When it comes to start or/and improve our existing Amazon FBA business, most of the Amazon FBA Sellers use certain tools to make things easier and effective.
Jungle Scout and Helium 10 are probably 2 of the most popular tools in this respect and for good reasons. Though both of these tools works on Amazon, there are definitely minute difference from each of them. In this ultimate showdown, we are comparing both of these tools to find the better one for you.
We will literally be pitting these 2 tools to find out once and for all, which tool is the best for our FBA business! I hope you are buckled up, because the show is about to begin.
Differences Among Helium 10 and Jungle Scout
Though both Jungle Scout and Helium 10 are effective tools for Amazon FBA sellers, we still have to to understand the differences between these 2 amazing tools. What better way to find that out than to deconstruct it down to its very core function and comparing them head on?
Before we do that, let’s introduce our contestant in this showdown.
Jungle Scout
On the left corner of the arena, weighing close to the entire Amazon jungle (Figuratively), we have Jungle Scout. He’s an old timer in this game and have started since 2014! That’s a ripe old age in internet years.
Jungle Scout has been exclusively designed for sellers on Amazon. At present, is it still gaining popularity as a research tool to find profitable Amazon products easily and quickly.
This tool is beneficial for the people who sell products through Amazon after importing and relabeling them. It can give you the amount of sales you can expect by analyzing the reviews and rank of best seller products and many more!
There are two versions of this tool – Chrome extension and web app. You can use either of them to start, build, and grow your business through Amazon. You can find information about the well-performing niche and profitable products just in one click by using certain additional filters by using its web app.
However, you can improve your search easily while searching for products with private labels on any page of Amazon by using Chrome Extension. It saves your time to validate the idea of the product you want to sell by considering your business from all aspects.
Helium 10
On the other side of the arena, we have another heavy weight champion, Helium 10! (I imagine the H10 camp crowd cheering already) A considerable newcomer to the game, Helium 10 started in 2016 but that did not stop its track in gaining scores of fans that it has today.
Helium 10 is also designed specifically to help the FBA sellers on Amazon. It includes various tools to optimize the listings of products by identifying trends, ranking of keywords and spying on competitors. To make it the best tool for Amazon FBA sellers 20 more tools have been included in it.
In the free plan, Helium 10 also offer a Chrome extension to make it more useful for the sellers right on Amazon page. You choose the tools of your choice to improve your business by using its paid plans. Whether you are a beginner or a business expert, they also provide videos for training of professional-level if you find it difficult to use Helium 10.
Now that we are done with the formalities, let the battle begin!
Main Features of Helium 10 and Jungle Scout Deconstructed
You can easily know the difference between Helium 10 and Jungle Scout by going through their features separately.
Jungle Scout
Chrome Extension: Only the users of the browser of Google Chrome can use this feature of Jungle Scout to directly discover and confirm the opportunities and potential of Amazon product in just one click.
Opportunity Finder: This feature allows you to find profitable products and emerging trends in the niche market. You can search keywords on the basis of the category of the product, average price, competition, and score opportunity while selling a unique product or searching for a product to sell in Amazon.
Sales Estimator: You can easily check the number of monthly sales for a product while launching it by using this tool. It can also help you spying on your opponents easily. It can calculate monthly sales of a product in 3 easy steps including input the number of the rank of the best seller, selecting the marketplace of Amazon, and selecting the category of Amazon product.
Product Tracker: This feature will allow you to get the sales data a product precisely by tracking and analyzing it so that you can make the right decision while starting or improving your Amazon business. It will allow you to know the profitability of the product by showing you its performance during a specific time period.
In-house Education: This offers you education to sell on Amazon. It is done in-house by Jungle Scout and they teach you how to start an Amazon FBA business from the start by using their Jungle Scout tool.
Helium 10
Chrome Extension is an absolutely free feature of Helium 10. It includes certain features like X-ray, Review downloader, ASIN grabber, Inventory levels, and Profitability calculator and many more!
Black Box: Helium’s 10 very useful feature that helps you get insights to highly profitable products and also, emerging trends in any niche market. You are able to filter down your search parameters to very specific qualities to find that perfect product to launch. This is a very powerful tool that easily makes your product research more efficient.
X-ray: This feature is embedded directly inside the Google Chrome extension where you can easily get a snap shot of the monthly sales number for any products on Amazon. It can also help you out in getting much more information such as product sizes, FBA/FBM or sold by Amazon themselves, the estimate fees and even the Helium10 score to guide you. The best part, this is free!
Many More! Other tools offered by Helium 10 include Magnet, Trendster, Frankenstein, Cerebro, Index Checker, Scribbles, Alerts, Keyword Tracker, Refund Genie, Ads, Follow-Up, Market Tracker, Portals, Mobile app, and Seller Assistant. You can use these tools with paid plans after you have exhausted your free plan limit.
Education Partnered with Freedom Ticket, Kevin King: On top of Helium’s in-house education videos on how to use their tools, you get access to the entire Freedom Ticket Course by legendary Amazon Mentor, Kevin King.
Pricing Plans of Jungle Scout and Helium 10
In order to find a better tool between Helium 10 and Jungle scout, you should also compare their pricing plans. After all, that’s one of the big deciding factors for many Amazon sellers, especially those who just started out.
Helium 10
There are several plans you can choose to use Helium 10 with; including.
Free plan: it is a trial plan which you can use to test its effectiveness before buying its paid plan. It allows you to search 1,000 queries through Chrome Extension. You can use this plan twice a day only.
Paid plan: In case you want to use additional features of Helium 10 then you can subscribe for its Platinum, Diamond and Elite plans.
Platinum is the right plan for beginner Amazon FBA sellers. It will allow you to use some additional tools like Frankenstein and Scribbles. It will cost you $97/month for this plan.
Diamond plan will allow you to access all the tools offered by Amazon for the growth of your business as an advanced seller. This plan will cost you $197/month.
Elite plan includes physical workshops, progressive training, and high-class networking along with all other tools of Amazon. The Elite plan will cost you $397/month.
Jungle Scout
Jungle Scout offers a guarantee to get your money back for 14 days to use its software to test its features. If you do not like it then you can get your money back otherwise you can continue using it by paying its price in 3 types of packages including:
- The Chrome Extension
- The Web based App
- The Web based App and Extension
You can pay for these plans on a monthly basis but you may save up to 50% if you pay their price on a yearly basis.
The web app plan is available for $49 each month, however in a yearly option, it will cost you $39 per month. It allows you to use only two features Chrome Extension and Opportunity Score.
Web app with Chrome Extension plan allow you to use all the tools of Jungle Scout along with support in several languages and academic resources.
Conclusion: Which is Better?
I hate to be the indecisive judge here, but I have to say; it depends.
It depends on your personal preference to its user interface, the education style that you can learn best with and the pricing.
I personally opted for Helium 10 for its one-stop platform for all tools that I need to run my Amazon FBA business and the access to Freedom Ticket course with the basic platinum plan.
I know of people who liked Jungle Scout as well for their unique Jungle Scout Marketplace, and being able to find your competitor’ manufacturer name.
My take, try both out. There are free trials for Jungle Scout and the free plan for helium 10. Once you think you prefer one of them, then you can be sure to like your investment in the monthly plans.