Shopify has a built in free connector for Meta Ads as part of the Facebook Sales Channel. This was built in 2021 and is maintained by Shopify.
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? Get 50% off your first year with Littledata
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Elevar | Littledata |
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Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ||
Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ | ||
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogen | ✔️ |
Facebook Sales Channel offers a straightforward, no-code setup for Shopify users, integrating customer data with Meta Ads. However, it lacks advanced features like server-side tracking and automatic checkout step tracking. Elevar provides robust identity resolution and server-side tracking, ensuring comprehensive conversion tracking but may require more technical setup. Littledata combines the strengths of both, offering a fully automatic, no-code setup, identity resolution, server-side tracking, and automatic checkout tracking, making it a more comprehensive solution for data collection and audience boosting.
Facebook Sales Channel | Elevar | Littledata | |
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Example product review | "Tracking is inaccurate, ad spend wasted, and support is unhelpful...data doesn’t match up, making it impossible to optimize campaigns." | "They continue to charge you after uninstalling and cancelling your plan...made absolutely 0 impact to my tracking." | "We were having difficulties with accurate and consistent revenue attribution...With Littledata implemented, we now get consistent and accurate revenue attribution." |
Example support review | "Cannot get anyone to follow through and help me... I get bounced around from tech support person to another." | "Awful support. I am now $700 in charges without even using the stupid thing because it made absolutely 0 impact." | "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 | Facebook Sales Channel | Elevar | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $0 | $200 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $0 | $200 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $0 | $450 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $0 | $950 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Elevar is 100% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Elevar is 0% (free) while Littledata costs 100% more. For 5000 orders, Elevar is 29% more expensive than Littledata. At 20000 orders, Elevar is 19% more expensive than Littledata. Throughout all order volumes, Facebook Sales Channel remains free, making it the most cost-effective option compared to Elevar and Littledata, which vary significantly in pricing as order volume increases.
Destination | Facebook Sales Channel | Elevar | Littledata |
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Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
✔️ | ✔️ | ||
TikTok | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Attentive | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Yotpo Email & SMS | ✔️ | ||
Postscript | ✔️ | ||
Segment | ✔️ |
The main difference lies in the breadth and focus of data destinations. Facebook Sales Channel primarily integrates with Meta Ads, optimizing for Facebook and Instagram advertising. In contrast, Elevar offers a wider range of destinations, including multiple advertising platforms and email/SMS services, allowing for more comprehensive tracking across various channels. Littledata also supports a variety of platforms but emphasizes integration with analytics and marketing tools, focusing on data consistency and user behavior insights. Overall, Elevar provides the most extensive tracking options, while Facebook Sales Channel is more specialized.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Elevar | Littledata |
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Key benefits | |||
Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
100% accurate revenue in Meta | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Boost to Event Match Quality Score | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Pre-purchase audiences based on first-party data | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
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 | ✔️ |