have similar features, my sense is that Stamped.io is more of a DIY tool for smaller ecommerce companies, while Reviews.io is tailored more towards larger businesses. Reviews.io only recently launched their $29/month plan, and their website offers less information about their tool – encouraging potential clients to schedule a demo instead.

Unlike Judge.me, both companies are focused on trust, honesty and transparency. Both verify reviews, ensuring that the person writing the review actually purchased the product from your website. In addition, both require merchants to display all verified reviews (whatever their rating), unless the review violates content guidelines (such as profanity, spam, etc). To achieve this, Stamped.io required merchants to auto-publish all verified reviews. And Reviews.io states on their Moderation FAQs that no genuine, verified and factually-correct review will ever be deleted from a company page, regardless of its star rating.

This may be a bit of a change from Judge.me, where merchants are able to hide reviews they don’t like. However, it has always been best practice to display negative reviews as long as they are factually correct – having negative reviews improve trust and credibility. In addition, these policies ensure merchants are complying with FTC rules combating fake reviews and testimonials, and meet Google standards for displaying reviews.

Overall, both apps offer similar feature sets to Judge.me, though the specific functionality you get at the cheapest, mid-tier and high-tier plans varies between the two apps. I can imagine some of my clients finding the Reviews.io Essentials plan perfect for their needs, while other clients may determine that Stamped.io’s Basic plan is a better fit for them.

Reviews.io Plans

• The cheapest plan (Essentials) starts at $29/month. It includes 300 monthly review invites, photo/video reviews, automated review collection and Klaviyo integration.
• The next plan up is Start-Up ($99/month), which includes 1500 monthly invites, plus SMS invites, Google rich snippets, Q&As, and Flows.
• Higher plans (Grow for $299/month, Plus for $499/month) include more monthly review invites, product attributes, AI-generated responses, product grouping, shoppable galleries, and more (see detailed comparison below).

Stamped.io Plans

• The cheapest plan (Basic) starts at $19/month. It includes 200 monthly review invites, photo reviews (not videos), checkout reviews (unique to Stamped.io), automated review collection and Klaviyo integration.
• The next plan up is Premium ($49/month), which includes 500 monthly invites, CSS customization for widgets, a visual gallery to display reviews, and 3 additional integrations.
• Higher plans (Business for $119/month, Professional for $249/month) include more monthly review invites, Google product reviews, video reviews, community Q&A, and more (see detailed comparison below).

Detailed Comparison: Reviews.io vs Stamped.io

The information in the table below was gathered from each company’s website and from speaking with sales representatives. Pricing and features are accurate to the best of my knowledge as of August 2025. Keep in mind that company’s do change their pricing and plans, so it’s best to check the Reviews.io and Stamped.io websites for the most current information.

	Reviews.io	Stamped.io
Pricing
Starting plan	$29/month (300 requests/mo)	$19/month (200 requests/mo)
Widgets & Customization
Create your own review questions	Grow plan ($299) or above
Form colors/logo	Startup plan ($99) or above
Advanced CSS customization	Startup plan ($99) or above	Premium plan ($49) or above
Homepage carousel	Startup plan ($99) or above
Category star rating
All reviews page		Premium plan ($49) or above
Reviews tab
Company reviews
Reviews Widget Features (PDP)
Star breakdown
Search box
Topic filters
Attribute sliders (fit, quality, etc(
Photos
Video reviews		Business plan ($119) or above
Thumbs up/down
Share to social media
Review Requests
Automatic email
Review in email
Facebook messenger requests		Business plan ($119) or above
SMS requests	Startup plan ($99) or above
Order confirmation page/email
Coupon reward for reviewing	Grow plan ($299) or above
Email flows	varies by plan
Moderation
Manual publish/unpublish
AI-driven autopublish
Profanity filter
Merchant reply to review
Transparency policy
Syndication
Google shopping	Startup plan ($99) or above	Business plan ($119) or above
Bing shopping
Organic rich snippets	Startup plan ($99) or above
Social media ads
AI-powered social sharing
Instagram shoppable galleries	Plus plan ($499) or above
Review highlights on PDP/homepage	Grow plan ($299) or above
Other Features
Import reviews from existing provider	Startup plan ($99) or above	yes, but limitations by plan
AI assistance for reviewer
Translation ability for different languages
Community Q&A	Startup plan ($99) or above	Business plan ($119) or above
Net Promoter score	Plus plan ($499) or above	Business plan ($249) or above
Analytics	varies by plan	varies by plan
Optional loyalty add-on
24/7 support	Startup plan ($99) or above
Key Integrations
Klaviyo (email)	Startup plan ($99) or above
Omnisend (email)	Startup plan ($99) or above	Business plan ($119) or above
Mailchimp (email)
Shogun (page builder)
Instagram (social)
Facebook (social)
X (social)
Searchanise (onsite search)
Smile (loyalty)
Loyalty Lion (loyalty)
Shipstation (fulfillment)
Hubspot (CRM)	Plus plan ($499) or above
Zendesk (CRM)	Grow plan ($299) or above
Gorgias (CRM)	Plus plan ($499) or above

Need help figuring out which of these apps is the best Judge.me replacement for your BigCommerce store? Schedule a support call with me or hop into my weekly office hours to discuss your specific business needs.