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.
Triple Whale allows you to easily manage and automate analytics, attribution, merchandising, forecasting & more — in the palm of your hand.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Triple Whale | Littledata |
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Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
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 seamless integration with Shopify for customer data transfer to marketing platforms, with a focus on Meta Ads. It features a 30-day free trial and requires no coding. In contrast, Triple Whale provides advanced marketing reporting and a proprietary attribution model, also with no-code setup, but lacks the same level of server-side tracking. Littledata excels with its automatic tracking of checkout steps and server-side tracking, enhancing data accuracy and audience targeting. It also shares the benefits of being founder-owned and offers a 30-day free trial, making it a strong contender for comprehensive data collection and tracking.
Facebook Sales Channel | Triple Whale | 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." | "Integration problem...can't install the store application. The system says I'm already using the app, but I can't log in. The chat on the website and email support does not answer. No help." | "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." | "Triple Whale’s customer service has been one of the worst experiences... Critical issues take days to resolve." | "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 | Triple Whale | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $0 | $299 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $0 | $549 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $0 | $1469 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $0 | $4028 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Triple Whale is 765% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Triple Whale is 0% since it costs $0, while Littledata is 284% more expensive than Facebook Sales Channel. At 5000 orders, Triple Whale is 320% more than Littledata. Finally, at 20000 orders, Triple Whale is 404% more expensive than Littledata. Overall, Facebook Sales Channel remains free, while Triple Whale's costs significantly increase with order volume compared to Littledata.
Destination | Facebook Sales Channel | Triple Whale | Littledata |
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Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ||
TikTok | ✔️ | ||
✔️ | |||
Segment | ✔️ | ||
Attentive | ✔️ |
Facebook Sales Channel's data destinations focus primarily on integrating with Meta Ads, optimizing ad performance directly within the Facebook ecosystem. In contrast, Triple Whale offers a broader range of data destinations, including Klaviyo and Google Ads, allowing for more diverse marketing strategies across multiple platforms. Littledata expands this further by supporting a wider array of destinations, including TikTok and Pinterest, in addition to Klaviyo and Google Ads, enabling comprehensive tracking and analytics across various channels. This diversity allows brands to leverage insights from multiple sources for more effective marketing and customer engagement.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Triple Whale | 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 | ✔️ |