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5/5
Summary
Ultimate open-source analytics to satisfy all your needs. Track every metric you need without invading your users' privacy.
AI-powered analytics and attribution platform that unifies website, product, and marketing data in one tool.
Fullstory is a digital experience analytics platform that combines session replay, product analytics and AI-generated insights, with a permanent free plan.
Pros
  • Privacy-focused
  • Performance monitoring
  • Open-source
  • Browser extensions for quick access to analytics
  • Messenger integrations
  • AI-powered attribution
  • Combined web + product analytics
  • Auto-capture without developers
  • Privacy-friendly
  • 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
  • Limited integration capabilities
  • Relatively new player
  • No self-hosting option
  • 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
Hobby$5 / mo
Freelancer$15 / mo
Startup$59 / mo
Enterprise$110 / mo
FullstoryFreeFree
BusinessOn req.
AdvancedOn req.
EnterpriseOn req.
Free trial period
14 days
Free plan
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
3+ depending on plan
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

Data Processing

Data Center Locations
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • 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
Data Ownership
You
You
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
Unlimited
12 months on FullstoryFree, paid plans not published
Data Sampling
Swetrix does not sample data
Usermaven does not sample data
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
Browser and Server APIs, Segment and Tealium integrations
Data Export
via API, CSV, JSON or any other format (users are able to write custom extensions for that)
Via API or CSV
Anywhere Warehouse (hourly sync to BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake), add-on
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • CPPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking
Cookieless tracking available
Capture needs the first-party fs_uid cookie

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Threshold-based alerts
Metric, segment and opportunity alerts by email, in-app, Slack, Teams; Advanced and Enterprise
Email Reports
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly
Scheduled email reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
We offer AI based traffic forecasting & trend monitoring
Metric trends
Device Reporting
Country, browser, device type, language, utm_* metrics, performance statistics and more
Device breakdown
Funnel Reporting
AI-powered funnel analysis
Funnels and conversions
User Flow Reporting
User journey visualization
Journey maps, page flows
Segmentation
You can segment data via multiple filters, apply specific timeframes & periods
Segments & cohorts
User segments
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Retention analysis (Business plan)
Advanced and Enterprise
Attribution Reporting
Multi-touch attribution with 7 models
Ecommerce Reporting
Revenue attribution
Order Completed and Product Purchased events

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Click and scroll maps
Session Recordings
Session replay, included in FullstoryFree
A/B Testing
A/B experiments in Guides and Surveys add-on; Optimizely integration
User Feedback
Guides and Surveys add-on

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom properties
Custom event and user properties
Custom Metrics
Custom calculations
Custom Reports
Receive custom reports by email. You can also add unlimited amount of email addresses to be subscribed to the traffic report newsletter.
Custom dashboards
Dashboards, paid plans
Custom Events
You can track custom events. Custom events also support lots of customisations (e.g. you may track if you want 1 custom event per 1 unique session, etc).
Auto-captured events
Annotations
Soon to be released

Support

Support description
Swetrix offers online support in the chatbox on the website, via social-media (i.e. Twitter, Linkedin, Discord) and via Email.
Usermaven offers documentation, live chat support, and email support.
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
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