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ZappushvsNorthbeam

Zappush vs Northbeam

Northbeam tells you what your marketing is really worth across multi-touch attribution, media mix modeling, and incrementality. Zappush captures the first-party data those measurements depend on and activates it, feeding clean, attributed signal back to the ad platforms.

Northbeam is a great product in its category. Compared in good faith as of March 2026; details may change, see sources below.

Northbeam is a rigorous, sales-led measurement suite that combines multi-touch attribution, media mix modeling, and incrementality testing on one dataset, built for brands spending serious money on ads. But it is a measurement layer, not a capture-and-activation platform: it tells you where to spend without giving the ad platforms the enriched server-side signal that improves optimization. Zappush is self-serve, starts free, and focuses on capturing durable first-party data and pushing attributed audiences and conversions back to Meta, Google, and TikTok. Many brands run a measurement tool for the boardroom number and Zappush for the signal engine underneath it.

Northbeam is measurement, it scores and forecasts what your media is worth. Zappush is capture and activation, it collects the first-party events and identity that measurement runs on and feeds enriched, attributed signal back to the ad platforms. Different jobs; they can run side by side.

Choose Zappush if

Brands that want to capture durable first-party data and activate it, better match quality, attributed audiences, and server-side delivery, self-serve and without an enterprise contract.

Choose Northbeam if

Higher-spend DTC brands (roughly $250k+/mo on ads) that need a defensible, statistically rigorous read on channel value across MTA, MMM, and incrementality, and have budget for a sales-led tool.

Feature by feature.

CapabilityZappushNorthbeam

Measurement

Multi-touch attribution (MTA)

Northbeam's MTA is its core; Zappush attribution is lighter, journey-level

Media mix modeling (MMM)

Northbeam MMM+ models un-clickable and upper-funnel media

Incrementality / lift testing

Northbeam added automated incrementality as the 'third leg' in 2026

Attribution & journey dashboard

Data capture

Server-side event capture

Northbeam runs a first-party tracking pixel to feed measurement, not a full server-side capture layer

First-party server-set cookies (~400 days)
Persistent customer profiles / identity (CDP)

Northbeam models customer journeys for reporting, not an activatable profile store

Platform-agnostic (not Shopify-first)

Northbeam is Shopify-native; other platforms are supported mainly on higher tiers

Activation (signal back to platforms)

Meta Conversions API delivery
Google & TikTok server delivery
Event deduplication (shared event_id)
EMQ enrichment, explained & managed
SHA-256 PII hashing before send
Audience building & one-click sync

Northbeam can export/sync audiences, but activation is not its focus

Beyond measurement

RFM segmentation
Restricted-category unrestriction
AI assistant (MCP-native)

Northbeam offers an AI reporting assistant

Model

Self-serve signup

Northbeam onboarding is sales-led (book a demo)

Free tier
Pricing metricEventsAd spend + data volume
Built for SMB entry cost

Northbeam targets brands spending roughly $250k+/mo

Where Northbeam is strong

  • Genuinely rigorous measurement, MTA, MMM, and incrementality on one first-party dataset.
  • Automated incrementality / lift testing gives a causal 'what if we hadn't run it' truth check that most tools lack.
  • MMM+ captures upper-funnel and un-clickable media that click-based attribution misses, plus forecasting and budget scenarios.
  • Strong fit for higher-spend DTC brands that need a defensible, boardroom-grade read on channel value.
  • Deep integrations with the major ad platforms and Shopify for clean spend and revenue reconciliation.

Where Zappush wins

  • Capture and activate, not just measure

    Northbeam scores what your media is worth; Zappush captures the durable first-party events behind that score and feeds enriched, deduplicated, attributed signal back to Meta, Google, and TikTok to improve optimization, not just reporting.

  • Self-serve and free to start

    Zappush is self-serve with a 14-day free trial and paid plans from $59/mo. Northbeam is sales-led with a starting price around $1,500/mo and is aimed at brands spending $250k+/mo on ads.

  • Platform-agnostic

    One script runs on Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, Kajabi, and custom stores. Northbeam is Shopify-native, with broader platform support arriving mainly on higher tiers.

  • EMQ and dedup, handled for you

    We enrich and deduplicate every event and target Event Match Quality 8+ so the ad platforms get better signal. Northbeam is built to measure that signal, not to raise its match quality at the source.

  • Restricted-category unrestriction

    Health, wellness, GLP-1, CBD, and med-spa brands get compliant routing and keyword cleansing, a capture-side use case a measurement suite does not address.

Pricing

Zappush

Event-based, with a 14-day free trial. From $59/mo (50K events) through $499/mo (5M events); Enterprise beyond. Every feature on every paid plan.

Northbeam

Sales-led and quote-based, priced on ad spend and data volume. Starter is listed as starting at $1,500/mo (under ~$1.5M annual media spend); Professional and Enterprise are contact-sales, with roughly $250k/mo and $500k/mo minimum ad-spend thresholds.

Different jobs and very different price points: Northbeam is an enterprise measurement contract for high-spend advertisers; Zappush is a self-serve capture-and-activation platform you can start free.

Switching from Northbeam?

You do not have to replace Northbeam. Point a first-party subdomain at Zappush and add one script to capture durable server-side data and activate audiences and conversions, then keep Northbeam (or any measurement tool) for the attribution read. The two are complementary layers.

Questions, answered.

Is Zappush an alternative to Northbeam?
Not exactly, they do different jobs. Northbeam measures what your marketing is worth (MTA, MMM, incrementality). Zappush captures the first-party data underneath and activates it, sending enriched, attributed signal back to the ad platforms. Many brands run both.
Does Zappush do media mix modeling or incrementality testing?
No. Those are Northbeam strengths. Zappush provides server-side capture, persistent profiles, audiences, and journey-level attribution, and it improves the raw signal your measurement tool depends on.
How much does Northbeam cost?
Northbeam is sales-led. Its Starter plan is listed as starting at $1,500/mo, and Professional and Enterprise are quote-based with minimum ad-spend thresholds around $250k and $500k per month. Zappush starts free and paid plans begin at $59/mo.
Can I use Zappush to make my Northbeam data cleaner?
Yes. Server-side capture, event deduplication, and EMQ enrichment improve the first-party data quality that any attribution or measurement tool reads from.

See it on your own data.

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