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Rating
4.5/5
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.
B2B website visitor identification in real-time. Uncover your anonymous B2B website visitors and fuel your business growth.
Optimize your website with certainty, not assumption. Watch real user journeys, with automatic Friction Scores that detects where to focus first.
An open-source product analytics for developers. It helps engineers understand their product usage, automate events, and user data collection.
Pros
  • GA4 is free to use
  • Many functionalities
  • The reports are customisable
  • Large community
  • Extensive documentation
  • GA4 is easily scalable
  • Great for B2B leadgen
  • Company insights
  • Simple implementation
  • The world's largest B2B IP address database
  • Ability to tag users
  • Intuitive dashboards
  • Great filtering
  • Possibility to tag elements
  • Helpfull support
  • Automatic form tracking
  • User feedback surveys
  • Easy to set up
  • Great interface design
  • Reasonable pricing
  • Good session recordings
Cons
  • Steep learning curve
  • Implementation can be hard
  • Inaccurate data sampling
  • UI is not easy to use
  • Limited features
  • Cluttered interface
  • Crashes sometimes
  • Lack of insight for Iframe recordings
  • Funnels could be improved
  • You run into credit limit quite fast
  • Feature flags are limited
  • Limited amount of graph types
  • Filtering could be improved

Pricing information

Starting Price
StandardFree
GA4 360$50k+ per year
EssentialsOn req.
AutomateOn req.
FreeFree
Starter€39 p/m
Growth€129 p/m
Business€259 p/m
Pro€499 p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
Cloud LiteFree
Cloud€0.005 per event / recording
Enterprise Cloud€450 p/m minimum
Free trial period
Free plan
7 days
14 days
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
100
Unlimited
10
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
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
  • United Kingdom
  • 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
Google Analytics 4
Lead Forensics
Mouseflow
You
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
3 months
12 months
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
by means of an API
through integrations
Historical data ingestion
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
by means of an API
via CSV or to third-party tools by ID push
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
The basic tracking code sets no cookie; an optional first-party cookie (lfuuid) can be enabled.
Mouseflow uses first-party cookies
Posthog has the option to be used without cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Via web hook
Receive alerts via Slack or email
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Hourly, daily, or weekly emails
Subscribe to an Insight or dashboard

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Simple visitor trend graphs
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Filter by device type, OS, browser & screen resolution
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
Simple funnel report, watch recordings from converters
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Segment users to filter heatmaps & recordings
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Click, movement, scroll, attention, live & geo heatmaps
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
Elaborate filtering & livestream options
A/B Testing
Feature flags and A/B testing
User Feedback
Custom triggered text, multiple choice & NPS ratings
Surveys

Customizability

Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Automatic form tracking
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
also called triggers
Custom tagging of recordings
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024

Support

Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
Lead Forensics support options consist of country-specific phone numbers nu and a form on the website to contact sales or support.
Mouseflow provides support in four languages and through phone, email, and an extensive knowledge base
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.
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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