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

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.
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
| Feature | Blotout | Elevar | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Natively supports Shopify Markets | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | ||
| Via server-side Google Tag Manager | ✔️ | ||
| 30 day free trial | ✔️ | ||
| Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ||
| Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ | ||
| Built For Shopify | ✔️ |
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
| Capability | Blotout | Elevar | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup and maintenance | |||
| Turnkey setup; no implementation cost | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Zero ongoing maintenance | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Data and tracking features | |||
| Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Persistent ID | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Bot protection | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Shop app & Shop Pay | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Event Editor | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Profit signal | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| No-code setup (no GTM required) | ✔️ | ||
| Session Enrichment | ✔️ | ||
| Unlimited Shopify Markets | ✔️ | ||
| Headless / Hydrogen support | ✔️ | ||
| Subscription app tracking | ✔️ | ||
| Privacy / consent app compatible | ✔️ | ||
Reviews comparison
What customers say about Blotout and Elevar in public reviews
| Blotout | Elevar | Littledata | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7 / 5 from 26 reviews | 4.8 / 5 from 170 reviews | 4.8 / 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 size | Blotout | Elevar | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Destination | Blotout | Elevar | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Attentive | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| TikTok | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Microsoft Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Segment | ✔️ | ||
| ChatGPT Ads | Coming soon |
The core difference lies in breadth and flexibility:
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Blotout offers the most limited destination set, covering only the essentials (GA, Meta, Google Ads, Klaviyo, Attentive) — suitable for brands with simpler stacks.
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Elevar adds Pinterest, TikTok, and Microsoft Ads, making it stronger for multi-channel paid media teams.
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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
| Feature | Blotout | Elevar | 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 server-side | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Enriched product info | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Tracks remove from cart | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Tracked client-side (missing ~50%) | ✔️ | ||
| Checkout steps | |||
| Compatible with accelerated checkouts | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Direct from Shopify servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Tracks all checkout steps | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Purchase | |||
| Direct from Shopify servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Includes post-purchase upsells | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Includes recurring orders | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Filter orders by sales channel | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Includes refunds | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Tracked via thank you page | ✔️ | ||
| User-provided data for improved attribution | ✔️ | ||
| Includes net revenue / profit | ✔️ | ||
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.
Klaviyo comparison
Blotout vs Elevar's solution for Klaviyo
| Feature | Blotout | Elevar | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity resolution | |||
| Never adds emails to your list without consent | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Uses other marketing channel cookies to boost identity | ✔️ | ||
| Backstitches Klaviyo profile onto previous customer events | ✔️ | ||
| Klaviyo Preferred Partner | ✔️ | ||
| Viewed Product trigger | |||
| Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Tracked server-side | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Tracked client-side | ✔️ | ||
| Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | ||
| Added to Cart trigger | |||
| Direct from Shopify servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Unreliable tracking of button clicks | ✔️ | ||
| Target the whole contents of the cart | ✔️ | ||
| Checkout Started trigger | |||
| Tracked via the checkout page | ✔️ | ||
| Direct from Shopify servers | ✔️ | ||
| Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ||
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.
Google Ads comparison
Blotout vs Elevar's solution for Google Ads
| Feature | Blotout | Elevar | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Ads Conversions | |||
| Tracked direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| New vs Returning conversions | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Profit signal | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Unreliable tracking via thank you page (missing ~30%) | ✔️ | ||
| Real-time tracking of Enhanced Conversions | ✔️ | ||
| Multi-source conversions (Data Manager API) | ✔️ | ||
| Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | ||
| Full Shopify Markets support | ✔️ | ||
Meta Ads comparison
Blotout vs Elevar's solution for Meta Ads
| Feature | Blotout | Elevar | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key benefits | |||
| Boost to Event Match Quality Score | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 100% accurate revenue in Meta | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Pre-purchase audiences based on first-party data | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Target subscriptions vs one-time purchases | ✔️ | ||
| AddToCart | |||
| Tracked client-side (missing ~50%) | ✔️ | ||
| Tracked direct from Shopify servers | ✔️ | ||
| InitiateCheckout | |||
| Includes all checkout steps | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Unreliable tracking via checkout page (missing ~30%) | ✔️ | ||
| Tracked direct from Shopify servers | ✔️ | ||
| Purchase | |||
| Tracked direct from Shopify servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Includes post-purchase upsells | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| New vs Returning conversion goals | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Profit signal | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Full Shopify Markets support | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| No-code custom conversions | ✔️ | ||
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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.