Datadrew : AI Ads Co‑Pilot vs ORCA Analytics
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 23, 2026 for Datadrew, Oct 14, 2026 for ORCA Analytics.
The short answer
- Only Datadrew lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $99/month for Datadrew and $599/month for ORCA Analytics.
- ORCA Analytics lists 6 features Datadrew’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom dashboards, Custom reports, Forecasting.
Head to head
(Free) Analyse your customers like a data scientist
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 10 Users
- · Access to Prompt library for MCP(Claude)
- · Basic Customer Segments
- · Blended Ads Summary
- · Historical Data - Last 3 months
- · LTV Cohort Analysis
Essentials
- · Acquisition - Meta, Google ads and GA4
- · Claude, ChatGPT, N8N, Manus - Drew MCP
- · Drew AI Analyst with AI credits
- · Everything in Free, Plus
- · Historical Data - All time
- · Multi-Store and Unlimited Ad Accounts
Pro
- · Automations - AI Reports
- · Drew AI Analyst - 2x AI credits
- · Everything in Essentials, plus
- · Product Ads and Performance cohorts
- · Product Basket Analysis
- · Product Intelligence
Go-To-Market
- · CEO Snapshot
- · Channel Heatmaps
- · Cohorts + LTV:CAC
- · Creative Views
- · HDYHAU Attribution
- · Targets vs Actuals
Growth
- · + Product Basket Analyses
- · + Subscription vs OTP Cohorts
- · + Weighted Pacing
- · Everything in Base, plus...
Scale
- · + Data replicated into Google Sheet
- · + Intraday (real-time) Reporting
- · + Multi-region reporting
- · Everything in Scale, plus...
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureTrusted by 1025+ Shopify brands, Datadrew AI transforms your raw data into AI powered insights, and into data driven decisions to accelerate customer acquisition and retention and improve product merchandising. Our platform help founders and CMOs increase paid ads ROAS/MER - reduce adspend wastage, out-of-stock products in ads, reduce creative fatigue. Spot website conversion drops & product baskets increasing AOV.
ORCA helps brands understand business and channel level performance by combining ad platform data, attribution, and sales. Track pacing vs. goals, forecast revenue using cohorts, benchmarks, and seasonal trends, analyze customer journey by product, and LTV by channel. ORCA gives clarity to your growth strategy, without switching between dashboards.
- Cohort Analysis: Unlock 90-day LTV and Retention insights.
- Product Analytics: Discover retention-boosting products to drive repeat purchase
- Industry Benchmarking: Measure up against your competition.
- Marketing Analytics: Optimize Facebook ads & reduce CAC.
- Set revenue & CAC/MER targets and track pacing of actuals vs targets
- Attribution to understand incremental impact of ad spend across channels
- Creative performance to see which ads drive the highest CTR/CPA/ROAS
- View LTV and customer journey by product or acquisition channel
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Datadrew |  ORCA Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Datadrew | ORCA Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 30 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 2 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Datadrew | ORCA Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $99/month(ahead) | $599/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Datadrew | ORCA Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #62 | #323 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Feb 12, 2021 | Jul 3, 2025 |
| Languages | 3 | 1 |
| Developer | Datadrew AI | ORCA Analytics |
FAQ
Datadrew and ORCA Analytics: common questions
- Is Datadrew or ORCA Analytics cheaper?
- Only Datadrew lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $99/month for Datadrew and $599/month for ORCA Analytics. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Datadrew lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as GDPR compliance, Loyalty analysis, Multi-store reports, Segmentation. ORCA Analytics lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Custom dashboards, Custom reports, Forecasting, Pixel tracking. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 23, 2026 for Datadrew, Oct 14, 2026 for ORCA Analytics; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 23, 2026 for Datadrew, Oct 14, 2026 for ORCA Analytics. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.