ShowTrust vs Shoutout.so
Shoutout.so is one of the leanest testimonial tools out there — Twitter/X-first, a clean Wall of Love, and Pro around $15/mo. ShowTrust pushes the same instinct further: $4.99/mo, an uncapped free tier, a lightweight no-iframe widget, and built-in CTA analytics. Here's the honest comparison.
Shoutout.so is well-loved in the indie/creator world for one good reason: it's small, focused, and built around capturing tweets as social proof. Its free plan caps at 10 testimonials and 1 video, Pro is around $15/mo, and Premium around $50/mo, with a clean Wall of Love and a carousel embed.
ShowTrust sits in the same lane but cheaper and uncapped. Pro is $4.99/mo, the free tier has no testimonial limit, and the widget is a lightweight (~5kb) script that renders without an iframe and is styled to match your brand. Both tools import tweets by URL; the honest trade is that Shoutout's Twitter/X flow has been around longer and it offers A/B testing.
| Feature | ShowTrust | Shoutout.so |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Unlimited testimonials | 10 testimonials, 1 video |
| Entry paid plan | $4.99/mo | ~$15/mo (Pro) |
| Top paid plan | $4.99/mo | ~$50/mo (Premium) |
| Text testimonials | ||
| Star ratings | ||
| Hosted collection page | ||
| Embeddable wall of love | ||
| Lightweight widget (no iframe) | ~5kb script | embeds |
| Curate (pin / hide / edit) | ||
| Impression & CTA analytics | partial | |
| A/B testing | — | |
| Install via AI agent (Claude skill) | — | |
| REST API | — | |
| X/Twitter testimonial flow | URL import + verified at submission | import + display |
| Video testimonials | Pro | paid plans |
| Bulk / CSV import | — |
Pick ShowTrust when
Roughly a third the price: $4.99/mo vs ~$15/mo Pro
Unlimited testimonials on the free tier — Shoutout caps at 10
A lightweight (~5kb) widget, no iframe, styled to match your brand
REST API and AI-agent install (Claude skill) — Shoutout has neither
Built-in impression & CTA analytics on every plan
Pick Shoutout.so when
A longer-running Twitter/X import flow built around creators
A/B testing for testimonial sections to measure conversion lift
Longer track record in the indie/creator community
A tighter focus on the indie/creator tweet-wall use case
Pricing
ShowTrust Pro is $4.99/mo ($49.99/yr) with an uncapped free tier. Shoutout.so is free up to 10 testimonials and 1 video, then around $15/mo (Pro) and $50/mo (Premium), with a Twitter/X-first collection flow and A/B testing on paid tiers. Pricing verified May 2026 — check shoutout.io for current plans.
If you want the same lean wall-of-love experience for a third of the price and with no testimonial cap on the free tier, yes — ShowTrust covers collection, curation, tweet and CSV imports, and embedding for $4.99/mo. If running A/B tests on testimonial placement matters to you, Shoutout has that and ShowTrust doesn't.
Yes. ShowTrust Pro is $4.99/mo versus Shoutout's ~$15/mo Pro and ~$50/mo Premium. ShowTrust's free tier is also uncapped, while Shoutout's stops at 10 testimonials.
Yes. Paste a tweet URL and ShowTrust imports the text, author and date for you to review; customers can also verify their X account when they submit. Shoutout's tweet flow has been around longer.
The ShowTrust widget is a lightweight (~5kb) async script that renders without an iframe and is styled to match your brand, so it tends to be lighter and blend in better than a boxed iframe embed.
Hosted submission page + embeddable wall of love. Free plan forever — no card to start.
A focused wall of love versus Senja's full platform. Lower price and an uncapped free tier, with fewer import sources and no AI translation.
An even leaner, lower-cost wall of love with unlimited free testimonials, video on Pro and an API — Famewall still wins on audio and free-plan video.
The lightweight, $4.99/mo alternative to the category veteran — now with unlimited video on Pro. Honest about where Testimonial.to's AI and captions still lead.