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.
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.
Feature | Retention.com | Polar Analytics | Littledata |
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Identity resolution to boost audiences | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Customer data to marketing platforms | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Founder owned and led | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Works with platforms other than Shopify | ✔️ | ||
Marketing reporting | ✔️ | ||
Proprietary attribution model | ✔️ | ||
30 day free trial | ✔️ | ||
Server-side tracking | ✔️ | ||
Fully automatic, no code setup | ✔️ | ||
Automatic tracking of checkout steps | ✔️ | ||
No-code setup for Shopify Hydrogen | ✔️ |
Retention.com focuses on recovering lost shoppers and enhancing Klaviyo revenue through identity resolution, while Polar Analytics offers comprehensive marketing reporting and a proprietary attribution model for insights. Both provide customer data integration with marketing platforms. Littledata stands out with its 30-day free trial, fully automatic setup, and server-side tracking, which simplifies implementation and ensures accurate data collection across checkout steps. This makes Littledata a strong choice for ecommerce managers seeking ease of use and robust tracking capabilities.
Retention.com | Polar Analytics | 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." | "We were having difficulties with accurate and consistent revenue attribution...With Littledata implemented, we now get consistent and accurate revenue attribution." | |
Example support review | "Unfortunately, the team... very high employee turnover; it can be really frustrating to have to re-explain things to new reps." | "Polar's customer support is also next to none... they are well worth the price we pay." | "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 | Retention.com | Polar Analytics | Littledata |
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50 orders / month | $500 | $400 | $39 |
500 orders / month | $500 | $400 | $149 |
5,000 orders / month | $2000 | $1150 | $349 |
20,000 orders / month | $5000 | $3500 | $799 |
For an online store with 50 orders, Retention.com is 28% more expensive than Polar Analytics and 1185% more than Littledata. At 500 orders, Retention.com and Polar Analytics are equal, while Littledata is 70% cheaper. With 5000 orders, Retention.com is 74% more than Polar Analytics and 471% more than Littledata. For 20000 orders, Retention.com is 43% more than Polar Analytics and 526% more than Littledata. Overall, Littledata consistently offers the lowest pricing across all order volumes.
Destination | Retention.com | Polar Analytics | Littledata |
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Klaviyo | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Meta Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Ads | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Google Analytics | ✔️ | ||
TikTok | ✔️ | ||
✔️ | |||
Segment | ✔️ | ||
Attentive | ✔️ |
Retention.com focuses on enhancing email marketing through Klaviyo by leveraging first-party data for targeted campaigns. Polar Analytics aggregates data from multiple platforms, including Meta Ads and Google Ads, providing a holistic view of marketing performance across channels. Littledata offers extensive integration with various platforms, including Google Analytics and social media channels like TikTok and Pinterest, enabling comprehensive tracking and analysis of customer behavior across multiple touchpoints. The main difference lies in Retention.com's emphasis on email marketing, Polar Analytics' focus on performance analytics, and Littledata's broad integration capabilities for detailed customer insights.
Feature | Retention.com | Polar Analytics | 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 | |||
Unreliable tracking of button clicks | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Backwards compatible with Klaviyo templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Reliable via Shopify's servers | ✔️ | ||
Enriched product info (e.g. category) | ✔️ | ||
Target the whole contents of the cart | ✔️ | ||
Checkout Started trigger | |||