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9 Best Cometly Alternatives: I Tested for 2026

Cometly alternatives tested honestly. Nine paid-ads and full-funnel attribution tools, with the one I'd actually recommend for most teams.

SourceLoop conversion path by channel report comparing first-touch, multi-touch, and last-touch attribution
In this article
  1. Quick comparison
  2. 1. SourceLoop
  3. Key capabilities
  4. Conversion paths and channel performance
  5. Watch-outs
  6. Pricing
  7. 2. Hyros
  8. Key capabilities
  9. Watch-outs
  10. Pricing
  11. 3. Northbeam
  12. Key capabilities
  13. Watch-outs
  14. Pricing
  15. 4. Triple Whale
  16. Key capabilities
  17. Watch-outs
  18. Pricing
  19. 5. HockeyStack
  20. Key capabilities
  21. Watch-outs
  22. Pricing
  23. 6. Wicked Reports
  24. Key capabilities
  25. Watch-outs
  26. Pricing
  27. 7. Polar Analytics
  28. Key capabilities
  29. Watch-outs
  30. Pricing
  31. 8. Madgicx
  32. Key capabilities
  33. Watch-outs
  34. Pricing
  35. 9. Attribution (attribution.app)
  36. Key capabilities
  37. Watch-outs
  38. Pricing
  39. How to pick the right one

After iOS 14 broke pixels and cookies started to die, paid-ads attribution turned into a separate category of software.

Cometly sits inside that category. Server-side tracking, full-funnel multi-touch, offline conversions back to Meta and Google. It works.

The reasons agencies and DTC brands shop around tend to be the bill, the dashboard depth, or whether a paid-ads-only tool is actually what their team needs. I tested nine alternatives over the last three months. Here's the honest breakdown.

Quick comparison

Tool Best for Starts at Setup Dashboards Multi-touch Ads sync
SourceLoop Most teams, full funnel $49 / mo ~1 hour Built-in Yes Yes
Hyros DTC + info-product paid ads ~$499 / mo 1-3 days Built-in Yes Yes
Northbeam Mid-to-large DTC ~$999 / mo 1-2 weeks Built-in Yes Yes
Triple Whale Shopify DTC $129 / mo ~1 day Built-in Yes Yes
HockeyStack B2B SaaS ~$1,000 / mo 1-2 weeks Built-in Yes Yes
Wicked Reports DTC + info-product LTV ~$1,000 / mo 2-4 weeks Built-in Yes Yes
Polar Analytics Shopify analytics ~$300 / mo ~1 day Built-in Limited Limited
Madgicx Meta-ads optimization $54 / mo ~1 hour Built-in Limited Meta
Attribution Cheap source-only Free / $99 / mo ~1 hour Light Yes Limited

1. SourceLoop

SourceLoop integrations across forms, chat, meeting tools, CRMs, and ad platforms

SourceLoop does paid-ads attribution (server-side, multi-touch, conversions pushed back to Google, Meta, and LinkedIn), and it does the rest of the funnel too. Forms, chats, meetings, payments, content. One snippet, one bill, one dashboard.

If most of your spend is paid ads but you also care about organic, content, and email working as part of the same picture, this is where I'd start.

Key capabilities

  • Server-side conversion tracking with offline conversion sync to Google Ads, Meta CAPI, and LinkedIn Ads. Algorithms learn from real revenue, not form fills.
  • Multi-touch attribution with first-touch, last-touch, and weighted models on the same screen. Switch models without re-tagging.
  • Full-funnel coverage beyond paid ads. Forms, chat, meetings, Stripe payments, plus content and dark-social attribution.
  • HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive sync with attribution attached to every contact and deal.
  • Built-in Contacts Hub for teams without a paid CRM.
  • Modern UI. The kind you actually want to open. Most paid-ads attribution tools were built in 2018 and haven't been redesigned since.

Conversion paths and channel performance

The conversion-path-by-channel report compares first-touch, multi-touch, and last-touch attribution on the same screen. Switching between models doesn't require re-tagging anything. The data is captured once. The model is applied at read time.

