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.
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Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Upstack Data | 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 | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Marketing reporting | ✔️ | ||
Proprietary attribution model | ✔️ | ||
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, but lacks advanced reporting and attribution features. Upstack Data provides a proprietary attribution model and centralized analytics, enhancing data accuracy and decision-making. However, it may not have the same level of automatic tracking for checkout steps as Littledata.
Littledata excels with its automatic tracking of checkout steps, ensuring comprehensive data collection, alongside identity resolution and server-side tracking, making it a more robust solution for eCommerce analytics compared to both Facebook Sales Channel and Upstack Data.
Facebook Sales Channel | Upstack Data | 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." | "After testing a number of platforms...absolutely no regrets. Michael has a truly deep technical knowledge...Event Quality Match scores in meta increase, adding reliable NC purchase, NC CPA and NC ROAS metrics in ad manager is massively helpful as we're very focused on optimizing for NC..." | "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." | "Support is second to none... any issues we've had Michael has arranged a call immediately to diagnose the issue." | "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 | Upstack Data | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $0 | $299 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $0 | $299 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $0 | $599 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $0 | $999 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Upstack Data is 765% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Littledata is 100% more expensive than Upstack Data, which is free. At 5000 orders, Upstack Data is 71% more expensive than Littledata. Finally, at 20000 orders, Upstack Data is 25% more expensive than Littledata. Throughout all order volumes, Facebook Sales Channel remains free, highlighting significant price differences primarily between Upstack Data and Littledata.
Destination | Facebook Sales Channel | Upstack Data | Littledata |
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Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
TikTok | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ||
✔️ | |||
Segment | ✔️ | ||
Attentive | ✔️ |
The main difference lies in the range of platforms each solution supports. Facebook Sales Channel's data destination focuses solely on Meta Ads, optimizing for Facebook and Instagram advertising. In contrast, Upstack Data offers a broader array of destinations, including Meta Ads, TikTok, Klaviyo, and Google Ads, allowing for more diverse marketing strategies. Littledata expands this further by integrating with multiple platforms, including Google Analytics, Pinterest, and Segment, in addition to those offered by Upstack. This variety enables more comprehensive tracking and analytics across different marketing channels, enhancing data-driven decision-making for your ecommerce store.
Feature | Facebook Sales Channel | Upstack Data | 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 | ✔️ |