Blotout vs Elevar

Elevar is better for Shopify brands needing broader ad platform support; Blotout is narrower.

Blotout logo

What is Blotout?

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

Elevar logo

What is Elevar?

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.

Switching from Elevar? You get more for less with Littledata.

Blotout vs Elevar comparison

FeatureBlotoutElevarLittledata
Identity resolution to boost audiences✔️✔️✔️
Direct from Shopify's servers✔️✔️✔️
Customer data to marketing platforms✔️✔️✔️
Founder owned and led✔️minus✔️
Natively supports Shopify Marketsminus✔️✔️
Works with platforms other than Shopify✔️minusminus
Via server-side Google Tag Managerminus✔️minus
30 day free trialminusminus✔️
Fully automatic, no code setupminusminus✔️
Automatic tracking of checkout stepsminusminus✔️
Built For Shopifyminusminus✔️

Blotout and Elevar share several features with each other, including identity resolution, server-side data from Shopify, and routing customer data to marketing platforms. Elevar differentiates with native Google Tag Manager integration and Shopify Markets support, though its acquisition by Buxton/Audiense has shifted its focus toward broader analytics rather than pure conversion tracking. Blotout is founder-led and focuses specifically on restoring post-cookie marketing signals by identifying anonymous returning customers.

Where Littledata wins over both: Since neither is Littledata, here's what Littledata adds:

  • 30-day free trial — lower barrier to entry than both
  • Fully automatic, no-code setup — Elevar's GTM-based approach requires technical configuration; Blotout's setup is less turnkey
  • Automatic checkout step tracking — out-of-the-box, no manual tagging
  • Natively supports Shopify Markets — Blotout lacks this
  • Direct from Shopify's servers — unlike Elevar's GTM layer, which still relies on browser tags and misses server-visible events

Data tracking and setup

How Blotout and Elevar collect, enrich and control Shopify tracking data

CapabilityBlotoutElevarLittledata
Setup and maintenance
Turnkey setup; no implementation cost✔️✔️✔️
Zero ongoing maintenance✔️✔️✔️
Data and tracking features
Server-side tracking✔️minus✔️
Persistent ID✔️minus✔️
Bot protection✔️minus✔️
Shop app & Shop Pay✔️minus✔️
Event Editorminus✔️✔️
Profit signalminus✔️✔️
No-code setup (no GTM required)minusminus✔️
Session Enrichmentminusminus✔️
Unlimited Shopify Marketsminusminus✔️
Headless / Hydrogen supportminusminus✔️
Subscription app trackingminusminus✔️
Privacy / consent app compatibleminusminus✔️

Reviews comparison

What customers say about Blotout and Elevar in public reviews

BlotoutElevarLittledata
Rating4.7 / 5 from 26 reviews4.8 / 5 from 170 reviews4.8 / 5 from 147 reviews
Recent review“We never got properly onboarded. Initial call was great but we must of got lost in their slack. Not sure if we have been getting charged for the app too?” (November 2024)“I tried to contact them but they wrote a noreply email, the chat of the app is completely stuck. … But it's impossibile to contact them :(” (July 2025)“This was quite easy to integrate. There were some features and settings that needed adjusting to my own use case, and the team were really responsive and helpful in explaining everything to me.” (October 2026)

Sources: Blotout on Shopify App Store, Elevar on Shopify App Store, Littledata on Shopify App Store. All reviews, unfiltered. Ratings last checked October 22, 2026.

Cost comparison

Blotout vs Elevar's monthly subscription cost

Store sizeBlotoutElevarLittledata
50 orders / month$79$650$18
500 orders / month$400$650$175
5,000 orders / month$1980$650$544
20,000 orders / month$5000$1250$1290

Sources: Blotout pricing, Elevar pricing, Littledata pricing. Prices last verified October 22, 2026. Blotout: Extra per additional destination. Elevar: Priced on the Advanced plan or above, the cheapest that covers Klaviyo plus GA4, Meta and Google Ads (Base and Core allow 2 ad or analytics destinations).

Supported data destinations

DestinationBlotoutElevarLittledata
Google Analytics✔️✔️✔️
Meta Ads✔️✔️✔️
Klaviyo✔️✔️✔️
Google Ads✔️✔️✔️
Attentive✔️✔️✔️
Pinterestminus✔️✔️
TikTokminus✔️✔️
Microsoft Adsminus✔️✔️
Segmentminusminus✔️
ChatGPT AdsminusminusComing soon

The core difference lies in breadth and flexibility:

  • Blotout offers the most limited destination set, covering only the essentials (GA, Meta, Google Ads, Klaviyo, Attentive) — suitable for brands with simpler stacks.

  • Elevar adds Pinterest, TikTok, and Microsoft Ads, making it stronger for multi-channel paid media teams.

  • Littledata matches Elevar's channel coverage but uniquely includes Segment, making it the best fit if you need a CDP layer or want to pipe clean server-side data into a broader data warehouse/analytics ecosystem.

If paid channel diversity is the priority, Elevar and Littledata are comparable. If downstream data infrastructure matters, Littledata's Segment integration is a meaningful differentiator.

