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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.
Optimize your website with certainty, not assumption. Watch real user journeys, with automatic Friction Scores that detects where to focus first.
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.
Pros
  • GA4 is free to use
  • Many functionalities
  • The reports are customisable
  • Large community
  • Extensive documentation
  • GA4 is easily scalable
  • Intuitive dashboards
  • Great filtering
  • Possibility to tag elements
  • Helpfull support
  • Automatic form tracking
  • User feedback surveys
  • Open-source
  • Simple to understand interface
  • You own your data
  • Provacy-friendly
  • Lightweight script (2kb)
Cons
  • Steep learning curve
  • Implementation can be hard
  • Inaccurate data sampling
  • UI is not easy to use
  • Lack of insight for Iframe recordings
  • Funnels could be improved
  • You run into credit limit quite fast
  • Not a great amount of features

Pricing information

Starting Price
StandardFree
GA4 360$50k+ per year
FreeFree
Starter€39 p/m
Growth€129 p/m
Business€259 p/m
Pro€499 p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
Free trial period
Free plan
14 days
14 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
100
10
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited for all plans
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)
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
Software Hosting
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
Data Ownership
Google Analytics 4
Mouseflow
You
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
12 months
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Umami does not sample data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
through integrations
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
via CSV or to third-party tools by ID push
via API as JSON file
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Mouseflow uses first-party cookies
Umami Analytics does not use cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Via web hook
for Business & Enterprise plans
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Hourly, daily, or weekly emails

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
User journey analysis
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Segment users to filter heatmaps & recordings
Simple filters like browser, OS, and country
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
UTM & channel attribution
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Revenue tracking

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
Session replays
A/B Testing
User Feedback
Custom triggered text, multiple choice & NPS ratings

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
Custom tagging of recordings
Track everything from clicks to form submit
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024

Support

Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
Mouseflow provides support in four languages and through phone, email, and an extensive knowledge base
The support options of Umami Analytics consist of a knowledge base, an online community and you can contact them 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
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