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TOP 3 ALTERNATIVES — RANKED
Three you should evaluate first.
Filtered from 12 candidates by feature similarity, audit score, and review velocity. The hero treatment is editorial — these earned more space because the data did.
Report Pundit: Custom Reports
Analytics#1TOP PICK
5.002,026 reviews
91/100Audit score
Pick if you want feature parity
Strongest fit on feature parity. The most direct functional swap. Shares analytics feature signature, comparable workflows, and a similar audit-score band — switch costs are usually lowest here.
Data Export IO: Report
Analytics#2RUNNER-UP
5.002,004 reviews
89/100Audit score
Pick if you're cost-sensitive
Wider scope, slightly different focus. Wider feature surface than the source app's focus area. Useful if you're shopping analytics alongside adjacent capabilities you'd otherwise integrate separately.
BR ‑ Better Reports
Analytics#3VALUE PICK
5.001,197 reviews
90/100Audit score
Pick if you live in workflows
Established alternative with audit-grade listing. Established option with the rating + review depth to be vendor-evaluated. Best when running this category at scale and you can't afford early-stage product surprises.
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
CS: Server Side Tracking (GTM) versus the top 3.
Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.
RANKS #4 THROUGH #12
The next 9, denser.
Lower-ranked but legitimate. Click any row for the full profile — or compare side-by-side with CS: Server Side Tracking (GTM).
How these alternatives are ranked
Scored daily. Three signals, weighted and blended. No vendor money changes anything.
45%Feature similarity
N-gram match against CS: Server Side Tracking (GTM)'s feature signature, weighted by category overlap.
35%Audit + rating
Listing quality (0–100) blended with rolling 90-day rating average. Penalizes thin listings.
20%Review velocity
Reviews added in trailing 30 days, normalized by category baseline. Surfaces rising challengers.
Every Shopify alternative on this page is scraped, normalized, and re-scored every 24 hours. We don't accept paid placement, vendor-funded "best of" content, or sponsored ranking — and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself. If a vendor disagrees with their position, that's between them and the data.
WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SWITCH FROM CS: SERVER SIDE TRACKING (GTM)?
Four reasons people leave.
Decision triggers, not marketing. If two or more apply, your shortlist starts with the apps named below each card.
Pricing has outgrown your usage
If your usage of CS: Server Side Tracking (GTM) has crossed a pricing-tier breakpoint, per-unit cost is usually where alternatives diverge most clearly. Some apps in the list above carry a free tier; others are paid from day one. Compare the published plans on each alternative's page against your current bill — the gap is the only number worth acting on, and it is specific to your usage.
Data Export IO: Report · Report Pundit: Custom ReportsYou need a feature outside the focus
Each Shopify category has a feature spectrum. The "Similar feature set" badge above marks alternatives whose feature signature most overlaps with CS: Server Side Tracking (GTM). The "Category leader" badge marks apps that may approach the same category from a different feature angle — useful if you want to widen rather than narrow your toolset.
Report Pundit: Custom ReportsSupport response has slowed you down
Support quality is the hardest thing to read from a listing, and it is the most common reason a switch gets made. Read the most RECENT reviews on each alternative's profile rather than the lifetime average — recency is what tells you how the app is supported today, and trailing review velocity is the freshest signal AppRanks tracks.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Answers built from the data.
Built from the same scores the ranking uses — so they won't contradict the table.
For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Report Pundit: Custom Reports is in the freemium band (Free plan available), while CS: Server Side Tracking (GTM) is freemium (Free to install). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.
VERDICT · UPDATED TODAY
If you're moving from CS: Server Side Tracking (GTM), the most common landing spots are Report Pundit: Custom Reports (unknown feature match, audit 91/100) and Data Export IO: Report (pricing leverage + breadth). Skip TP: True Profit Analytics unless your use case is unusual.
If feature parity matters most
→ Report Pundit: Custom Reports
Unknown feature parity. Audit 91, 5.00★.
If pricing matters most
→ Data Export IO: Report
Best for cost-sensitive teams. 5.00★ across 2,004 reviews.
If you're scaling enterprise
→ BR ‑ Better Reports
Strongest scale fit when category usage exceeds typical thresholds. Vendor-evaluate before committing.
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