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Google Analytics 4

Free plan

Only Google Analytics 4 has:

  • Custom Alerts
  • Cohort Reports

Leadfeeder

Free plan

No feature only Leadfeeder has.

Amplitude

Free plan

Only Amplitude has:

  • Heatmaps
  • Session Recordings
  • A/B Testing
  • User Feedback

Cloudflare Analytics

Only Cloudflare Analytics has:

  • Cookieless
Summary
A customisable and free web analytics tool. Get insights into user behavior with an event-based tracking model, and know what drives sales and traffic with extensive attribution methods.
A B2B leadgeneration tool. Turn pageviews into pipeline. Identify the companies already visiting your website and convert them into high-value leads.
Give your teams a self-service digital analytics platform to understand your users, drive conversions, and increase engagement, growth and revenue. Ideal for product or gowth teams.
Privacy-first, lightweight, accurate web analytics for free. Web Analytics that allows you to view and track essential stats on the usage of your website.
Pros
  • GA4 is free to use
  • Many functionalities
  • The reports are customisable
  • Large community
  • Extensive documentation
  • GA4 is easily scalable
  • Company insights
  • Easy setup
  • CRM integration
  • Great for leadgen
  • Simple & Intuïtive
  • User segmentation
  • Data visualisations
  • Feature Analytics
  • Starts free when client of Cloudflare
  • Very easy to setup
  • Server log additional metrics
  • Difficult to block for Adblockers
Cons
  • Steep learning curve
  • Implementation can be hard
  • Inaccurate data sampling
  • UI is not easy to use
  • Specific use-case
  • Limited data retention
  • Limited features
  • Dashboard customisation
  • Limited free plan
  • User support access
  • Pricing transparency
  • Limited features
  • Might track high amounts of bot traffic
  • Limited metrics
  • Cannot exclude own visits

Pricing information

Starting Price
  • StandardFree
  • GA4 360$50k+ per year
  • LiteFree
  • Discover€79+ p/m (billed annually)
  • Activate€369+ p/m (billed annually)
  • Scale€599+ p/m (billed annually)
  • EnterpriseOn req.
  • StarterFree
  • Growth$49+ p/m
  • EnterpriseOn req.
Free trial period
Free plan
14 days
Free plan
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
100
Unlimited
Unlimited
10
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited for all plans
N/A
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 Kingdom
  • United States
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United States
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United Kingdom
  • 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
Google Analytics 4
Leadfeeder
You
Cloudflare Analytics
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
1 hour
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
Unlimited on paid plans, 7 days on Free
Unlimited
6 months
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Adaptive sampling of 1-10% on all stats
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
Via SDK, API, GCS, AWS & more
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
Included on Scale, otherwise uses credits
To GCS, BigQuery, Redshift & more
via CVS or JSON files or an API
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • ePrivacy
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Sets first-party cookies _lfa (1 year) and _lfa_consent.
Amplitude relies on first-party cookies.
Cloudflare analytics does not use cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Subscribe to dashboard for daily reports
Cloudflare does not feature email reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
Flexible funnels to analyse conversion, time to convert & more
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
Standard & reverse Sankey charts
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Retention Analysis and Lifecycle charts
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Simple referrer dimensions but no UTM tags
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Elaborate Ecommerce reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
Session Replay
A/B Testing
A/B testing & feature flagging with Amplitude Experiment
User Feedback
Guides and Surveys

Customizability

Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
20 custom formulas to create the metric you need
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
Create a custom event from existing events
Cloudflare does not feature event tracking
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024

Support

Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
You can contact support either by live chat (9AM - 11PM EET) and email from Monday to Friday. Support is knowledgable and responsive through chat. Email can take longer and responses can be from different support staff.
The support of Amplitude consists of a ticketing system, an extensive knowledge base, a community and email support depending on your plan.
Cloudflare offers support for their main product via email, a ticketing system, an elaborate knowledge base and an online community
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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