SourceLoop conversion-path-by-channel report comparing first-touch, multi-touch, and last-touch attribution

The traffic-attribution view rolls that up to channel-level pipeline and revenue, which is the layer most CMOs want to see. Pipeline by source. Revenue by source. CAC by source.

SourceLoop traffic attribution dashboard showing channel-level pipeline and revenue

Watch-outs

Three honest ones.

The native CRM integration list is shorter than what enterprise platforms ship. HubSpot is native and clean. Pipedrive, Salesforce, and others sync via webhook or Zapier. For most teams that's fine. If you need bidirectional CRM operations with custom-object writes, dedicated B2B tools go deeper.

It isn't a Shopify-only DTC tool. If your entire question is "what's my cost-per-acquisition by channel for orders over $80, broken out by repeat-purchase cohort," dedicated DTC tools like Triple Whale or Northbeam ship more specific features for that.

Pricing

  • Essential: $49 / month
  • Professional: $99 / month
  • Business: $249 / month

7-day free trial. No card.

Best for: Teams whose paid-ads attribution problem is real but not the only attribution problem they have. Lead gen, SaaS, hybrid funnels, and most agencies. Create a free SourceLoop account.

2. Hyros

Hyros paid-ads tracking dashboard for DTC and info-product brands

Hyros is the closest direct competitor to Cometly. It's built for one job: tracking ad spend to actual revenue, server-side, with cookieless persistence. The DTC and info-product world is where it earned its reputation.

If you came to Cometly because Meta's reported ROAS stopped matching your bank account, Hyros solves the same problem with longer history.

Key capabilities

  • Server-side ad tracking that survives iOS 17 ATT, Safari ITP, and ad blockers
  • Long-window attribution (90+ days) for funnels with delay between click and purchase
  • Native sync to Meta, Google, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat for offline conversion uploads
  • Customer-LTV reporting by ad source

Watch-outs

Onboarding takes a real call. Pricing isn't transparent. The UI is more functional than pretty.

It's not a great fit for B2B lead gen, where you'd be paying for ad-tracking infrastructure that mostly applies to consumer purchases.

Pricing

From ~$499 / month, scales by ad spend tracked.

Best for: DTC brands, info-product creators, and ad agencies running serious paid spend (north of $20k/month) where ad-platform reporting is leaving real money on the table.

3. Northbeam

Northbeam DTC paid ads attribution dashboard with channel-level ROAS

Northbeam is the higher-end DTC attribution platform. It's built for stores doing $5M+ in annual revenue where the wrong ad-mix decision costs six figures a quarter.

The core pitch is "real ROAS." Northbeam stitches first-party server-side data to a multi-touch model and tells you which channels are actually driving incremental revenue, not just last-clicking attributed orders.

Key capabilities

  • Multi-touch attribution at DTC scale with creative-level breakdowns
  • Server-side tracking with native iOS workarounds
  • Incrementality testing built into the platform
  • Deep Shopify, Klaviyo, Meta, Google integration

Watch-outs

It's expensive, and the implementation is real. Most teams budget 1-2 weeks of setup with help from Northbeam's onboarding team.

The product is built for DTC. If you're a SaaS, lead-gen agency, or B2B service, the dashboards aren't going to make sense.

Pricing

From ~$999 / month, scales with ad spend tracked.

Best for: DTC brands doing $5M+ annual revenue where ad-mix decisions need real ROAS data, not just attributed orders.

4. Triple Whale

Triple Whale DTC analytics and attribution dashboard for Shopify brands

Triple Whale is the Shopify DTC analytics tool, with attribution built in. It's the broadest of this group: revenue, cohorts, ROAS, creatives, customer LTV, all under one dashboard.

For a small or mid-size Shopify brand, Triple Whale is one of the few tools that gives you genuinely useful data on day one without needing a data team.

Key capabilities

  • Native Shopify integration that pulls orders, customers, and product-level revenue
  • Pixel + server-side tracking with offline sync to Meta and Google
  • Cohort and LTV reporting with retention curves
  • Creative-level performance for Meta, TikTok, and Google ads

Watch-outs

Pricing scales fast. The $129 entry tier is fine for very small stores, but most growing brands end up at $399 or higher quickly.