Google Analytics comparison

Blotout vs Elevar's solution for Google Analytics

FeatureBlotoutElevarLittledata
Product list views & clicks
Tracks products list as you scrollminus✔️✔️
Tracks clicks on product listminus✔️✔️
Consistent product identifier in GA4minusminus✔️
Add to Cart
Tracked server-sideminus✔️✔️
Enriched product infominus✔️✔️
Tracks remove from cartminus✔️✔️
Tracked client-side (missing ~50%)✔️minusminus
Checkout steps
Compatible with accelerated checkoutsminus✔️✔️
Direct from Shopify serversminus✔️✔️
Tracks all checkout stepsminus✔️✔️
Purchase
Direct from Shopify servers✔️✔️✔️
Includes post-purchase upsellsminus✔️✔️
Includes recurring ordersminus✔️✔️
Filter orders by sales channelminus✔️✔️
Includes refundsminus✔️✔️
Tracked via thank you pageminus✔️minus
User-provided data for improved attributionminusminus✔️
Includes net revenue / profitminusminus✔️

Blotout's purchase tracking for Google Analytics focuses on privacy and does not add new emails to marketing lists, which may limit customer engagement. In contrast, Elevar and Littledata both offer server-side tracking for 100% accuracy, including features like post-purchase upsells, recurring orders, and refunds. Elevar tracks client-side, while Littledata enhances attribution with user-provided data and custom mapping. Overall, Blotout prioritizes privacy over comprehensive tracking features, whereas Elevar and Littledata provide robust tracking capabilities with additional marketing insights.

How Littledata tracks Google Analytics (GA4) for Shopify →

Klaviyo comparison

Blotout vs Elevar's solution for Klaviyo

FeatureBlotoutElevarLittledata
Identity resolution
Never adds emails to your list without consent✔️✔️✔️
Uses other marketing channel cookies to boost identityminusminus✔️
Backstitches Klaviyo profile onto previous customer eventsminusminus✔️
Klaviyo Preferred Partnerminusminus✔️
Viewed Product trigger
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templatesminus✔️✔️
Tracked server-sideminus✔️✔️
Tracked client-side✔️minusminus
Enriched product info (e.g. category)minusminus✔️
Added to Cart trigger
Direct from Shopify serversminus✔️✔️
Enriched product info (e.g. category)minus✔️✔️
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templatesminus✔️✔️
Unreliable tracking of button clicks✔️minusminus
Target the whole contents of the cartminusminus✔️
Checkout Started trigger
Tracked via the checkout page✔️minusminus
Direct from Shopify serversminusminus✔️
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templatesminusminus✔️

Both Blotout and Elevar share the same consent-based approach — neither adds emails to Klaviyo without explicit opt-in, protecting list quality and compliance.

However, neither appears to be Littledata, which offers meaningful advantages beyond consent management. Littledata never adds new emails to your marketing list, uses cross-channel marketing cookies to boost identity resolution, and uniquely backstitches Klaviyo profiles onto historical customer events — giving you richer, retroactive data.

Since neither Blotout nor Elevar offers Direct from Shopify Servers tracking, both carry significant drawbacks: inflated Active Profiles from email-less records, checkout events requiring manual tagging setup, and Product Viewed events capturing fewer than 50% of identified customers — limiting segmentation accuracy and automation performance in Klaviyo.

How Littledata tracks Klaviyo for Shopify →

Google Ads comparison

Blotout vs Elevar's solution for Google Ads

FeatureBlotoutElevarLittledata
Google Ads Conversions
Tracked direct from Shopify's serversminus✔️✔️
New vs Returning conversionsminus✔️✔️
Profit signalminus✔️✔️
Unreliable tracking via thank you page (missing ~30%)✔️minusminus
Real-time tracking of Enhanced Conversionsminusminus✔️
Multi-source conversions (Data Manager API)minusminus✔️
Fully automatic setupminusminus✔️
Full Shopify Markets supportminusminus✔️

How Littledata tracks Google Ads for Shopify →

Meta Ads comparison

Blotout vs Elevar's solution for Meta Ads

FeatureBlotoutElevarLittledata
Key benefits
Boost to Event Match Quality Score✔️✔️✔️
100% accurate revenue in Metaminus✔️✔️
Pre-purchase audiences based on first-party dataminus✔️✔️
Fully automatic setupminus✔️✔️
Target subscriptions vs one-time purchasesminusminus✔️
AddToCart
Tracked client-side (missing ~50%)minus✔️minus
Tracked direct from Shopify serversminusminus✔️
InitiateCheckout
Includes all checkout stepsminus✔️✔️
Unreliable tracking via checkout page (missing ~30%)minus✔️minus
Tracked direct from Shopify serversminusminus✔️
Purchase
Tracked direct from Shopify servers✔️✔️✔️
Includes post-purchase upsellsminus✔️✔️
New vs Returning conversion goalsminus✔️✔️
Profit signalminus✔️✔️
Full Shopify Markets supportminus✔️✔️
No-code custom conversionsminusminus✔️

How Littledata tracks Meta Ads for Shopify →

Benefits of Littledata

Littledata has been trusted by leading Shopify brands since 2017 for reliable server-side tracking.
100% of revenue tracked
Enhanced identity resolution
Connectors for all popular marketing channels
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Comparing Blotout against Elevar

How we compiled this comparison: pricing and feature data comes from each vendor's public pricing page, Shopify App Store listings, and BuiltWith usage data, reviewed by the Littledata team. Last verified October 30, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Let us know.