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.

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Talk to us| Feature | Elevar | Upstack Data | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Via server-side Google Tag Manager | ✔️ | ||
| Marketing reporting | ✔️ | ||
| Proprietary attribution model | ✔️ | ||
| Natively supports Shopify Markets | ✔️ | ||
| Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ |
Elevar focuses on ensuring 100% conversion tracking via server-side Google Tag Manager, integrating deeply with marketing platforms post-acquisition by Buxton. Upstack Data offers a proprietary attribution model and emphasizes centralized analytics for faster decision-making, with a fully automatic setup. Littledata stands out with its automatic tracking of checkout steps, alongside features like identity resolution and server-side tracking, providing a comprehensive solution for eCommerce analytics. While Elevar excels in conversion tracking, Upstack Data centralizes data effectively, but Littledata's automatic checkout tracking gives it an edge in optimizing the customer journey.
| Elevar | Upstack Data | Littledata | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example product review | "They continue to charge you after uninstalling and cancelling your plan...made absolutely 0 impact to my tracking." | "After testing a number of platforms...absolutely no regrets. Michael has a truly deep technical knowledge...Event Quality Match scores in meta increase, adding reliable NC purchase, NC CPA and NC ROAS metrics in ad manager is massively helpful as we're very focused on optimizing for NC..." | "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." | "Support is second to none... any issues we've had Michael has arranged a call immediately to diagnose the issue." | "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 | Upstack Data | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 orders / month | $200 | $299 | $39 |
| 500 orders / month | $200 | $299 | $199 |
| 5,000 orders / month | $450 | $599 | $449 |
| 20,000 orders / month | $850 | $999 | $1390 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Elevar is 413% more expensive than Littledata, while Upstack Data is 666% more expensive. At 500 orders, Elevar and Upstack Data are equal, but Littledata is 25% cheaper. With 5000 orders, Elevar is 29% cheaper than Upstack Data, while Littledata is 22% cheaper than Upstack Data. At 20000 orders, Elevar is 15% cheaper than Littledata, and Upstack Data is 25% more expensive than Littledata.
| Destination | Elevar | Upstack Data | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| TikTok | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Google Analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Attentive | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Segment | ✔️ |
Elevar offers a broader range of data destinations, including Google Analytics, Pinterest, and Attentive, in addition to Meta Ads, TikTok, Klaviyo, and Google Ads. This allows for more comprehensive tracking across various platforms. Upstack Data focuses on a more streamlined selection, omitting Pinterest and Attentive, which may limit cross-channel insights. Littledata also provides a wide array of destinations, including Segment and Pinterest, alongside the same platforms as Elevar. This variety enables users to integrate with multiple analytics and marketing tools, enhancing data-driven decision-making. Overall, Elevar and Littledata offer more extensive options compared to Upstack Data.
| Feature | Elevar | Upstack Data | 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 | |||
| Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Tracked server-side | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Tracked client-side | ✔️ | ||
| 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 | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Unreliable tracking of button clicks | ✔️ | ||
| 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 distinct advantages for tracking customers from Shopify to Klaviyo. Its comprehensive documentation on GDPR/CCPA opt-out ensures compliance, while its unique ability to utilize other marketing channel cookies enhances identity resolution. Additionally, Littledata backstitches Klaviyo profiles onto previous customer events, providing a richer historical context for customer interactions. In contrast, Elevar and Upstack Data only focus on opt-out documentation and do not enhance identity resolution or historical data integration, limiting their effectiveness in creating a complete customer profile. This makes Littledata a more robust choice for CRM management in a Shopify Plus environment.
| Feature | Elevar | Upstack Data | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Ads Conversions | |||
| Tracked direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| New vs Returning customer conversions | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Real-time tracking of Enhanced Conversions | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Feature | Elevar | Upstack Data | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key benefits | |||
| 100% accurate revenue in Meta | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Boost to Event Match Quality Score | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Pre-purchase audiences based on first-party data | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| 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 | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Filters to exclude orders from some channels | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| New vs Returning customer conversions | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Includes recurring orders | ✔️ | ||
