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Customer reviews: Smart Product Filter & Search

Develop by Globo.io

Reviews (1,960)

Overall rating
4.9

What Merchants Think

Merchants generally hold a positive view of the "Smart Product Filter & Search" app, with many appreciating its functionality and the outstanding customer support provided. The app is praised for its ease of use and effectiveness, especially in managing large product catalogs. Several users highlighted excellent experiences with team members, particularly Helen, who is noted for her quick and helpful support.

Key Strengths

  • Outstanding customer support, especially from Helen and the team.
  • Effective filtering and search capabilities that enhance product organization.
  • Ease of integration and customization aligning with various store needs.
  • Good value for money compared to competing apps.
  • Responsive and efficient customer service addressing issues swiftly.

Common Concerns

  • Occasional technical glitches, such as integration issues with certain themes.
  • Feedback about app downtime and slow email responses from support in some instances.
  • Requests for enhanced access to features directly from the dashboard.
  • Desire for improved keyword translation and multilingual capabilities.

Final Thoughts

"Smart Product Filter & Search" is well-received among merchants for its robust functionality and top-notch support, making it a valuable tool for enhancing product search and filtering capabilities on Shopify stores. Despite some minor issues, the consistent praise for customer support and overall app performance suggests that it significantly contributes to improving the e-commerce experience for both merchants and their customers.

Forest Clothing

Feb 19, 2025  on Shopify

unable to get support and the app is very hard to navigate with little guidance on how to make things work

Zep Inc.

Dec 08, 2024  on Shopify

Unfortunately, we've had nothing but negative experiences with this application and their support team. I've had to manually sync the app every 15 minutes today or the application will show the products as sold out on site. We've checked everything on the back end and this is 100% due to the application malfunctioning. I'd email them but we've never received a response from the developer in the last 2 years. We're moving on to another service that provides customer support.

Fabilicious Fashion

Nov 12, 2024  on Shopify

Made it live on our store and then it basically just resulted in no products for our collection. Totally strange and had to uninstall it

Karma Hund Shop

Nov 04, 2024  on Shopify

App is down. Support E-Mail does not react. This is the 2nd time within 4 weeks that the product is not working. As I can't contact anyone I'm writing this review. I want my money back!

Attitude Fashion

Sep 30, 2024  on Shopify

Doesn't work with cart drawer, only sends the user to the cart page, which is not ideal.

TOP-SHELF.de

Sep 24, 2024  on Shopify

We recently attempted to migrate from USF's "AI Search Filter" to Globo's Search & Filter app, hoping for a seamless integration. Unfortunately, we encountered several significant issues that severely hindered the app's functionality and delayed our launch timeline. Key Issues: Grouping Functionality Failures: The grouping feature did not work as expected. Despite configuring it to display only one value, all options were displayed instead. This bug was discovered early in the process and set the tone for further issues, contributing to significant delays. Collection Titles Not Displayed: Collection titles, which were correctly set in customization, did not appear in the UI’s search tree. This issue persisted even after the support team claimed it was resolved, suggesting a lack of adequate testing. Missing Entire Search Tree: At one point, the entire collection tree disappeared from the search page, rendering the filter non-functional. Despite repeated follow-ups, it took days to receive any priority from the support team, and even then, the issue remained unresolved despite claims to the contrary. Miscommunication and Delayed Resolution: Communication with Globo’s support was frustrating. We were repeatedly assured that issues had been resolved, only to find that many problems persisted. For example, only 3 out of 15 categories were visible after the team claimed the problem was fixed, reflecting a recurring pattern of miscommunication and false assurances. Inconsistent Performance: The app’s performance was erratic, with filters that worked one day disappearing the next. This inconsistency severely disrupted our workflow. One particular issue was with filters based on variant metafields, which vanished over the weekend after previously functioning without problems. Localization Challenges: The app does not support the translation of custom labels for merged values, which made it difficult to localize filters. The suggested workaround of using third-party translation apps like Langify is not a satisfactory solution for an app marketed as a full-featured filtering system. Final Nail in the Coffin: As other users have pointed out, the app’s performance is undeniably subpar. While our legacy filter app added just 180 KB to our theme payload, Globo's Search & Filter app bloated the payload by an additional 1.6 MB. This excessive increase in payload size significantly slowed down our site's performance, and ultimately, this was the final nail in the coffin for us. Conclusion: Despite its promising features, the Globo Search & Filter app suffers from critical performance issues, unreliable support, and poor optimization. The combination of persistent bugs, slow site performance, and ineffective communication from the support team makes this app difficult to recommend. Unfortunately, it has fallen far short of our expectations, and we will be reverting to our previous solution.

Aador by Suta

Sep 01, 2024  on Shopify

Uninstalled the app months ago and still being charged for it. Shopify support isn't helping

Brian Borg Real Estate Agent

May 30, 2024  on Shopify

One of the worst apps, including customers support which is slower than dial up internet from 2000's. Their API caused problems on my website. DO NOT INSTAL!

Urban Leaf

Apr 08, 2024  on Shopify

this had a massive impact on my page load speeds, so much so that it made my site unusable in some instances. when I flagged the issue to support all they said was that they couldn't replicate it on their end. I have 100+ screen recordings via Clarity that show the issue on customers' machines.

Pawious

Apr 03, 2024  on Shopify

just awful. Absolutely not user friendly. Have no idea how to work with this app, and no live chat. Removed and trying to forget it.

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