Elevar ensures that 100% of your conversions are tracked and delivered to your marketing channels using Google Tag Manager and server-side tracking. Since the company was acquired by Buxton (now Audiense) the product has been merged into a wider analytics and segmentation tool.
BlackCrow's machine learning is designed to understand your most valuable customers and help you acquire more of them.
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Feature | Elevar | Black Crow AI | Littledata |
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Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | ||
Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ||
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ||
Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ | ||
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogen | ✔️ |
Elevar offers robust identity resolution and server-side tracking, ensuring complete conversion tracking via Google Tag Manager. Its integration with Buxton enhances analytics capabilities. In contrast, Black Crow AI provides a 30-day free trial and focuses on machine learning to identify valuable customers, supporting multiple platforms beyond Shopify. Littledata stands out with its fully automatic, no-code setup and automatic tracking of checkout steps, alongside a free trial and founder-led approach, making it user-friendly and efficient for ecommerce managers.
Elevar | Black Crow AI | Littledata | |
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Example product review | "They continue to charge you after uninstalling and cancelling your plan...made absolutely 0 impact to my tracking." | "Not all of their offerings were as helpful for a subscription brand with one product...they'll do a better job anticipating edge cases like ours in the future." | "We were having difficulties with accurate and consistent revenue attribution...With Littledata implemented, we now get consistent and accurate revenue attribution." |
Example support review | "Awful support. I am now $700 in charges without even using the stupid thing because it made absolutely 0 impact." | "Customer support is lacking, and responses are slow... not what I expected from a company of this caliber." | "Customer support is absolutely amazing... you can never go wrong when an app does what it says and tacks on great service!" |
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Store size | Elevar | Black Crow AI | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $200 | $500 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $200 | $500 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $450 | $1500 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $950 | $5000 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Elevar is 60% cheaper than Black Crow AI and 80% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Elevar and Black Crow AI are equal, while Littledata is 25% cheaper than both. With 5000 orders, Elevar is 70% cheaper than Black Crow AI and 29% more expensive than Littledata. At 20000 orders, Elevar is 81% cheaper than Black Crow AI and 19% more expensive than Littledata.
Destination | Elevar | Black Crow AI | Littledata |
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Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Attentive | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
✔️ | ✔️ | ||
TikTok | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Yotpo Email & SMS | ✔️ | ||
Postscript | ✔️ | ||
Segment | ✔️ |
Elevar focuses on a wide range of data destinations, including major platforms like Google Analytics, Meta Ads, Pinterest, TikTok, and more, allowing for comprehensive tracking across various marketing channels. Black Crow AI primarily targets Klaviyo and Attentive, emphasizing email and SMS marketing automation. Littledata also supports a broad array of destinations similar to Elevar, including Google Analytics and various ad platforms, but adds Segment for enhanced data integration. The main difference lies in the breadth of supported platforms, with Elevar and Littledata offering more extensive options compared to Black Crow AI's narrower focus on email and SMS.
Feature | Elevar | Black Crow AI | Littledata |
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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 server-side | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | ||
Added to Cart trigger | |||
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 | |||
Direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Littledata offers distinct advantages for tracking customers from Shopify to Klaviyo. Its comprehensive documentation on GDPR/CCPA opt-out ensures compliance, while its unique ability to backstitch Klaviyo profiles onto previous customer events enhances data continuity. Additionally, Littledata leverages cookies from other marketing channels to improve identity resolution, providing a more holistic view of customer interactions. In contrast, Elevar and Black Crow AI only focus on opt-out documentation and do not add new emails, lacking the advanced identity tracking and historical data integration that Littledata provides. This makes Littledata a more robust solution for effective customer tracking and engagement.