Triple Whale vs Northbeam vs Admetrics

Triple Whale vs Northbeam vs Admetrics

Triple Whale stops at store profit, Northbeam at revenue. Admetrics carries every order down to margin per SKU and campaign, with data kept in the EU.

Triple Whale vs Northbeam vs Admetrics comparison
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Why ecommerce brands choose Admetrics over Triple Whale and Northbeam

Profit down to the SKU, one customer across shops, data that stays in the EU and attribution inside the ad manager: four things neither Triple Whale nor Northbeam does.

Profit down to the SKU

Admetrics runs each order from GMV through returns, COGS, shipping and marketing to CM1, CM2, CM3 and EBITDA, per product and per campaign. Triple Whale stops at store-level Net Profit, and Northbeam has no profit metric at all.

One customer across shops and Amazon

We match the same buyer across your shops, sales channels and Amazon, so a repeat customer isn't counted as new twice. Neither Triple Whale nor Northbeam matches one customer across separate stores.

Data processed and stored in the EU

Admetrics processes and stores data in the EU, with no third-country transfer and a DPA ready for your legal team. Triple Whale keeps customer data in Google's US data centers, and Northbeam offers no EU data residency.

Your numbers inside the ad manager

Our Chrome extension shows Admetrics attribution, in the model and window you choose, right inside Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads and TikTok Ads Manager. Triple Whale and Northbeam keep their numbers in their own dashboards.

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SIDE BY SIDE

Triple 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 logoTriple Whale
Northbeam logoNorthbeam
Admetrics logo
DATA CONNECTION
Unified 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-on
One view of spend and orders
Exports land in GCS or S3; touchpoint export on select plans
Open Data Layer
Ads, shop, cost and CRM data in one place, with REST API and exports
Integrations Connections to ecommerce & ad platforms, CRM and email tools.
60+
WooCommerce and BigCommerce still in beta
Ad-heavy
Shopify native; other store platforms from the Professional plan
30+ native
Shopify, Shopware, custom shops and Amazon, no developer needed
ATTRIBUTION & TRACKING
Multi-touch attribution Credit spread across the full customer journey.
8 models
Incl. Total Impact with survey data; no user-built credit rules
7 models
Incl. Clicks + Deterministic Views; no custom models
8 models
Incl. data-driven Adaptive; custom data-driven attribution on Custom
Attribution windows How far back a touchpoint can earn credit.
1 to 28 days or lifetime
Total Impact fixed at 7 days
1 to 90 days plus LTV
Cash and accrual accounting modes
1 day to unlimited
Same order compared across models side by side
Server-side tracking (S2S) Capture conversions the browser drops.
Triple Pixel + Sonar
First-party pixel, events sent server-side
Browser pixel
First-party subdomain; orders arrive server-to-server
First-party S2S
Consent-aware pixel plus server-to-server data sharing
S2S pushback Enriched conversions sent back to the ad platforms.
Sonar Optimize, 10 platforms
Profit values to Meta and Google
Apex, 2 platforms
Meta and AppLovin; Snap in closed beta
6 platforms, enriched
Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat, Outbrain, Taboola, with new-customer and margin values
GDPR & data residency Where your data is processed and stored.
US-hosted
Google's US data centers; pixel uses cookies
No EU residency
Google Cloud, no region named; DPA and SCCs
EU-hosted
Processed and stored in the EU, no third-country transfer
New / returning / reactivated Each order counted once as new, returning or reactivated.
New vs returning
Retention segments, no reactivated split
All three segments
New, Returning, Reactivated, with CAC (New)
All three, split
Acquisition, retention and win-back credited apart
Multi-shop cross-matching One customer identity across stores and marketplaces.
Not available
Portfolio View sums stores without shared identity
Not available
Blended or separate dashboards per store
One identity
Same buyer matched across shops and Amazon
MARKETING ANALYTICS
Marketing dashboards Reports built on the metrics you choose.
Prebuilt + builder
Self-serve dashboards, no-code builder, SQL
Ad-focused
Sales, Overview and Orders pages; no P&L
Fully custom
100+ metrics, from ad level to store P&L
Profit on ad spend (POAS) Choose winners based on profit.
Store-level POAS
One blended figure over all ad spend
No POAS
Break-even ROAS targets only, via Profit Benchmarks
POAS down to SKU
Net of COGS, shipping, fees and returns
Customer journey analytics The full path of touchpoints before a conversion.
Journey data via API
Path analysis in the Conversion add-on
Full journey per order
Orders page shows each touchpoint
Full journey
Every touchpoint down to a single order, plus conversion paths and time to conversion
Marketing mix modeling Modeling spend against results to size each channel's impact.
Compass
MMM + GeoLift; Enterprise, add-on below
MMM+
Enterprise-only add-on
PRISMA
ML-based MMM incl. offline and upper-funnel, retrained nightly
Creative analytics Insights down to ad level.
Creative Cockpit
Ad-level reporting for Meta and TikTok
Creative Analytics
CTR, CPM, CAC and ROAS per ad
Ad-level creatives
Creatives judged on attributed revenue and new customers
Influencer analytics Spend, codes and ROI tracked per influencer.
Affluencer Hub
Links, codes and costs per creator
Discount-code segments
ROAS and CAC per code group
ROI per creator
Spend, discount codes and commissions per influencer
Chrome extension Attribution data shown inside the ad managers.
Pixel debugger only
No data inside ad managers
Not available
Inside the ad managers
Meta, Google Ads and TikTok
E-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&L
Not available
COGS only feeds break-even targets
Full P&L
GMV to CM1, CM2, CM3 and EBITDA
LTV analytics & cohorts Identify & nurture high-value customers.
Cohorts
Repeat rate and payback by first-order period
Customer LTV page
LTV by first month, product and discount code
LTV, cohorts, payback
Plus time between orders and repeat-order probability
Product analytics Product- and SKU-level performance.
Product filters
Cohorts and reports filter by product
SKU indexes
ROAS and CAC index per SKU, no margin
SKU-level profit
Which products bring profitable new customers
Return analytics Returns broken down by campaign and product.
Refunds in Net Profit
No returns report by campaign or product
Refunds by campaign
No product breakdown, no margin link
Returns by campaign and product
Margin leaks traced to their source
ACTION & ALLOCATION
Budget optimizer Budget allocation for the best return.
Moby Actions
Raises or cuts Meta and Google budgets; Automate plan and up
Recommends only
MMM+ suggests splits on Enterprise
Budget Optimizer
Splits from MMM response curves within your guardrails
Budget control in the platform Budget changes pushed to the ad accounts.
Meta and Google
Via Moby, with approval or rules
Not available
Throttle control + Ad Pilot
Edit budgets on Meta, Google, TikTok and Bing; Ad Pilot automates Meta
MARKETING AUTOMATION
AI agent Store & marketing performance assistant.
Moby AI
Answers questions and acts on ad accounts
Northbeam AI
Answers questions; can't change spend
Ava
Profit and performance questions answered from your data
MCP & data API Your data in AI assistants and your own tools.
Moby MCP
Read scopes; Data-In and Data-Out APIs
MCP, read-only
Orders, Spend and Data Export APIs
MCP + Data API
ChatGPT, Claude and Codex query your data; REST API
BENEFITS
Dedicated success manager
From $10M GMV
Enterprise only
From the Business plan
Free data audit
No
No
Included
Free trial
No (free plan instead)
No
21 days, no credit card
REVIEWS
Review rating
G2 4.5
G2 4.5
G2 4.8 · Shopify App Store 5.0
PRICING
Starting price Lowest published plan.
Free plan; Foundation $219/mo
Starter $1,500/mo
Growth $399/mo
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CUSTOMER STORIES

