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Admetrics vs Northbeam: attribution that reaches the P&L

Northbeam stops at revenue. Admetrics nets out COGS, shipping and returns, wins back the conversions a browser pixel never records, and reallocates the spend.
Comparison of Northbeam and Admetrics, the best Northbeam alternative, feature by feature: from attribution to business intelligence features.
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Why ecommerce brands choose Admetrics over Northbeam

First-party tracking, profit calculated from your real costs, and the BI layer Northbeam misses. Four gaps teams notice within a month of running both.

Track up to 30% more conversions

An expired Safari cookie doesn't cost Northbeam a touchpoint. It costs you an order that happened. Admetrics logs conversions server-side and returns them enriched to the ad platforms.

Signal that feeds every platform

Apex sends Northbeam's order-level results back through Meta CAPI and stops there. Admetrics streams enriched conversions to Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat, Outbrain and Taboola.

Profit instead of ROAS

Admetrics nets out COGS, shipping, fees and returns down to SKU, then adds cohorts, LTV and payback underneath - everything you need to make informed business decisions.

From insight to a budget move

PRISMA isolates each channel's impact. The Allocator moves the money to where it earns most. Ava AI is always there to read your numbers and help.
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Admetrics vs Northbeam, feature by feature

In-depth comparison of the features ecommerce and DTC teams decide on: tracking, attribution depth, profit, MMM and what happens after the number lands.
FEATURE
NORTHBEAM
ADMETRICS
Marketing Data Warehouse

All marketing, shop and sales data in one place.

TRIPLE WHALE
One view of your ads

Every channel's spend and every order in a single report, so Meta, Google and Shopify stop telling you three different stories.

ADMETRICS
No-code warehouse

Say goodbye to spreadsheets. Admetrics unifies all your data in one platform - live in 15 minutes.

Integrations

Connections to ecommerce & ad platforms, CRM and email tools.

TRIPLE WHALE
Behind paywall

Deep coverage of ad networks, affiliate and CTV partners. Shopify is the only direct ecommerce connection on Starter.

ADMETRICS
40+ native integrations

Every ecommerce, ad, CRM and email tool you run plugs in without a developer.

Multi Touch Attribution
TRIPLE WHALE
7 models, no custom

First touch, last touch, linear, plus three proprietary click and view models, but you can't define a model of your own.

ADMETRICS
9 models + custom

Nine attribution models out of the box, plus your own rules for splitting credit.

Server-Side Tracking (S2S)

Capture conversions the browser drops.

TRIPLE WHALE
Browser pixel

Touchpoints that earn credit are recorded by a browser pixel - a visit counts only if the script fires and the UTMs survive.

ADMETRICS
First-party S2S

First-party server-side tracking recovers the conversions pixels lose - 20 to 30% more.

S2S Pushback
TRIPLE WHALE
via Apex, Meta only

Northbeam attributes first, then sends order-level results to Meta through CAPI. Conversions enrichment for other platforms is not available.

ADMETRICS
Enriched conversion

Conversions, enriched with our data, are sent back to ad platforms to optimize algorithms to the fullest potential.

Cookieless, GDPR Compliant Tracking

Privacy-safe tracking without third-party cookies.

TRIPLE WHALE
Cookieless, US-hosted

No EU data residency option.

ADMETRICS
GDPR-safe

Cookieless tracking, fully GDPR-compliant, with your data on German servers and a support team to match.

Multi-Shop Cross-Matching

One customer identity across stores and marketplaces.

TRIPLE WHALE
Not available

No shared customer identity between multiple stores.

ADMETRICS
One Identity

Matches a shopper across your stores so a marketplace buyer moving to your site never counts twice as new.

Marketing Dashboards
TRIPLE WHALE
Custom dashboards

Built around ad performance - store, product and P&L reporting isn't there.

ADMETRICS
Fully custom, 150+ metrics

150+ real-time metrics - build any dashboard your store actually needs.

Profit on Ad Spend (POAS)
TRIPLE WHALE
ROAS-only

COGS never reaches a report, and there is no profit metric in the platform.

ADMETRICS
POAS down to SKU

POAS nets out COGS, shipping, fees and returns down to SKU. Choose winners based on profit.

Customer Journey Analytics

The full path of touchpoints before a conversion.

TRIPLE WHALE
Full journey

Every order shows its touchpoints and how credit was assigned.

ADMETRICS
Full journey

Every touchpoint before a conversion, down to a single order.

Marketing Mix Modeling

Modeling spend against results to size each channel's impact.

