SIDE BY SIDETriple Whale vs Northbeam vs Admetrics, feature by feature
Every capability ecommerce and DTC teams compare, from tracking and attribution to profit, MMM, budget control and pricing, side by side for all three platforms.
FEATURE
Triple Whale
NorthbeamUnified marketing data All marketing, shop and sales data in one place.
Managed data platform
SQL editor and dashboard builder; BigQuery and Snowflake sync is a paid add-onOne view of spend and orders
Exports land in GCS or S3; touchpoint export on select plansOpen Data Layer
Ads, shop, cost and CRM data in one place, with REST API and exportsIntegrations Connections to ecommerce & ad platforms, CRM and email tools.
60+
WooCommerce and BigCommerce still in betaAd-heavy
Shopify native; other store platforms from the Professional plan30+ native
Shopify, Shopware, custom shops and Amazon, no developer neededMulti-touch attribution Credit spread across the full customer journey.
8 models
Incl. Total Impact with survey data; no user-built credit rules7 models
Incl. Clicks + Deterministic Views; no custom models8 models
Incl. data-driven Adaptive; custom data-driven attribution on CustomAttribution windows How far back a touchpoint can earn credit.
1 to 28 days or lifetime
Total Impact fixed at 7 days1 to 90 days plus LTV
Cash and accrual accounting modes1 day to unlimited
Same order compared across models side by sideServer-side tracking (S2S) Capture conversions the browser drops.
Triple Pixel + Sonar
First-party pixel, events sent server-sideBrowser pixel
First-party subdomain; orders arrive server-to-serverFirst-party S2S
Consent-aware pixel plus server-to-server data sharingS2S pushback Enriched conversions sent back to the ad platforms.
Sonar Optimize, 10 platforms
Profit values to Meta and GoogleApex, 2 platforms
Meta and AppLovin; Snap in closed beta6 platforms, enriched
Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat, Outbrain, Taboola, with new-customer and margin valuesGDPR & data residency Where your data is processed and stored.
US-hosted
Google's US data centers; pixel uses cookiesNo EU residency
Google Cloud, no region named; DPA and SCCsEU-hosted
Processed and stored in the EU, no third-country transferNew / returning / reactivated Each order counted once as new, returning or reactivated.
New vs returning
Retention segments, no reactivated splitAll three segments
New, Returning, Reactivated, with CAC (New)All three, split
Acquisition, retention and win-back credited apartMulti-shop cross-matching One customer identity across stores and marketplaces.
Not available
Portfolio View sums stores without shared identityNot available
Blended or separate dashboards per storeOne identity
Same buyer matched across shops and AmazonMarketing dashboards Reports built on the metrics you choose.
Prebuilt + builder
Self-serve dashboards, no-code builder, SQLAd-focused
Sales, Overview and Orders pages; no P&LFully custom
100+ metrics, from ad level to store P&LProfit on ad spend (POAS) Choose winners based on profit.
Store-level POAS
One blended figure over all ad spendNo POAS
Break-even ROAS targets only, via Profit BenchmarksPOAS down to SKU
Net of COGS, shipping, fees and returnsCustomer journey analytics The full path of touchpoints before a conversion.
Journey data via API
Path analysis in the Conversion add-onFull journey per order
Orders page shows each touchpointFull journey
Every touchpoint down to a single order, plus conversion paths and time to conversionMarketing mix modeling Modeling spend against results to size each channel's impact.
Compass
MMM + GeoLift; Enterprise, add-on belowMMM+
Enterprise-only add-onPRISMA
ML-based MMM incl. offline and upper-funnel, retrained nightlyCreative analytics Insights down to ad level.
Creative Cockpit
Ad-level reporting for Meta and TikTokCreative Analytics
CTR, CPM, CAC and ROAS per adAd-level creatives
Creatives judged on attributed revenue and new customersInfluencer analytics Spend, codes and ROI tracked per influencer.
Affluencer Hub
Links, codes and costs per creatorDiscount-code segments
ROAS and CAC per code groupROI per creator
Spend, discount codes and commissions per influencerChrome extension Attribution data shown inside the ad managers.
Pixel debugger only
No data inside ad managersInside the ad managers
Meta, Google Ads and TikTokE-COMMERCE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Profit analytics Contribution margin and P&L from the marketing data.
Net Profit
After COGS, shipping, fees, refunds and expenses; no P&LNot available
COGS only feeds break-even targetsFull P&L
GMV to CM1, CM2, CM3 and EBITDALTV analytics & cohorts Identify & nurture high-value customers.
Cohorts
Repeat rate and payback by first-order periodCustomer LTV page
LTV by first month, product and discount codeLTV, cohorts, payback
Plus time between orders and repeat-order probabilityProduct analytics Product- and SKU-level performance.
Product filters
Cohorts and reports filter by productSKU indexes
ROAS and CAC index per SKU, no marginSKU-level profit
Which products bring profitable new customersReturn analytics Returns broken down by campaign and product.
Refunds in Net Profit
No returns report by campaign or productRefunds by campaign
No product breakdown, no margin linkReturns by campaign and product
Margin leaks traced to their sourceBudget optimizer Budget allocation for the best return.
Moby Actions
Raises or cuts Meta and Google budgets; Automate plan and upRecommends only
MMM+ suggests splits on EnterpriseBudget Optimizer
Splits from MMM response curves within your guardrailsBudget control in the platform Budget changes pushed to the ad accounts.
Meta and Google
Via Moby, with approval or rulesThrottle control + Ad Pilot
Edit budgets on Meta, Google, TikTok and Bing; Ad Pilot automates MetaAI agent Store & marketing performance assistant.
Moby AI
Answers questions and acts on ad accountsNorthbeam AI
Answers questions; can't change spendAva
Profit and performance questions answered from your dataMCP & data API Your data in AI assistants and your own tools.
Moby MCP
Read scopes; Data-In and Data-Out APIsMCP, read-only
Orders, Spend and Data Export APIsMCP + Data API
ChatGPT, Claude and Codex query your data; REST APIDedicated success manager
Review rating
G2 4.8 · Shopify App Store 5.0
Starting price Lowest published plan.
Free plan; Foundation $219/mo