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Rating
5/5
Summary
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
An open-source product analytics for developers. It helps engineers understand their product usage, automate events, and user data collection.
An open-source marketing analytics tool that respects data-privacy. With two hosting options, it is completely cookieless and it lets you own all your data.
Fullstory is a digital experience analytics platform that combines session replay, product analytics and AI-generated insights, with a permanent free plan.
Pros
  • Great segmentation
  • Good video tracking
  • Customizable
  • Easy report creation
  • Easy to set up
  • Great interface design
  • Reasonable pricing
  • Good session recordings
  • Open-source
  • Simple to understand interface
  • You own your data
  • Provacy-friendly
  • Lightweight script (2kb)
  • 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
  • Pricing can be quite steep
  • Tech support can be improved
  • Can be difficult to implement
  • Can be challenging to get educated
  • Feature flags are limited
  • Limited amount of graph types
  • Filtering could be improved
  • Not a great amount of features
  • 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
SelectOn req.
PrimeOn req.
UltimateOn req.
Cloud LiteFree
Cloud€0.005 per event / recording
Enterprise Cloud€450 p/m minimum
FullstoryFreeFree
BusinessOn req.
AdvancedOn req.
EnterpriseOn req.
Free trial period
Free plan
Free plan
14 days
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited for all plans
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)
  • United States
  • United States
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • 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
Adobe Analytics
You
You
You
Data Freshness
2 hours
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
25 months by default
Unlimited
Unlimited
12 months on FullstoryFree, paid plans not published
Data Sampling
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Umami does not sample data
Data Import
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Historical data ingestion
Browser and Server APIs, Segment and Tealium integrations
Data Export
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
via API as JSON file
Anywhere Warehouse (hourly sync to BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake), add-on
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Adobe uses tracking cookies
Posthog has the option to be used without cookies
Umami Analytics does not use cookies
Capture needs the first-party fs_uid cookie

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Via e-mail or SMS
Receive alerts via Slack or email
for Business & Enterprise plans
Metric, segment and opportunity alerts by email, in-app, Slack, Teams; Advanced and Enterprise
Email Reports
Flexible scheduled reporting
Subscribe to an Insight or dashboard

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Metric trends
Device Reporting
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
Device breakdown
Funnel Reporting
Bar chart funnel report
Funnels and conversions
User Flow Reporting
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
User journey analysis
Journey maps, page flows
Segmentation
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Simple filters like browser, OS, and country
User segments
Cohort Reports
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Retention Reporting
Retention cohort report
Advanced and Enterprise
Attribution Reporting
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
UTM & channel attribution
Ecommerce Reporting
Very flexible ecommerce reporting
Revenue tracking
Order Completed and Product Purchased events

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Called activity map
Click and scroll maps
Session Recordings
Session replays
Session replay, included in FullstoryFree
A/B Testing
Feature flags and A/B testing
A/B experiments in Guides and Surveys add-on; Optimizely integration
User Feedback
Surveys
Guides and Surveys add-on

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom event and user properties
Custom Metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom calculations
Custom Reports
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Dashboards, paid plans
Custom Events
Up to 1.000 success events
Track everything from clicks to form submit
Annotations
Available in Workspace

Support

Support description
The support of Adobe Analytics consists of an expansive knowledge base and an online community. Phone and chat options exist for certain user types. Besides that, they offer many training options and tutorials.
Posthogs' support consists of an extensive knowledge base and community on their website. For enterprise users, support is also available trough a dedicated Slack channel and via e-mail.
The support options of Umami Analytics consist of a knowledge base, an online community and you can contact them via e-mail.
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
  • Email
  • Live Chat
  • Ticketing system
  • Knowledge base
  • Community
  • Phone
  • Email
  • Live Chat
  • Ticketing system
  • Knowledge base
  • Community
  • Phone
  • Email
  • Live Chat
  • Ticketing system
  • Knowledge base
  • Community
  • Phone
  • Email
  • Live Chat
  • Ticketing system
  • Knowledge base
  • Community

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