
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.

Fueled is a new tool for collecting and organizing 1st-party eCommerce customer data across the sales and marketing tools you love. Shopify, BigCommerce, Yotpo, Gorgias...We capture data from all of these channels, so that you can use it wherever and how ever you want.
| Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Fueled | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | ||
| Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ||
| Natively supports Shopify Markets | ✔️ | ||
| Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ |
Facebook Sales Channel offers a seamless integration with Shopify, providing customer data to marketing platforms with a no-code setup. However, it is limited to Shopify and Meta Ads. Fueled captures data from multiple platforms, enhancing versatility but lacks the automatic tracking features of Littledata. Littledata excels with its identity resolution, server-side tracking, and automatic checkout step tracking, making it a more comprehensive solution for eCommerce data collection and organization across various platforms.
| Facebook Sales Channel | Fueled | Littledata | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example product review | "Tracking is inaccurate, ad spend wasted, and support is unhelpful...data doesn’t match up, making it impossible to optimize campaigns." | "It's disheartening to hear about the app developer's refusal to enable enhanced conversion tracking without additional charges... It almost seems like price gouging for Shopify merchants to compensate for losses from the BigCommerce side." | "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." | "Customer support is non-existent, and responses take forever... very frustrating experience overall." | "Customer support is absolutely amazing... you can never go wrong when an app does what it says and tacks on great service!" |
| Link | Read more reviews |
| Store size | Facebook Sales Channel | Fueled | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 orders / month | $0 | $189 | $39 |
| 500 orders / month | $0 | $349 | $199 |
| 5,000 orders / month | $0 | $879 | $449 |
| 20,000 orders / month | $0 | $2000 | $1390 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Fueled is 100% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Fueled is 0% (free) while Littledata is 100% more expensive. At 5000 orders, Fueled is 152% more expensive than Littledata. Finally, at 20000 orders, Fueled is 150% more expensive than Littledata. Overall, Facebook Sales Channel remains free across all order volumes, while Fueled consistently has higher costs compared to Littledata as order volume increases.
| Destination | Facebook Sales Channel | Fueled | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Google Analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Segment | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| TikTok | ✔️ | ||
| ✔️ | |||
| Klaviyo | ✔️ | ||
| Attentive | ✔️ |
The main difference lies in the range and focus of data destinations. Facebook Sales Channel's Meta Ads primarily targets Facebook's ecosystem for advertising and tracking. Fueled offers a broader array of destinations, including Google Analytics and Segment, allowing for more comprehensive data integration across multiple platforms. Littledata expands on this by including additional channels like TikTok, Pinterest, and Klaviyo, providing a more extensive suite for marketing and analytics. This diversity enables brands to track user behavior and optimize campaigns across various platforms more effectively.
| Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Fueled | Littledata |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ✔️ | ||
| Includes recurring orders | ✔️ | ||
| Filters to exclude orders from some channels | ✔️ | ||
| New vs Returning customer conversions | ✔️ | ||