Multi-touch attribution is good, not great. Northbeam is deeper if pure attribution accuracy is the entire point.

Pricing

From $129 / month. Higher tiers from $399.

Best for: Shopify DTC brands under $5M revenue who want one dashboard for everything (revenue, ads, attribution, cohorts) without paying enterprise pricing.

5. HockeyStack

HockeyStack B2B SaaS attribution dashboard

HockeyStack started as account-based analytics for B2B SaaS and grew into one of the deeper multi-touch attribution platforms in that segment.

If your "paid ads attribution problem" is actually a B2B SaaS problem (ABM, long sales cycles, account-level journeys), HockeyStack is closer to the answer than Cometly.

Key capabilities

  • Account-level journeys that stitch anonymous traffic to target accounts
  • Native HubSpot and Marketo with warehouse-grade query speed
  • AI assistant ("Odin") that returns real charts and summaries
  • Multi-touch and pipeline-weighted attribution with deal-size respect

Watch-outs

It's expensive. Pro starts around $1,000 a month. Enterprise can reach $50k a year for mid-market.

It's also designed for B2B SaaS specifically. DTC brands and lead-gen agencies will pay for capabilities they don't use.

Pricing

Pro from ~$1,000 / month. Enterprise custom.

Best for: B2B SaaS marketing teams running multi-touch and ABM with serious data volume, not DTC.

6. Wicked Reports

Wicked Reports is built for DTC and info-product brands where customer lifetime value matters more than first-purchase ROAS. The customer-LTV-by-channel layer is its real differentiator.

Key capabilities

  • Customer-LTV-by-channel attribution, not just first-purchase ROAS
  • Shopify, WooCommerce, Klaviyo, Meta, Google Ads native integrations
  • Multi-touch with revenue weighting
  • Repeat-purchase modeling

Watch-outs

Pricing is steep (north of $1,000 a month for most stores), and setup is a real project. If your store does less than $1M ARR, the math is hard to defend.

The interface is dense. It takes a couple of weeks to feel comfortable.

Pricing

From ~$1,000 / month. Scales by tracked revenue.

Best for: DTC and info-product brands doing $1M+ in revenue who need LTV-aware attribution, not just last-click.

7. Polar Analytics

Polar Analytics Shopify-focused marketing analytics dashboard

Polar Analytics sits between Triple Whale and Northbeam. It's a Shopify-first marketing analytics tool with attribution baked in, plus stronger custom-dashboard tooling.

The pitch is "your own data warehouse, but for marketers, without hiring an analyst."

Key capabilities

  • Native Shopify connector plus 100+ marketing data sources
  • Custom dashboard builder with drag-and-drop charts
  • Multi-touch attribution for Shopify orders
  • Pixel-and-server hybrid tracking

Watch-outs

Attribution depth is competent but not the headline. If pure attribution is the only question, Northbeam or Cometly are sharper.

The custom-dashboard layer is powerful but you'll spend time configuring it. It's not as plug-and-play as Triple Whale.

Pricing

From ~$300 / month. Scales with data volume.

Best for: Shopify brands that want a marketing dashboard tailored to their stack, with attribution as one piece, not the whole product.

8. Madgicx

Madgicx isn't really an attribution tool in the Cometly sense. It's a Meta-ads optimization platform with attribution components: AI-driven audience and creative recommendations, automated rules, and a multi-touch attribution layer focused on Meta.

If 80% of your ad spend is Meta and you want sharper Meta-only optimization, Madgicx is in a different category from the rest of this list, in a useful way.

Key capabilities

  • Meta-focused attribution that compares Madgicx's tracking to Meta's reported numbers
  • AI-powered audience and creative recommendations
  • Automated rules for budget and bid management
  • Creative library with performance tagging

Watch-outs

It's Meta-focused. Google, TikTok, and other ad platforms are not the strength.

If you wanted a full multi-touch attribution platform, Madgicx isn't that. It's a Meta optimization tool with attribution support.

Pricing

From $54 / month for Cloud Tracking. Pro tier from $109 / month. All-in-One from $379+ / month.

