
Blotout restores your marketing signals in the post-cookie world. Your returning customers are showing up as anonymous and Blotout aims to identify them.

Shopify has a built in free connector for Meta Ads as part of the Facebook Sales Channel. This was built in 2021 and is maintained by Shopify.
| Feature | Blotout | Facebook Sales Channel | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| 30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | ||
| Natively supports Shopify Markets | ✔️ | ||
| Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ |
Blotout focuses on identity resolution to enhance audience targeting in a post-cookie environment, directly integrating with Shopify's servers and other platforms. It aims to restore marketing signals by identifying returning customers. In contrast, Facebook Sales Channel offers a seamless, no-code setup for Meta Ads but lacks advanced identity resolution features. Littledata excels by combining identity resolution, server-side tracking, and automatic checkout step tracking, alongside a free trial and founder-led management. This comprehensive approach positions Littledata as a superior choice for robust data collection and tracking in ecommerce.
| Blotout | Facebook Sales Channel | Littledata | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example product review | "After using Blotout for a couple months, we decided to drop them... Blotout was taking credit for a lot of Klaviyo pixel events that would’ve happened anyway... Event match quality in Facebook was marginally better, but I don’t think it warrants the cost or complexity." | "Tracking is inaccurate, ad spend wasted, and support is unhelpful...data doesn’t match up, making it impossible to optimize campaigns." | "We were having difficulties with accurate and consistent revenue attribution...With Littledata implemented, we now get consistent and accurate revenue attribution." |
| Example support review | "It took weeks to get a reply regarding a refund... it seems they grew too fast to keep up with customer service." | "Cannot get anyone to follow through and help me... I get bounced around from tech support person to another." | "Customer support is absolutely amazing... you can never go wrong when an app does what it says and tacks on great service!" |
| Link | Read more reviews |
| Store size | Blotout | Facebook Sales Channel | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 orders / month | $79 | $0 | $39 |
| 500 orders / month | $400 | $0 | $199 |
| 5,000 orders / month | $1980 | $0 | $449 |
| 20,000 orders / month | $5000 | $0 | $1390 |
For 50 orders, Blotout is 102.56% more expensive than Littledata, while Facebook Sales Channel is free. At 500 orders, Blotout and Facebook Sales Channel are equal, but Blotout is 168.79% more than Littledata. For 5,000 orders, Blotout is 467.05% more than Littledata, while Facebook Sales Channel remains free. At 20,000 orders, Blotout is 526.91% more than Littledata, with Facebook Sales Channel still at $0. Overall, Blotout consistently has higher costs compared to Littledata and Facebook Sales Channel.
| Destination | Blotout | Facebook Sales Channel | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Google Analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Attentive | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| TikTok | ✔️ | ||
| ✔️ | |||
| Segment | ✔️ |
Blotout focuses on privacy-centric server-side tracking, allowing data to be sent to multiple destinations like Google Analytics, Meta Ads, Klaviyo, Google Ads, and Attentive without relying on cookies. This enhances data accuracy and user privacy.
Facebook Sales Channel primarily integrates with Meta Ads, optimizing ad performance directly within Facebook's ecosystem.
Littledata offers a broader range of destinations, including Google Analytics, Meta Ads, TikTok, Pinterest, Klaviyo, Google Ads, Segment, and Attentive, providing flexibility for diverse marketing strategies while maintaining server-side tracking capabilities.
| Feature | Blotout | Facebook Sales Channel | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key benefits | |||
| Boost to Event Match Quality Score | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| 100% accurate revenue in Meta | ✔️ | ||
| Pre-purchase audiences based on first-party data | ✔️ | ||
| Target subscriptions vs one-time purchases | ✔️ | ||
| AddToCart | |||
| Via Conversions API | ✔️ | ||
| InitiateCheckout | |||
| Via Conversions API | ✔️ | ||
| Includes all checkout steps | ✔️ | ||
| Purchase | |||
| Via Conversions API | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Includes post-purchase upsells | ✔️ | ||
| Includes recurring orders | ✔️ | ||
| Filters to exclude orders from some channels | ✔️ | ||
| New vs Returning customer conversions | ✔️ | ||
