Northbeam vs Elevar

Is Northbeam or Elevar a better data solution for Shopify brands?

Northbeam competitors

What is Northbeam?

Northbeam is the marketing intelligence platform for profitable growth, including multi-touch attribution and media mix modeling, both powered by industry-leading machine learning. Northbeam is used by 1,900 Shopify sites according to BuiltWith.


Elevar competitors

What is Elevar?

Elevar is designed to fix conversion tracking issues and GTM setup with server-side tracking that pushes data back to marketing channels. Elevar is used by 6,300 Shopify sites according to BuiltWith.


You could use both Elevar for accurate data, and Northbeam for reporting

Northbeam vs Elevar comparison

FeatureNorthbeamElevarLittledata
Fully automatic, no code setup✔️minus✔️
Identity resolution to boost audiencesminus✔️✔️
Server-side trackingminus✔️✔️
Public statement of privacy complianceminus✔️✔️
Customer data to marketing platformsminus✔️✔️
Marketing reporting✔️minusminus
Proprietary attribution model✔️minusminus
Works with platforms other than Shopify✔️minusminus
30 day free trialminusminus✔️
Automatic tracking of checkout extensibilityminusminus✔️
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogenminusminus✔️

Northbeam focuses on marketing intelligence with a proprietary attribution model and multi-touch attribution, emphasizing automated, no-code setup for ease of use across various platforms. Its machine learning capabilities enhance media mix modeling for profitable growth.

In contrast, Elevar prioritizes fixing conversion tracking issues through server-side tracking and identity resolution, ensuring data accuracy and privacy compliance. It is tailored for optimizing Google Tag Manager setups.

Littledata offers similar features to Elevar, including identity resolution and server-side tracking, but also provides a 30-day free trial and automatic tracking of checkout extensibility. Like Northbeam, it emphasizes a no-code setup.

Overall, Northbeam excels in marketing insights and attribution, while Elevar and Littledata focus on data accuracy and compliance, with Littledata offering a trial period and additional checkout tracking features.

Cost comparison

Northbeam vs Elevar's monthly subscription cost

Store sizeNorthbeamElevarLittledata
50 orders / month$1000$200$39
500 orders / month$1000$200$149
5,000 orders / month$1500$450$349
20,000 orders / month$3500$950$799

For 50 orders, Northbeam is 400% more expensive than Elevar and 2,462% more than Littledata. At 500 orders, Northbeam and Elevar are equal, while Littledata is 85% cheaper than both. For 5,000 orders, Northbeam is 233% more than Elevar and 329% more than Littledata. At 20,000 orders, Northbeam is 268% more than Elevar and 338% more than Littledata. Overall, Northbeam consistently has the highest pricing, while Littledata offers the most affordable options across all order volumes.

Supported data destinations

DestinationNorthbeamElevarLittledata
Google Analyticsminus✔️✔️
Meta Adsminus✔️✔️
Pinterestminus✔️✔️
TikTokminus✔️✔️
Klaviyominus✔️✔️
Attentiveminus✔️✔️
Google Adsminus✔️✔️
Yotpo Email & SMSminus✔️minus
Postscriptminus✔️minus
Segmentminusminus✔️

Benefits of Littledata
Littledata has been trusted by leading Shopify brands since 2017 for reliable server-side tracking.
100% of revenue tracked
Enhanced identity resolution
Connectors for all popular marketing channels
googleAnalytics
Comparing Northbeam against Elevar
Does Northbeam work with Shopify?

Yes, Northbeam is installed on 1,900 Shopify sites according to the latest stats from BuiltWith.

How does Elevar work?

Elevar uses a combination of client tracking and a server-to-server connection to ensure 100% of conversions are tracked, and that the purchase can be linked to the pre-checkout user journey.

Does Elevar work with Shopify?

Yes, Elevar is installed on 6,300 Shopify sites according to the latest stats from BuiltWith.

Is Northbeam suitable for Enterprise brands?

Northbeam is used by 91 sites in the top 100,000 globally - so this solution is likely suitable for Enterprise scale brands.

Is Elevar suitable for Enterprise brands?

Elevar is used by 129 sites in the top 100,000 globally - so this solution is likely suitable for Enterprise scale brands.

Which marketing tools does Northbeam support?

Northbeam does not send data into the marketing tools but instead pulls insight from them.

Which marketing tools does Elevar support?

Elevar supports Google Analytics, Meta Ads, Pinterest, TikTok, Klaviyo, Attentive, Google Ads, Yotpo Email & SMS and Postscript.

Who owns Northbeam?

Northbeam is an independent private company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Austin Harrison is Northbeam's CEO.

Who owns Elevar?

Elevar is owned by Buxton and run out of Charleston, South Carolina. Brad Redding is Elevar's CEO.

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