Side by side
| Aide | Macha | |
|---|---|---|
| Cancel an order | Yes, for verified shoppers | Yes, after a person confirms |
| Refund amount | Full or partial, up to what's refundable | Everything still refundable; no custom amount |
| Who approves refunds | A teammate by default; you can raise the limit | A person confirms each Shopify refund |
| Change a shipping address | Yes, before it ships | Custom API tool built by Macha's team |
| Start a return | Yes, by your Shopify return rules | Custom API tool |
| Without a helpdesk | Aide Helpdesk and Aide Chat | Macha Chatbot; built to run on your helpdesk |
Checked November 3, 2026 against Macha's public pages. Sources below.
750 tickets, both ways
Take 750 tickets a month, each one drafted or answered by the AI.
- Macha: $299 a month for 750 tickets, whatever their length. No overage; agents pause at the limit.
- Aide at 2 AI replies per ticket: 1,500 replies. Starter is $39 plus 500 extra at $0.15, so $114. Pro is $149 with 4,000 included.
- Aide at 5 replies per ticket: 3,750 replies, still inside Pro at $149.
Macha's price includes its team doing the setup and the tuning after go-live. With Aide that work is yours, with help on a call from Pro.
Sources
Macha facts were checked on November 3, 2026 against its pricing page, home page for supported helpdesks, Shopify integration page, connectors docs for which Shopify actions need a person to confirm, and its articles on the Shopify connector and help desk actions. A Shopify App Store search found no Macha listing; it connects to Shopify through OAuth. Aide's facts come from the shipped product and aide.app/pricing. This page is written by Aide, so if a Macha detail is wrong, tell support@aide.app and we will update it.