RudderStack vs Snowplow Event Tracker

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Apr 8, 2026 for RudderStack, Feb 19, 2026 for Snowplow Event Tracker.

The short answer

  • On the Shopify App Store: RudderStack 4.3 from 3 reviews and Snowplow Event Tracker 5.0 from 3 reviews.
  • Snowplow Event Tracker lists 14 features RudderStack’s listing doesn’t mention, including Abandoned cart, Activity tracking, Checkout analytics.

Head to head

App Store reviews

RudderStack: 3
Snowplow Event Tracker: 3
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Pitch

All your customer data pipelines in one platform

Track the complete customer journey events with Snowplow.

Categories
  • Analytics
  • Analytics
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Feb 21, 2022
Dec 11, 2020
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
1 last full month
1 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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—
Top countries
—
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Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

012SepAprJulNovJunFebRudderStack: 1 reviews in April 2022RudderStack: 1 reviews in July 2023RudderStack: 1 reviews in November 2023RudderStack: 1 reviews in June 2024Snowplow Event Tracker: 2 reviews in September 2021Snowplow Event Tracker: 1 reviews in February 2025
RudderStackSnowplow Event TrackerCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
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—
Plans
Free
Free
Coverage
0 of 14 features0%
14 of 14 features100%
Unique strengths
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  • Abandoned cart
  • Activity tracking
  • Checkout analytics
  • Custom dashboards
  • +10 more
Analytics
0%0/14
100%14/14
Customer behavior
0%0/5
100%5/5
Marketing and sales
0%0/6
100%6/6
Visuals and reports
0%0/3
100%3/3
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RudderStackSnowplow Event Tracker14 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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Works with also listed by another
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  • Snowplow
  • Redshift
  • BigQuery
  • Snowflake
  • Elastic
  • Neo4j
How it sells itself

Connect your Shopify store with RudderStack. Track e-commerce event data like product purchased, product viewed, and more from Shopify and send it to your preferred tooling platforms via RudderStack. Track near real-time events via the Shopify store and backend to capture customer touchpoints related to your users' activities in Shopify.

This application enables collecting event-level data from your Shopify store with a Snowplow data pipeline, both on the storefront (client-side) and via webhooks (server-side), providing you with highly accurate and granular data.

Key points
  • Sync event data to 200+ destinations in near real-time from your store.
  • Bring every user touch point seamlessly to your warehouse for richer analysis.
  • Control all your customer data with our privacy-focused offerings.
  • Track storefront and webhook orders, carts and checkouts
  • Configure Snowplow JS tracker options
  • Configure orders, carts and checkout webhooks with 1-click
Screenshots
Shopify source settings
Event Ingestion and User Journey analysis in RudderStackShopify source in RudderStack Integrations DirectoryLive events flowing through the source with event payloads
Webhook events
Track cartId on the frontend and join with order dataEasy Snowplow tracking through Shopify ExtensionsCustomer knowledge graph application example

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.

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

MeasureRudderStackSnowplow Event Tracker
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureRudderStackSnowplow Event Tracker
App Store rating4.3 ★5.0 ★(ahead)
App Store reviews33
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough data0
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureRudderStackSnowplow Event Tracker
Free planNot listedNot listed
Lowest paid monthly planNo monthly plan listedNo monthly plan listed
Longest free trialNot listedNot listed
Plans listedNot publishedNot published

Listing

MeasureRudderStackSnowplow Event Tracker
Shopify category rankNot enough data#504in Analytics
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedFeb 21, 2022Dec 11, 2020
Languages1English1English
DeveloperRudderStack Inc.SnowcatCloud Inc.

FAQ

RudderStack and Snowplow Event Tracker: common questions

Which has better reviews, RudderStack or Snowplow Event Tracker?
On the Shopify App Store: RudderStack 4.3 from 3 reviews and Snowplow Event Tracker 5.0 from 3 reviews.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Snowplow Event Tracker lists 14 the others don’t mention, such as Abandoned cart, Activity tracking, Checkout analytics, Custom dashboards. 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 Apr 8, 2026 for RudderStack, Feb 19, 2026 for Snowplow Event Tracker; 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 Apr 8, 2026 for RudderStack, Feb 19, 2026 for Snowplow Event Tracker. 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.