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

| Feature | Blotout | Littledata |
|---|---|---|
| Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | |
| 30 day free trial | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | |
| Natively supports Shopify Markets | ✔️ | |
| Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ |
Blotout and Littledata both offer identity resolution and direct integration with Shopify's servers to enhance audience targeting. However, Blotout focuses on restoring marketing signals in a post-cookie environment, while Littledata emphasizes ease of use with a fully automatic, no-code setup and automatic tracking of checkout steps. Littledata's 30-day free trial and natively supports Shopify Markets give it an edge in accessibility and functionality, making it more user-friendly for quick implementation without developer assistance.
| Blotout | 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." | "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." | "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 | Littledata |
|---|---|---|
| 50 orders / month | $79 | $39 |
| 500 orders / month | $400 | $199 |
| 5,000 orders / month | $1980 | $449 |
| 20,000 orders / month | $5000 | $1390 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Blotout is 102.6% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Blotout is 0% more expensive than Littledata, while the second Littledata option is 62.5% cheaper. For 5000 orders, Blotout is 341.6% more expensive than the first Littledata and 467.6% more than the second. At 20000 orders, Blotout is 259.5% more expensive than the first Littledata and 526.4% more than the second.
| Destination | Blotout | Littledata |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Attentive | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| TikTok | ✔️ | |
| ✔️ | ||
| Segment | ✔️ |
Blotout focuses on privacy-centric data collection, offering destinations like Google Analytics, Meta Ads, Klaviyo, Google Ads, and Attentive. It emphasizes secure data handling and compliance. Littledata, on the other hand, provides a broader range of integrations, including TikTok and Pinterest, alongside Google Analytics, Meta Ads, Klaviyo, Google Ads, and Attentive. Littledata also integrates with Segment, allowing for more versatile data routing. The main difference lies in Littledata's additional integrations and focus on a wider ecosystem, while Blotout prioritizes privacy and security in its data destinations.
| Feature | Blotout | Littledata |
|---|---|---|
| Product list views & clicks | ||
| Tracks products list as you scroll | ✔️ | |
| Tracks clicks on product list | ✔️ | |
| Consistent product identifier in GA4 | ✔️ | |
| Add to Cart | ||
| Tracked client-side | ✔️ | |
| Tracked server-side | ✔️ | |
| Enriched product info | ✔️ | |
| Tracks remove from cart | ✔️ | |
| Checkout steps | ||
| Tracked direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | |
| Compatible with checkout extensibility | ✔️ | |
| Compatible with accelerated checkouts | ✔️ | |
| Tracks all checkout steps | ✔️ | |
| Purchase | ||
| Direct from Shopify for 100% accuracy | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Includes post-purchase upsells | ✔️ | |
| Includes recurring orders | ✔️ | |
| Filter orders by sales channel | ✔️ | |
| Includes refunds | ✔️ | |
| User-provided data for improved attribution | ✔️ | |
| Custom mapping to a source / medium | ✔️ | |
Blotout's purchase tracking for Google Analytics focuses on privacy and does not add new emails to marketing lists, which may limit customer engagement opportunities. In contrast, Littledata offers comprehensive server-side tracking for 100% accuracy, including features like post-purchase upsells, recurring orders, and refunds. It also allows filtering by sales channel and utilizes user-provided data for better attribution, along with custom mapping to source/medium. Overall, Littledata provides a more robust and detailed tracking solution, enhancing marketing effectiveness and customer insights compared to Blotout's more privacy-centric approach.
| Feature | Blotout | Littledata |
|---|---|---|
| Identity resolution | ||
| Never adds new emails to your marketing list | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Docs on how an end-user can opt out for GDPR / CCPA | ✔️ | |
| Uses other marketing channel cookies to boost identity | ✔️ | |
| Backstitches Klaviyo profile onto previous customer events | ✔️ | |
| Viewed Product trigger | ||
| Tracked client-side | ✔️ | |
| Tracked server-side | ✔️ | |
| Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | |
| Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | |
| Added to Cart trigger | ||
| Unreliable tracking of button clicks | ✔️ | |
| Reliable via Shopify's servers | ✔️ | |
| Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | |
| Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | |
| Target the whole contents of the cart | ✔️ | |
| Checkout Started trigger | ||
| Tracked via the checkout page | ✔️ | |
| Direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | |
| Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | |
Littledata offers comprehensive benefits for tracking customers from Shopify to Klaviyo, particularly with its focus on compliance and identity enhancement. Its documentation for GDPR/CCPA opt-out ensures legal adherence, while the ability to backstitch Klaviyo profiles onto previous customer events provides a complete view of customer interactions. Unlike Blotout, which only emphasizes not adding new emails, Littledata enhances identity through cross-channel cookies, improving targeting and personalization. This holistic approach makes Littledata a superior choice for CRM managers seeking robust customer tracking and compliance solutions.
| Feature | Blotout | Littledata |
|---|---|---|
| Google Ads Conversions | ||
| Unreliable tracking via thank you page | ✔️ | |
| Tracked direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | |
| Real-time tracking of Enhanced Conversions | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | |
| New vs Returning customer conversions | ✔️ | |
| Feature | Blotout | Littledata |
|---|---|---|
| Key benefits | ||
| Boost to Event Match Quality Score | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 100% accurate revenue in Meta | ✔️ | |
| Pre-purchase audiences based on first-party data | ✔️ | |
| Target subscriptions vs one-time purchases | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | |
| 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 | ✔️ | |
