{
 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "pythago",
 "name": "Pythago",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "pythago.io",
 "category": "E-commerce",
 "task": "E-commerce growth",
 "summary": "AI analytics and ROI tracking for dropshippers — real-time ROAS optimization, product research and competitor tools across one or more Shopify stores.",
 "best_for": "dropshippers running multiple Shopify stores who want real-time ROAS and ROI tracking plus AI product research in one dashboard",
 "skip_if": "you run a single small store (the entry is $59 a month, not the $39 on the 3+ card) or you are still validating a product idea with little ad spend",
 "honest_knock": "Pythago bills per store, so every store you add adds a full subscription and the bill scales linearly: ten stores is $390 a month, twenty is $780, and there is no enterprise step that flattens the curve. The rate does improve with volume — $59 for one store, $49 each at two, $39 each from three up — so price the trajectory rather than this month’s bill. The $39 on the 3+ card is not an entry price; one store is $59, which the vendor now states plainly in its hero and its FAQ.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$59",
  "entry_price_terms": "a month",
  "from_price_usd_month": 59.0,
  "plans": [
   {
    "name": "1 Store",
    "price": "$59/mo",
    "includes": "Google Ads ROI tracking, product research, competitor monitoring, email support"
   },
   {
    "name": "2 Stores",
    "price": "$49/store/mo",
    "includes": "Google Ads ROI tracking, product research, competitor monitoring, priority support, advanced translations"
   },
   {
    "name": "3+ Stores",
    "price": "$39/store/mo",
    "includes": "Google Ads ROI tracking, product research, competitor monitoring, automation tools, API access"
   }
  ],
  "plans_source": "summarised from pricing.notes; every plan name and amount appears verbatim in those notes",
  "notes": "(2026) Cancel anytime, per-store pricing. 1 Store $59/mo; 2 Stores $49/store/mo; 3+ Stores $39/store/mo. Every tier carries full Google Ads ROI tracking, product research and competitor monitoring, but the tiers are NOT otherwise identical: email support on 1 Store; priority support and advanced translations from 2 Stores; automation tools and API access only at 3+ (re-verified 22 September 2026 on pythago.io's own pricing section; every amount and every feature line unchanged since 4 September 2026). The headline has been corrected since our earlier readings: on 22 September 2026 the hero and the closing call to action both read “From $59/month”, the page’s own SoftwareApplication schema carries price 59 USD, and the FAQ answers “Does this work if I only have one store?” with “Yes. The entry plan is a single store at $59/month”. The string $39 now occurs exactly once on the page, on the 3+ Stores card. Earlier readings of ours recorded an advertised “from $39/month”; that framing is no longer there. The page still publishes no free trial and no money-back guarantee — the words trial, free and guarantee do not occur on it — and the published terms remain “Upgrade anytime • No setup fees • Cancel anytime”, with a custom plan by email.",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-22",
  "source_url": null
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "usage_metered",
   "label": "Usage-metered",
   "evidence": "meter: unit · connected stores",
   "verified_at": "2026-09-22",
   "source_url": null
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "Triple Whale",
  "why": "Triple Whale is the established e-commerce analytics heavyweight for bigger brands; Pythago is the dropshipping-focused, per-store-priced alternative — leaner, but the per-store model adds up across a portfolio"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/pythago.json",
  "review": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/b2b/pythago-review/",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/pythago/",
  "vendor_site": "https://pythago.io"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://pythago.io/?red=aibuil",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "pythago:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "pythago:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "pythago:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "pythago:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_found",
   "detail": "No explicit support for purchases by AI agents on the vendor's own pages.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}