Personalization impact Shopify sites
Performance impact by personalization provider.
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At a glance the headline numbers for Personalization impact
Performance impact by personalization provider.
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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
1,368
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
79ms
Best INP (p75)
Elfsight
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by INP at p75, fastest first
| # | Provider | INP p75 | Passing | Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elfsight | 79ms | 100.0% | 108 | |
| 2 | Algolia Recommend | 87ms | 99.1% | 1,260 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often
ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
Elfsight 1.3% 108 79ms
Nosto 0.3% 26 114ms
Klevu 0.1% 6 125ms
Algolia Recommend 15.3% 1,260 87ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site
No provider stands out: pass rates sit between 99% and 100%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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All five vitals at once the whole category without toggling - cell is the pass rate, small number the p75
LCP
INP
CLS
FCP
TTFB
Algolia Recommend 15.3%
951.8s
9987ms
790.08
941.2s
96503ms
Elfsight 1.3%
971.8s
10079ms
890.07
911.2s
93486ms
Nosto 0.3%
912.0s
100114ms
650.14
1001.2s
91544ms
Klevu 0.1%
832.0s
100125ms
500.18
1001.3s
83531ms
60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites
One row per provider, one column per vital - the cell is the share of sites passing, the small number the p75. No toggling needed to see where the category actually differs.
Elfsight leads on INP: 100% of its sites pass. Algolia Recommend trails at 99%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
Related signals JS libraries (26) → Tag managers (8) → A/B testing (12) → Chat & messaging (17) → 203,892 crawled sites with Chrome field data, representing millions of real page loads · How we measured
203,892 crawled sites with Chrome field data, representing millions of real page loads. How we measured.