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Awin vs Rakuten Advertising: which slows a Shopify store more?

Awin and Rakuten Advertising usually land in the same band. Neither is clearly lighter on the typical store.

Both are affiliate and influencer apps. We measured Awin on 108 Shopify ecommerce stores and Rakuten Advertising on 49.

Affiliate and influencer tracking

Side by side

AppTypical processing timeStores measured
Awin Light (under 100 ms) 108
Rakuten Advertising Light (under 100 ms) 49

Awin was light on 100% of the stores it was measured on. Rakuten Advertising was light on 92% of the stores it was measured on.

On stores that run both

Only 7 of the stores we checked load both, too few for a fair head-to-head. Stores often pick one of the two.

Each band is an app's typical processing time across the stores it was measured on. Those stores differ from app to app. That makes the result on stores that run both the fairer test. Apps found on fewer than 20 stores aren't listed yet. The list grows as more stores are checked.

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