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Summary
A free privacy focussed open-source web analytics tool, which gives you 100% data-ownership. You can even use Matomo without needing to ask for consent.
Clarity is a free, easy-to-use tool that captures how real people actually use your site. Setup is easy and you'll start getting data in minutes.
Pendo is a product-analytics app that helps software companies develop products that resonate with customers.
Fullstory is a digital experience analytics platform that combines session replay, product analytics and AI-generated insights, with a permanent free plan.
Pros
- Data display
- Flexible data visualisation
- Engagement reporting
- Privacy oriented
- It is free and easy to use
- Great heatmaps
- Unlimited session recordings
- No data sampling
- Permanent free plan with session replay
- Choice of EU or US data center
- SOC 2 and ISO 27001, 27701 and 42001 certifications
- Warehouse sync to BigQuery, Snowflake and Redshift
Cons
- Integrations
- Branding method
- Limited reporting features
- Limited integrations
- Paid prices not published
- Dashboards and StoryAI not in the free plan
- Alerts and retention reports need an Advanced or Enterprise plan
- Moving to the EU data center means opening a new account
Pricing information
Starting Price
| On-Premise | Free |
| Cloud | €19+ p/m |
| Clarity | Free |
| FullstoryFree | Free |
| Business | On req. |
| Advanced | On req. |
| Enterprise | On req. |
Free trial period
21 days
Free plan
Free plan
Free plan
Account Management
Trackable Items
30
Unlimited
Unlimited in Portfolio plan
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
10 on FullstoryFree, paid plans not published
Account Security
- Single Sign-on
- Two-factor Authentication
- Single Sign-on
- Two-factor Authentication
- Single Sign-on
- Two-factor Authentication
- Single Sign-on
- Two-factor Authentication
Data Processing
Data Center Locations
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
- United States
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
Software Hosting
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
- On-Premise
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
- On-Premise
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
- On-Premise
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
- On-Premise
Data Ownership
You
Microsoft Clarity
Pendo
You
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
Hourly updates
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
13 months
84 months
12 months on FullstoryFree, paid plans not published
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
Import historical data by CSV
Browser and Server APIs, Segment and Tealium integrations
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
Export feedback & reports by CSV or pull data to BI tool
Anywhere Warehouse (hourly sync to BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake), add-on
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Clarity uses first-party cookies
Pendo uses first-party cookies
Capture needs the first-party fs_uid cookie
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Guide, Page & Feature alerts
Metric, segment and opportunity alerts by email, in-app, Slack, Teams; Advanced and Enterprise
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Recieve reports in weekly emails
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Metric trends
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Device breakdown
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
Funnels and conversions
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Journey maps, page flows
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
User segments
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Retention Reporting
See Cohort analysis
Advanced and Enterprise
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Simple referral metrics
Ecommerce Reporting
Order Completed and Product Purchased events
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Click, scroll & area heatmaps
Click and scroll maps
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
Filter by actions, duration, pages & device
Session replay, included in FullstoryFree
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
A/B experiments in Guides and Surveys add-on; Optimizely integration
User Feedback
Guides and Surveys add-on
Customizability
Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom event and user properties
Custom Metrics
Custom calculations
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Change the widgets of a report
Dashboards, paid plans
Custom Events
Annotations
On any graph or via API
Support
Support description
Matomo offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. Because Matomo is an open source product, you can also get help from a large community. Do you need personal help? Contact Matomo's support team for general issues or contact Innocraft for Matomo Cloud-hosted services.
Support is available via chat, email and the support center.
The Pendo support consists of a phone helpdesk, a live chat function, an extensive knowledge base and a community.
Support is by email and support ticket during regional weekday business hours, with a help center and community forum. Free plan tickets have a 2 business day response target, paying customers 1 business day. A Premium Support add-on gives 24/7 critical support. The FullstoryFree help article lists email support as a paid plan feature, while the support hours article lists a response target for free plan customers.
Support Options
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community