Shopify has a built in free connector for Analytics and Ads as part of the Google & YouTube Sales Channel. This was built in 2023 and is maintained by Shopify.
Stape is your all-in-one solution for server-side data tracking. Industry leaders and top companies choose us to boost data quality and marketing ROI while maintaining security compliance.
Feature | Google Sales Channel | Stape | Littledata |
---|---|---|---|
Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | ||
Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ||
Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ | ||
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogen | ✔️ |
Google Sales Channel offers a seamless integration with Shopify for tracking and data collection, focusing on customer data transfer to marketing platforms with a no-code setup. However, it is limited to Shopify. Stape provides server-side tracking and works with multiple platforms, enhancing data quality and compliance but lacks the automatic features of Google Sales Channel. Littledata combines the strengths of both, offering server-side tracking, identity resolution, and automatic checkout tracking, while also being founder-owned and providing a no-code setup, making it a more comprehensive solution for data tracking and marketing optimization.
Google Sales Channel | Stape | Littledata | |
---|---|---|---|
Example product review | "I have an online store that sells home decor products, but Google says that I sell products with adult content. It says I have policy issues and missing shipping information, but it's not specific or provides any further information, so it's impossible to fix without knowing what's wrong. What a nightmare!" | "Stape Server GTM is difficult to configure without technical expertise, and after multiple attempts, I was still unable to get it working." | "We were having difficulties with accurate and consistent revenue attribution...With Littledata implemented, we now get consistent and accurate revenue attribution." |
Example support review | "Google support is robotic... they keep pointing us to articles after articles to read. This has become such a big headache." | "Although the app is free, I cannot recommend it based on my experience." | "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 | Google Sales Channel | Stape | Littledata |
---|---|---|---|
50 orders / month | $0 | $40 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $0 | $40 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $0 | $150 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $0 | $400 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Stape is 100% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Littledata costs 100% more than Stape, while both Stape and Google Sales Channel are free. At 5000 orders, Stape is 43% cheaper than Littledata. For 20000 orders, Stape is 50% cheaper than Littledata. Overall, Google Sales Channel remains free across all order volumes, while Stape and Littledata show varying price differences as order volume increases.
Destination | Google Sales Channel | Stape | Littledata |
---|---|---|---|
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
TikTok | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Attentive | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
✔️ | ✔️ | ||
Segment | ✔️ |
Google Sales Channel primarily focuses on integrating Shopify with Google Analytics and Google Ads, optimizing for e-commerce tracking and advertising. Stape offers a broader range of data destinations, including Meta Ads, TikTok, Klaviyo, and Pinterest, allowing for more diverse marketing strategies and audience targeting. Littledata also supports a wide array of platforms similar to Stape but emphasizes seamless integration with Segment for advanced data management. The main difference lies in the variety of platforms supported and the depth of integration capabilities, with Stape and Littledata providing more extensive options for multi-channel marketing.
Feature | Google Sales Channel | Stape | Littledata |
---|---|---|---|
Product list views & clicks | |||
Consistent product identifier in GA4 | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Tracks products list as you scroll | ✔️ | ||
Tracks clicks on product list | ✔️ | ||
Add to Cart | |||
Tracked client-side | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Tracked server-side | ✔️ | ||
Enriched product info | ✔️ | ||
Tracks remove from cart | ✔️ | ||
Checkout steps | |||
Tracked via checkout page | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Tracks checkout started only | ✔️ | ||
Tracked direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ||
Compatible with checkout extensibility | ✔️ | ||
Compatible with accelerated checkouts | ✔️ | ||
Purchase | |||
Tracked server side for 100% accuracy | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Includes refunds | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Tracked via thank you page | ✔️ | ||
Includes post-purchase upsells | ✔️ | ||
Includes recurring orders | ✔️ | ||
Filter orders by sales channel | ✔️ | ||
User-provided data for improved attribution | ✔️ | ||
Custom mapping to a source / medium | ✔️ |
Littledata's purchase and checkout tracking offers superior accuracy and comprehensive data capture compared to Google Sales Channel and Stape. With server-side tracking, it ensures 100% accuracy, capturing all purchase events, including post-purchase upsells and recurring orders. It filters orders by sales channel and includes refunds, enhancing attribution with user-provided data. Checkout tracking is robust, capturing all steps server-side and supporting checkout extensibility and accelerated checkouts. In contrast, Google Sales Channel relies on thank you page tracking, which can miss critical data, while Stape's checkout tracking only captures the start of the checkout process. Littledata provides a more complete and reliable view of user behavior and sales performance.
Feature | Google Sales Channel | Stape | Littledata |
---|---|---|---|
Google Ads Conversions | |||
Unreliable tracking via thank you page | ✔️ | ||
Tracked direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ||
Real-time tracking of Enhanced Conversions | ✔️ | ||
Fully automatic setup | ✔️ | ||
New vs Returning customer conversions | ✔️ |