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. Polar Analytics is used by 300 Shopify sites according to BuiltWith.
Retention.com's identity resolution software helps Shopify merchants recover lost shoppers and increase Klaviyo flow revenue. Retention.com - formerly known as GetEmails - is used by 1,950 Shopify sites according to BuiltWith.
You could use both Retention.com for accurate data, and Polar Analytics for reporting
Feature | Polar Analytics | Retention.com | Littledata |
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Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Marketing reporting | ✔️ | ||
Proprietary attribution model | ✔️ | ||
Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | ||
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ||
Public statement of privacy compliance | ✔️ | ||
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ||
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ||
Automatic tracking of checkout extensibility | ✔️ | ||
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogen | ✔️ |
Polar Analytics offers a comprehensive pre-built dashboard with marketing reporting and a proprietary attribution model, providing out-of-the-box metrics tailored for e-commerce insights. Its focus is on delivering actionable data to enhance marketing strategies.
Retention.com emphasizes identity resolution and customer data integration, specifically designed to help Shopify merchants recover lost sales and optimize Klaviyo flows. It supports platforms beyond Shopify, broadening its utility.
Littledata provides a 30-day free trial and emphasizes privacy compliance, alongside identity resolution and server-side tracking. Its fully automatic, no-code setup simplifies implementation, while automatic tracking of checkout extensibility enhances data collection.
In summary, Polar Analytics excels in reporting and attribution, Retention.com focuses on recovering lost sales, and Littledata offers ease of setup and privacy compliance, making each suitable for different e-commerce needs.
Store size | Polar Analytics | Retention.com | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $400 | $500 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $400 | $500 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $1150 | $2000 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $3500 | $5000 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Polar Analytics is 20% cheaper than Retention.com and 89% more expensive than Littledata. At 500 orders, Polar Analytics and Retention.com are equal, while Littledata is 63% cheaper. With 5,000 orders, Polar Analytics is 43% cheaper than Retention.com and 229% more expensive than Littledata. For 20,000 orders, Polar Analytics is 30% cheaper than Retention.com and 338% more expensive than Littledata. Overall, Littledata consistently offers the lowest pricing across all order volumes.
Destination | Polar Analytics | Retention.com | Littledata |
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Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ||
TikTok | ✔️ | ||
✔️ | |||
Segment | ✔️ | ||
Attentive | ✔️ |
Polar Analytics focuses on aggregating data from various marketing platforms like Meta Ads, Google Ads, and Klaviyo, providing a centralized view for performance analysis. Retention.com primarily integrates with Klaviyo to enhance email marketing through customer retention strategies. Littledata offers a broader range of data destinations, including Google Analytics, Meta Ads, TikTok, Pinterest, Klaviyo, Google Ads, Segment, and Attentive, enabling comprehensive tracking and insights across multiple channels. The main difference lies in Polar's emphasis on performance analytics, Retention.com's focus on retention through Klaviyo, and Littledata's extensive multi-channel tracking capabilities.
Feature | Polar Analytics | Retention.com | 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 | |||
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Tracked client-side | ✔️ | ||
Tracked server-side | ✔️ | ||
Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | ||
Added to Cart trigger | |||
Tracked client-side | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Tracked server-side | ✔️ | ||
Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | ||
Target the whole contents of the cart | ✔️ |