Who uses Qikify Mega Menu & Navigation?

Mega menus are a large-catalog tool, and Qikify's stores fit that pattern. The median Qikify store lists about 244 products, in the same range as Globo Mega Menu (about 217) and Buddha Mega Menu (259). Smart Product Filter & Search stores are larger still at 458. Once a catalog runs into the hundreds of products, a single row of links stops working and shoppers need a menu that shows the structure of the range at a glance.

About 11% of Qikify stores run Shopify Plus, well over twice the Shopify-wide rate and the highest share among the mega menu apps we profile. Globo Mega Menu and Buddha Mega Menu both sit at about 7%. The median Qikify store runs 11 apps. In practice Qikify is used by established catalog retailers that care about how their store looks and navigates.

68% of Qikify stores are outside the United States. The US accounts for 32%, followed by Australia at almost 10%, then the United Kingdom and India at about 7% each, Canada at 5.5% and Germany at about 4%. India's share is higher than for the other mega menu apps, and Australia ranks ahead of the UK, the reverse of Globo Mega Menu's order.

By category, business and industrial stores lead at 26%, followed by fashion at 21% and technology at 11%, then food and drink at 7% and general shopping at 6%. Parts and supplies stores, apparel brands with many collections and electronics retailers all have the deep, layered catalogs that mega menus are built for.

The apps that show up next to Qikify point to stores that customize their theme heavily. Tabs Studio, which organizes product page content into tabs, appears 9.8x more often than on the average Shopify store. The EComposer page builder shows up 4.4x more often, SC Product Options 4.3x, Swym Wishlist Plus 3.8x and the Hulk contact form builder 3.4x. A Google reviews widget also appears far more often than average.

Put together, that is a merchant building a richer storefront than their theme provides out of the box: custom pages, organized product content, configurable products and a wishlist for shoppers browsing a large range. Navigation is one piece of that larger design effort.

Qikify Mega Menu vs Globo Mega Menu

Globo Mega Menu is the most reviewed mega menu app in this group and the closest like-for-like alternative. Its stores are similar in catalog size (median about 217 products) but less often on Plus (about 7%), and it has a stronger UK base, at 12% of stores. Globo's paid plans start at $12.90 a month, a little above Qikify's $9.99.

Qikify Mega Menu vs Buddha Mega Menu

Buddha Mega Menu offers a simpler pricing model: a free plan and a single paid plan at $9.95 a month. Its stores list a median of 259 products, about 7% run Plus, and it is strong in the United Kingdom and Australia at about 13% each. Choose Buddha for a single low price, Qikify for a tiered plan and a store base that skews more toward Plus.

Qikify Mega Menu vs Smart Product Filter & Search

Smart Product Filter & Search, from Globo.io, solves a neighboring problem: filtering and search within collections rather than the top menu. Its stores are the largest in the group (median 458 products) and about 12% run Plus. Many large stores run a mega menu and a filter app together.

Other options

Meteor Mega Menu and Doofinder are other options in the navigation and search space.

Qikify Mega Menu has a Free Forever plan, then Basic at $9.99 a month and Premium at $19.99. That is in line with the rest of the category: Buddha's paid plan costs $9.95 a month, Globo Mega Menu's plans run from $12.90 to $17.90, and Smart Product Filter & Search starts at $14.