Best for: Brands and agencies whose ad spend is heavily Meta-weighted and who want better Meta optimization, not just better Meta reporting.

9. Attribution (attribution.app)

Attribution.app dashboard with multi-touch journey reporting

Attribution is the cheap, light option in this list. It captures sources on forms, hands you a dashboard, runs multi-touch, and stays out of your way. The free tier is generous.

It's the closest swap if you came to Cometly with a small budget and a simple problem.

Key capabilities

  • Free tier with reasonable limits
  • Multi-touch attribution out of the box
  • Form and event capture through a snippet
  • CRM sync to HubSpot, Salesforce, and webhooks

Watch-outs

There's no DTC-specific tooling, no native Shopify integration as deep as Triple Whale, and ad-platform sync is thinner than SourceLoop or Hyros. The action layer is light.

The roadmap has been quieter than I'd want for a tool I'm trusting with attribution data.

Pricing

Free tier. Paid plans from around $99 / month.

Best for: Teams that want light multi-touch attribution at near-zero cost and don't need DTC-specific features.

How to pick the right one

For most teams, SourceLoop is the answer. Modern UI, multi-touch attribution, content and dark-social attribution, ad-platform sync, set up in an hour, $49 to $249 a month. If your funnel is paid ads plus the rest of marketing (forms, content, organic, email), it covers all of it under one bill. Create a free SourceLoop account. 7 days, no card.

The narrow exceptions:

  • Pure DTC under $5M revenue, want one dashboard for ads + revenue + cohorts: Triple Whale.
  • DTC over $5M revenue with serious ad spend: Northbeam.
  • DTC where LTV-by-channel is the question: Wicked Reports.
  • B2B SaaS running ABM: HockeyStack or Dreamdata.
  • Meta is 80%+ of spend and you want Meta optimization tooling: Madgicx.
  • High-end DTC and info-product paid ads, full historical lookback: Hyros.
  • You want light, cheap, and source-only is enough: Attribution.

If none of those fit cleanly, SourceLoop is where I'd start.

Frequently asked questions

  1. What is the cheapest Cometly alternative?

    Attribution at $0 (free tier) and SourceLoop at $49 per month are the lowest entry points. Attribution is light on dashboards and ad sync. SourceLoop ships full multi-touch dashboards and ad-platform sync at the entry tier. For most teams the SourceLoop tier pays for itself the first month it surfaces a dead campaign you'd otherwise keep funding.

  2. Cometly vs Hyros: which is better?

    They're closer than the marketing makes them sound. Both do server-side paid-ads attribution with offline conversion sync. Hyros has longer history (90+ day attribution windows, useful for high-ticket info-product funnels). Cometly's UI is cleaner and the agency-multi-account flow is friendlier. If you're info-product or high-ticket DTC, Hyros tends to win. If you're a performance agency managing accounts, Cometly is usually preferred.

  3. Can I migrate from Cometly easily?

    Yes, with one caveat. The technical migration (snippet swap, ad-platform connections, webhook changes) takes an afternoon. The painful part is rebuilding any custom reports or attribution rules you set up over time. Most attribution tools don't import historical data, so you'll have a 30-60 day window where the new tool's lookback fills up.

  4. Do I need a DTC-specific tool, or will SourceLoop work?

    Depends on what you actually need. If your question is "where are my customers coming from and which channels drive revenue," SourceLoop covers DTC well. If your question is "what's my repeat-purchase rate by acquisition channel cohort, segmented by AOV bracket," dedicated DTC tools (Triple Whale, Northbeam, Wicked) ship more specific features. Most DTC teams under $5M revenue don't need that depth. Most over $5M do.

  5. Does any of this work without first-party tracking?

    Server-side and first-party tracking is what makes any of these tools work post-iOS 14. SourceLoop, Hyros, Northbeam, Triple Whale, Cometly, and Wicked all use a snippet plus server-side calls, so the data survives ad-blockers, browser ITP, and the Apple Mail Privacy Protection layer that broke email-link tracking. Attribution and Madgicx are lighter on this. For high-spend accounts, server-side is non-negotiable in 2026.

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