yes these apps built for large scale stores.
Thanks
Topic summary
A merchant migrating from Zen-Cart to Shopify faces a critical limitation: filtering becomes unavailable for collections exceeding 5,000 products. This creates poor user experience, as customers must navigate through top-level menus rather than using convenient filters for brand, attributes, and categories.
Proposed Solutions:
- Third-party apps like Boost AI Search & Filter or Smart Product Filter & Search
- These apps claim to support large-scale filtering but cost several hundred dollars annually
- Some apps still cap at 7,500 products, offering limited improvement
Community Sentiment:
- Strong consensus that Shopify should remove this arbitrary limit natively
- Particular frustration from Shopify Plus users who expect enterprise-level capabilities
- Users compare the restriction to artificially limiting platform functionality
- One participant suggests Shopify intentionally maintains this limitation to push users toward higher-priced tiers
Current Status:
The issue remains unresolved with no indication from Shopify about roadmap plans. The discussion includes an attached screenshot demonstrating the filtering limitation. Custom coding is mentioned as a potential workaround, though details aren’t provided.