TRIPLE WHALE
MMM+ behind paywall

Listed on the Enterprise plan only - above $500K a month in ad spend.

ADMETRICS
PRISMA MMM

Machine-learning MMM sizes each channel's real impact - including offline and upper-funnel.

Chrome Extension
TRIPLE WHALE
Not available

No extension inside Meta, Google or TikTok.

ADMETRICS
Numbers inside the ad manager

Your real attribution sits inside Meta, Google and TikTok — no tab-switching.

Profit Analytics
TRIPLE WHALE
Not available

No COGS, operating costs or contribution margin

ADMETRICS
Full P&L Control

Contribution margin from ad spend through to EBITDA, on your own cost data, refreshed intraday.

LTV Analytics & Cohorts

Identify & nurture high-value customers.

TRIPLE WHALE
Not available

No cohort analysis, payback period or repeat-order modeling.

ADMETRICS
LTV, cohorts & payback

Cohort analysis which customers pay back - and which campaigns and products create them.

Product Analytics

Product- and SKU-level performance.

TRIPLE WHALE
SKU results, no margin

Product-level performance tied back to ads. It shows which SKUs sell, not which ones earn.

ADMETRICS
SKU-level performance

See which products drive profit, lower CAC and repeat purchases - the ones worth real budget.

Budget Optimizer
TRIPLE WHALE
Recommends, doesn't execute

Scenarios and recommendations. Only for users with $250K+ spend. Moving the money is still a manual job in each ad account.

ADMETRICS
Budget Allocator that acts

Turns attribution and MMM into concrete cross-platform moves - where the next dollar returns most.

AI Agent
TRIPLE WHALE
Not available

There's no AI assistant inside the product to ask a question of.

ADMETRICS
Ava, your AI analyst

Ask profit and performance questions in plain language, answered from your own data.

MCP & Data API
TRIPLE WHALE
MCP, read-only

Claude reads your data; it can't act on it.

ADMETRICS
Native MCP & Data API

Let ChatGPT or Claude query your attribution and budgets - and act on them.

Dedicated Success Manager
TRIPLE WHALE
Enterprise only
ADMETRICS
Free Data Audit
TRIPLE WHALE
ADMETRICS
Free Trial
TRIPLE WHALE
ADMETRICS
Review Rating
TRIPLE WHALE
4.1
ADMETRICS
4.97
Pricing
TRIPLE WHALE
From $1500/mo
ADMETRICS
From 399$/mo

Compared on public Northbeam documentation, published pricing, and vendor demos.

CUSTOMER STORIES

DTC brands that made the switch

What changed after the switch, in the brands' own numbers: CAC, revenue, and the growth that followed.

Admetrics helped us overcome advertising challenges and set a new benchmark for native-ads. The S2S integration solved attribution complexity, allowing us to double revenue in 90 days.

Sven Güntner
CEO, Olivenzauber
2x
REVENUE

We transformed scattered reporting into a unified, subscription-aware system and achieved a 65% higher MER with significantly faster decisions, better creative and product insights.

Kaja Ringert
CEO, Tales&Tails
65%
HIGHER MER

With the Admetrics integration we achieved a remarkable 60% increase in ROAS, reduced our Cost per Order by 25%, and optimized our Meta ad spend with precision and confidence.

Philipp Richter
Performance Marketing, Ehrenkind
60%
ROAS INCREASE
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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Northbeam cost?

Northbeam lists Starter at $1,500/month, billed against your data volume, with Professional and Enterprise quoted on request and no free trial.

Does Northbeam track profit, or only ROAS?

Northbeam reports ROAS. No COGS, no profit metric, no contribution margin, and no cohort or LTV view in the platform.

What is Northbeam's MTA, and how many attribution models does it offer?

Northbeam's multi-touch attribution splits conversion credit across seven models, including first touch, last touch, linear, and proprietary click and view variants.

Does Northbeam offer marketing mix modeling?

Northbeam offers MMM+, but not on the entry plan — it sits on the higher tiers, which begin above $250K in monthly ad spend. Below that threshold you're buying multi-touch attribution and nothing that models saturation or offline impact.

Does Northbeam have AI tools for ecommerce?

Northbeam has no AI assistant inside the product, and its MCP server is read-only: Claude or ChatGPT can read your data but can't act on it.

What do Northbeam reviews say?

Northbeam averages a 4.1 rating, and the reviews follow one pattern: the attribution numbers get credited, everything around them gets criticized. Complexity, onboarding time and cost recur even inside five-star entries, while accuracy is rarely disputed.