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.
BlackCrow's machine learning is designed to understand your most valuable customers and help you acquire more of them.
Feature | Polar Analytics | Black Crow AI | Littledata |
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Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Marketing reporting | ✔️ | ||
Proprietary attribution model | ✔️ | ||
Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | ||
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ||
Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ | ||
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogen | ✔️ |
Polar Analytics offers pre-built dashboards and proprietary attribution, focusing on marketing reporting and insights for e-commerce teams. Black Crow AI emphasizes machine learning for customer acquisition and supports multiple platforms, including server-side tracking. Littledata stands out with its fully automatic, no-code setup and automatic tracking of checkout steps, providing a more streamlined experience. While both Polar and Black Crow offer identity resolution and customer data integration, Littledata's ease of use and comprehensive tracking capabilities give it an edge for Shopify Plus brands seeking efficient data collection and analysis.
Polar Analytics | Black Crow AI | Littledata | |
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Example product review | "Negative points? None so far ... Getting started was incredibly easy ... integrates smoothly with all our tools and data sources." | "Not all of their offerings were as helpful for a subscription brand with one product...they'll do a better job anticipating edge cases like ours in the future." | "We were having difficulties with accurate and consistent revenue attribution...With Littledata implemented, we now get consistent and accurate revenue attribution." |
Example support review | "Polar's customer support is also next to none... they are well worth the price we pay." | "Customer support is lacking, and responses are slow... not what I expected from a company of this caliber." | "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 | Polar Analytics | Black Crow AI | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $400 | $500 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $400 | $500 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $1150 | $1500 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $3500 | $5000 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders per month, Black Crow AI is 25% more expensive than Polar Analytics, while Littledata is 90% cheaper. At 500 orders, Polar Analytics and Black Crow AI are equal, with Littledata being 63.5% cheaper. For 5000 orders, Black Crow AI is 30.4% more expensive than Polar Analytics, and Littledata is 69.6% cheaper. At 20000 orders, Black Crow AI is 42.9% more expensive than Polar Analytics, and Littledata is 77.3% cheaper.
Destination | Polar Analytics | Black Crow AI | Littledata |
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Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Attentive | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ||
TikTok | ✔️ | ||
✔️ | |||
Segment | ✔️ |
Polar Analytics focuses on integrating data from Meta Ads, Google Ads, and Klaviyo, providing a centralized view of marketing performance across these platforms. Black Crow AI, on the other hand, emphasizes Klaviyo and Attentive, targeting personalized messaging and customer engagement. Littledata offers a broader range of destinations, including Google Analytics, Meta Ads, TikTok, Pinterest, Klaviyo, Google Ads, Segment, and Attentive, allowing for extensive tracking and analysis across various channels. The main difference lies in the breadth of integrations and the specific focus on marketing versus customer engagement strategies.
Feature | Polar Analytics | Black Crow AI | Littledata |
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Identity resolution | |||
Never adds new emails to your marketing list | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Uses other marketing channel cookies to boost identity | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Docs on how an end-user can opt out for GDPR / CCPA | ✔️ | ||
Backstitches Klaviyo profile onto previous customer events | ✔️ | ||
Viewed Product trigger | |||
Tracked server-side | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Tracked client-side | ✔️ | ||
Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | ||
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ||
Added to Cart trigger | |||
Reliable via Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Unreliable tracking of button clicks | ✔️ | ||
Target the whole contents of the cart | ✔️ | ||
Checkout Started trigger | |||
Direct from Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Littledata offers unique advantages for tracking customers from Shopify to Klaviyo. Its documentation on GDPR/CCPA opt-out ensures compliance, which is crucial for data privacy. Unlike Polar Analytics and Black Crow AI, Littledata backstitches Klaviyo profiles onto previous customer events, providing a comprehensive view of customer interactions over time. This feature enhances customer insights and segmentation, allowing for more targeted marketing. Additionally, Littledata's use of other marketing channel cookies to boost identity further improves tracking accuracy, ensuring that customer data is reliable and actionable. Overall, Littledata's combination of compliance, historical data integration, and enhanced identity tracking makes it a superior choice for CRM management.