Worth it above a spend threshold, overkill below
Operators converge on a threshold. Below roughly $50k a month across a few platforms, or under about $10m a year in revenue, they say Facebook reporting or a solid spreadsheet covers it. Above roughly $100k a month, run properly, the Sonar pixel can more than cover the platform's cost.
“I used triple whale for four years and got rid of it this year. No regrets waste of money. Unless you're a $10 million annual business there's really no need for that type of attribution tracking. Facebook reporting is good enough for most small Ecom businesses.”
“If you're not omnichannel or spending a lot on ads, it's really not something you can't do with a solid spreadsheet. Sonar would be good to get for real time data acquisition and enriched data, but otherwise, no need to worry pre (I would say) $50k/month in ads spend across a few platforms”
“Their 'Sonar' feature, implemented properly, more than covers for the platform's cost if you're at 100K+ per month.”