Of every app in this category, Antla is Garu's closest true competitor: both are apparel-first AI try-on widgets for Shopify product pages, installed through the theme editor, metered by try-on volume. The differences are real, though — in what happens after the render, in price, and in track record. Antla's numbers below come from their public Shopify App Store listing on August 15, 2026.
We make Garu, so read accordingly — and check every claim against the linked listing. Where Antla is the better choice, this page says so.
The short answer
Choose Antla if try-on is a marketing feature for you: it carries Shopify's "Built for Shopify" badge, has a 5.0-star rating across 49 reviews and two years in production, costs a fraction of Garu's entry price, and wires try-on events into Klaviyo, Attentive, Postscript and Segment — including automatic discounts on outfit try-ons.
Choose Garu if try-on is fit infrastructure for you: a per-garment AI size recommendation mapped to your own chart with a confidence score, renders front and back, and size-true re-rendering — aimed at the roughly 42% of fashion returns that are size-related , which displaying a size chart next to a render doesn't address.
Side by side
| Garu | Antla | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $199/mo (800 try-ons) | $19.99/mo (100 try-ons) |
| Free option | 25 try-ons/mo, ongoing | 7-day trial on each plan |
| AI size recommendation | Yes — per garment, your chart, confidence score | Displays your size-chart templates alongside try-on |
| Render views | Front and back on every plan; 360° on Plus | One flat view |
| Marketing integrations | — | Klaviyo, Attentive, Postscript, Segment; auto-discounts |
| Built for Shopify badge | Not yet | Yes |
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ (1 review), live since May 2026 | 5.0 ★ (49 reviews), live since Aug 2024 |
| Top plan | $399/mo (2,500 try-ons, white-label) | $199.99/mo (2,000 try-ons) |
Where Antla is genuinely strong
- The badge and the track record. "Built for Shopify" is earned through Shopify's own quality bar, and 49 reviews at 5.0 stars over two years is durable proof merchants are happy. Garu, launched May 2026, has one review and no badge yet.
- Try-on as a marketing event. Piping try-ons into Klaviyo/Attentive flows — and discounting a shopper who just tried a full outfit — is a genuinely smart growth loop Garu doesn't offer.
- Price per render at volume. $199.99 buys 2,000 try-ons at Antla versus 2,500 at Garu's $399 — per render, Antla is still the cheaper buy.
Where Garu is built differently
- Sizing is answered, not displayed. Antla shows your size chart next to the try-on; the shopper still decides. Garu returns one size for the garment on the page, mapped to your chart, with a confidence score — and says so honestly when the shopper is between sizes.
- The back view. Fit reads differently from behind — drape, seat, hem. Garu renders both; single-view try-on hides half the answer.
- Size-true rendering (Garu Plus). Re-render the same look at any size on your chart, so "between M and L" becomes something the shopper can see.
The honest decision rule
Ask what you'd measure after ninety days. If the answer is engagement, list growth and conversion lift, Antla is the cheaper, badge-carrying, better-reviewed way to get it. If the answer includes the size-related return rate on your worst categories, that's the number Antla's architecture doesn't target and Garu's does. Both claims are testable — Garu's demo store runs the live widget, and Antla's plans carry 7-day trials. Our six-app field guide covers the rest of the market.