ProfitMetrics vs TrackBee

Yes, join dozens of Shopify brands who made the switch to Littledata for simpler server-side tracking, faster setup, and transparent pricing. We’ll even help migrate your ProfitMetrics setup.

Yes, join dozens of Shopify brands who made the switch to Littledata for simpler server-side tracking, faster setup, and transparent pricing. We’ll even help migrate your TrackBee setup.

ProfitMetrics computes gross profit per order (revenue less discounts, COGS, shipping, payment fees and packaging, ex-VAT) and pushes that figure to ad platforms as the conversion value, so smart bidding optimises on margin rather than revenue.

Yes, ProfitMetrics is installed on 642 Shopify stores according to Installgraph, which scans Shopify storefronts for the apps they run.

TrackBee installs as a Shopify app plus a theme app embed and a Shopify Web Pixel.

Yes, TrackBee is installed on 214 Shopify stores according to Installgraph, which scans Shopify storefronts for the apps they run.

ProfitMetrics is used by 6 sites in the top 100,000 globally - so this solution is unlikely to be appropriate for Enterprise brands.

TrackBee is used by 3 sites in the top 100,000 globally - so this solution is unlikely to be appropriate for Enterprise brands.

ProfitMetrics supports Google Analytics, Meta Ads and Google Ads.

TrackBee supports Google Analytics, Meta Ads, TikTok, Pinterest, Klaviyo, Google Ads, Snap, Microsoft Ads and ChatGPT Ads.

ProfitMetrics is an independent private company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Frederik Boysen is ProfitMetrics's CEO.

TrackBee is an independent private company headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands. Bart Valstar is TrackBee's CEO.

ProfitMetrics is a better choice if you want to bid on profit rather than revenue and have the COGS, shipping and payment-fee data to feed it — especially on Magento, Lightspeed or a custom cart rather than Shopify. Littledata is the better fit for teams who want turnkey, fully managed server-side tracking without building or maintaining tag infrastructure.

TrackBee is a better choice if you run a low-AOV store where revenue-based pricing beats per-order. Littledata is the better fit for teams who want turnkey, fully managed server-side tracking without building or maintaining tag infrastructure.

Littledata sends purchase and behavioural data server-to-server, directly from Shopify's servers, so it does not depend on browser tags or a Google Tag Manager container you have to maintain. Tracking keeps working when Shopify changes the checkout, and events can be enriched with customer and order data the browser never sees. Tools built on server-side Google Tag Manager still rely on browser tags to collect events, and someone has to build and maintain the container.

No. Littledata is turnkey: install the Shopify app and server-side tracking is live, with no code and no Google Tag Manager required. Self-managed server-side setups typically need 10 to 40 hours of specialist configuration up front, plus a few hours a month of ongoing maintenance, which is why a low sticker price often hides a much higher true cost.

Littledata's Event Editor lets you customise and enrich the events sent to each destination without code, so you control exactly what data reaches Google Analytics, Meta, Klaviyo and your other marketing tools.

Littledata's Profit signal sends true profit, not just revenue, to your ad platforms, so Meta and Google can optimise campaigns towards the orders that actually make you money.

Yes. Littledata's bot protection filters automated traffic out of your tracking, so your analytics and ad audiences are built on real customers.

Yes. Littledata supports unlimited Shopify Markets for cross-border stores and headless and Hydrogen storefronts.