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.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Littledata |
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Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ |
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Founder owned and led | ✔️ | |
Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | |
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | |
Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ | |
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogen | ✔️ |
Facebook Sales Channel offers a built-in connector for Meta Ads, enabling customer data transfer to marketing platforms with a no-code setup. However, it lacks advanced features like server-side tracking and automatic checkout step tracking.
Littledata, while also providing a 30-day free trial and no-code setup, excels with identity resolution for audience boosting and server-side tracking, which enhances data accuracy and integration with GA4 and Klaviyo. Littledata's automatic tracking of checkout steps further distinguishes it, making it a more comprehensive solution for modern Shopify tracking.
Facebook Sales Channel | 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." | "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 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 | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $0 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $0 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $0 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $0 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders per month, Littledata costs 100% compared to Facebook Sales Channel. At 500 orders, Littledata is 0% (free), while the second Littledata option costs 100% more than Facebook. For 5000 orders, both Littledata options cost 100% more than Facebook. At 20000 orders, Littledata remains 100% more expensive than Facebook. Overall, Facebook Sales Channel is consistently free, while Littledata options range from 100% to 0% depending on the order volume.
Destination | Facebook Sales Channel | Littledata |
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Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | |
TikTok | ✔️ | |
✔️ | ||
Klaviyo | ✔️ | |
Google Ads | ✔️ | |
Segment | ✔️ | |
Attentive | ✔️ |
The main difference lies in the integration and data handling capabilities. Facebook Sales Channel's data destination for Meta Ads focuses primarily on optimizing ad performance within the Facebook ecosystem, providing insights specifically for Facebook advertising. In contrast, Littledata offers a broader range of data destinations, including Google Analytics, TikTok, Pinterest, Klaviyo, Google Ads, Segment, and Attentive, allowing for a more comprehensive view of customer behavior across multiple platforms. This enables better cross-channel tracking and analysis, enhancing overall marketing strategies beyond just Facebook.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | 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 | ✔️ | |
Includes recurring orders | ✔️ | |
Filters to exclude orders from some channels | ✔️ | |
New vs Returning customer conversions | ✔️ |