DTC brands that made the switch

Real numbers from ecommerce teams that moved their tracking, margin math and budget calls to Admetrics.

ESN & More Nutrition logo

Admetrics helped us overcome scaling challenges and set a new benchmark for paid-ads. The AI integration solved attribution complexity, so we slashed CAC by 70% and boosted revenue by 81%.

Paul Keil Performance Marketing Team Lead, ESN
-70% CAC
Naturtreu logo

We achieved an impressive 100% year-over-year growth, significantly improved our budget efficiency, and unlocked precise attribution insights across Amazon and Shopify.

Vincent Grassegger CMO, Naturtreu
100% GROWTH
Freiluftkind logo

Admetrics enhanced our campaign insights by capturing 30% more data than our previous tool, especially on Meta and native channels allowing us to optimize our marketing strategies.

Lukas Westensee CEO, Freiluftkind
3X ROAS
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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Triple Whale cost?+

Triple Whale has a free plan with first- and last-click attribution. At the lowest GMV tier Foundation costs $219 a month and Automate $749 a month, Enterprise goes through sales, and every paid plan runs on a 12-month term with prices that rise as annual GMV grows.

How much does Northbeam cost?+

Northbeam's Starter plan is $1,500 a month, month-to-month, for Shopify brands, and Professional is $3,500 a month on an annual term, while Growth and Enterprise are quoted. The price depends on data volume measured in pageviews, and there's no free trial.

Is Northbeam better than Triple Whale?+

It depends on what runs your budget meeting. Northbeam suits brands with large multi-channel spend that judge performance on ROAS, MER and CAC, while Triple Whale suits Shopify brands that want one broad suite with store-level profit. If the decision runs on margin per product, Admetrics covers what both leave out.

Does Northbeam track profit?+

No. Northbeam has no profit, contribution margin or POAS metric. Its Profit Benchmarks use your COGS to set break-even ROAS, MER and CAC targets for the dashboards.

Do Triple Whale and Northbeam offer marketing mix modeling?+

Both do, at a price. Triple Whale's Compass combines MMM with GeoLift tests and is included in Enterprise or sold as an add-on, while Northbeam's MMM+ is an add-on on the Enterprise plan only. Admetrics offers PRISMA, a machine-learning MMM that includes offline and upper-funnel channels.

Does Triple Whale work outside Shopify?+

Partly. Shopify is its home platform, WooCommerce and BigCommerce are in beta, and other stores connect through the API. Admetrics connects Shopify, Shopware and custom shops, and matches customers with Amazon.

Can I migrate from Triple Whale or Northbeam to Admetrics?+

Yes. Your shop, ad accounts, Amazon and email tools stay as they are; Admetrics connects to them directly with its own first-party pixel. Many teams run both for a couple of weeks and compare, and the 21-day free trial and free data audit cover that period.

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