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Fomo review

The only social proof app on the BigCommerce App Marketplace with enough merchant feedback for us to rank it.

Best for: Recent-purchase notifications, from the app that invented the format.
4.7 (17) From $25/month Top pick
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Listing data checked 23 August 2026

Strengths and trade-offs

What it does well
  • 4.7 rating, and the original recent-sales notification product rather than a clone of it
  • Pulls events from other apps too, so notifications are not limited to orders
Trade-offs
  • 17 reviews — a good rating on a small sample
  • $25/month is a lot for a notification widget unless traffic is high enough to measure the lift

What "From $25/month" actually means

No free tier on the listing: the entry plan is $25 per month. Most listings at this price offer a trial, but the length is set by the vendor rather than the marketplace — check it before you install, and use it to measure an effect rather than to tour the interface.

Whatever the label says, the calculation is the same: a social proof app has to lift revenue by more than it costs. Our break-even calculator works out the lift you would need against your own orders and margin — for most stores it is a fraction of a percent, which means the subscription is rarely the real question. The payload the app adds to every page load usually is.

Alternatives

The closest alternatives to Fomo

Every social proof app we index, ranked by the weight of merchant feedback behind it. Genuine data only is usually the axis that decides between them.

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FAQ

Fomo: common questions

Is Fomo free?
From $25/month on the BigCommerce App Marketplace. No free tier on the listing: the entry plan is $25 per month. Most listings at this price offer a trial, but the length is set by the vendor rather than the marketplace — check it before you install, and use it to measure an effect rather than to tour the interface.
How well rated is Fomo?
4.7 out of 5 from 17 ratings, checked 23 August 2026. That is 100% of merchant reviews across the 1 BigCommerce social proof apps we index, and the largest review base in the category. There are too few rated options in this category for the average to mean much on its own — read the trade-offs rather than the star count.
What are the best alternatives to Fomo?
No second social proof app on the BigCommerce App Marketplace has enough reviews behind it to recommend as an alternative. If Fomo does not fit, the realistic options are a theme customisation or the same job handled by a broader BigCommerce app you already run.
How we assess apps. Ratings, counts, pricing labels and — where the marketplace publishes one — the vendor name come from the public BigCommerce App Marketplace listing and carry the date they were checked. The verdict, the "best for" line and the trade-offs are our editorial judgement. We take no money from any vendor listed here — full methodology.