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.
Polar is a pre-built dashboard for commerce with out-of-the-box metrics and reports to ensure your team has the insights to get their jobs done.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Polar Analytics | Littledata |
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Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Marketing reporting | ✔️ | ||
Proprietary attribution model | ✔️ | ||
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ||
Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ | ||
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogen | ✔️ |
Facebook Sales Channel offers a seamless integration with Shopify for customer data transfer to marketing platforms, featuring a no-code setup and a 30-day free trial. However, it lacks advanced reporting and attribution capabilities. Polar Analytics provides robust marketing reporting and a proprietary attribution model but may require more setup. Littledata excels with its server-side tracking, automatic checkout step tracking, and similar features like identity resolution and a no-code setup, making it a more comprehensive solution for data collection and insights compared to both Facebook Sales Channel and Polar Analytics.
Facebook Sales Channel | Polar Analytics | 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." | "Negative points? None so far ... Getting started was incredibly easy ... integrates smoothly with all our tools and data sources." | "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." | "Polar's customer support is also next to none... they are well worth the price we pay." | "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 | Polar Analytics | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $0 | $400 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $0 | $400 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $0 | $1150 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $0 | $3500 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Polar Analytics is 923% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Littledata is 100% more expensive than Polar Analytics, which is free. At 5,000 orders, Polar Analytics is 229% more expensive than Littledata. Finally, at 20,000 orders, Polar Analytics is 338% more expensive than Littledata. Throughout all order volumes, Facebook Sales Channel remains free, highlighting significant price disparities, especially with Polar Analytics compared to Littledata.
Destination | Facebook Sales Channel | Polar Analytics | Littledata |
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Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ||
TikTok | ✔️ | ||
✔️ | |||
Segment | ✔️ | ||
Attentive | ✔️ |
Facebook Sales Channel's data destination for Meta Ads focuses primarily on optimizing ad performance within Facebook's ecosystem, leveraging data directly from Shopify to enhance targeting and conversion tracking. In contrast, Polar Analytics aggregates data from multiple platforms (Meta Ads, Google Ads, Klaviyo) to provide a holistic view of marketing performance across channels, enabling better cross-channel insights. Littledata offers a broader range of destinations (Google Analytics, Meta Ads, TikTok, Pinterest, Klaviyo, Google Ads, Segment, Attentive), allowing for extensive tracking and analysis across various marketing platforms, facilitating deeper insights into customer behavior and campaign effectiveness.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Polar Analytics | Littledata |
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Key benefits | |||
Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Boost to Event Match Quality Score | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
100% accurate revenue in Meta | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
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 | ✔️ |