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Summary
A B2B leadgeneration tool. Turn pageviews into pipeline. Identify the companies already visiting your website and convert them into high-value leads.
A free analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security. Optimize the customer journey where it was previously impossible.
Lightweight and open source web analytics. No cookies and fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR. Made and hosted in the EU, on European cloud infrastructure.
Chartbeat is a suite of content analytics tools for publishers that lets you track reader engagement on your site, optimize your user experience in real-time, and share key metrics with your team.
Pros
- Company insights
- Easy setup
- CRM integration
- Great for leadgen
- Ease of use
- Great authorisation management
- Packed with features
- Community forum
- Intergrated tag & consent management
- Lightweight
- Open-source
- Cookieless
- EU cloud infrastructure
- Comes with headline testing tool
- Dashboards are easy to read
- Reporting is in realtime
- Good referral report
Cons
- Specific use-case
- Limited data retention
- Limited features
- No progressive payment plan
- Ecommerce reporting can be improved
- Limited features
- No audience reporting features
- Mainly designed for publishers
- Their pricing is untransparent
- Traffic sources could be improved
Pricing information
Starting Price
| Lite | Free |
| Discover | €79+ p/m (billed annually) |
| Activate | €369+ p/m (billed annually) |
| Scale | €599+ p/m (billed annually) |
| Enterprise | On req. |
| Core - 500k | €35 p/m |
| Enterprise | €366 p/m |
| 10k page views | $9 p/m |
| Enterprise | On req. |
| 200k page views | $29 p/m |
| 100k page views | $19 p/m |
| 500k page views | $49 p/m |
| 1M page views | $69 p/m |
| 2M page views | $89 p/m |
| 5M page views | $129 p/m |
| 10M page views | $169 p/m |
| Basic | On req. |
| Plus | On req. |
| Premium | On req. |
Free trial period
14 days
Free plan
30 days
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
Unlimited
10 sites or apps (free) Unlimited (Enterprise)
1-10+ depending on plan
1
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
1-10+ depending on plan
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)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- 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
Leadfeeder
You
You
Chartbeat
Data Freshness
1 hour
30 min
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited on paid plans, 7 days on Free
Up to 25 months
3-5+ years depending on plan
13 months
Data Sampling
By default Piwik does not sample data
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Data Import
Import cost data, search keywords, user/client ID and audience data
e.g. import GA data
Data Export
Included on Scale, otherwise uses credits
As CSV, XML, JSON, or via an API
Export your data to CSV
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- LGPD
- ePrivacy
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
Cookieless
Sets first-party cookies _lfa (1 year) and _lfa_consent.
Piwik features a cookieless tracking option
Plausible is cookieless by default.
Uses first-party cookies by default. Cookieless mode is optional.
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Email alerts based on thresholds
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
Email Reports
Daily, weekly or monthly reports
Weekly or monthly email reporting
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
Detailed funnel report up to 5 steps
User Flow Reporting
Standard, transition & reverse Sankey charts
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
Segmentation
Unlimited segments
Use filters to segment your audience
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Customer loyalty eCommerce report
Attribution Reporting
Multi-channel attribution with 98% accuracy
Ecommerce Reporting
Overview, order list, product, days and sessions to purchase & customer loyalty
Ecommerce revenue tracking
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Create an overlay with the site inspector Chrome extension
Session Recordings
A/B Testing
Headline A/B testing tool
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
200 slots for each scope and they can't be removed
Custom Properties (Business plan and above)
Custom Metrics
Also called Calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Custom Events
Include category, action, and optionally name and value
By means of adding CSS classes
Annotations
Add to any graph or include them in scheduled reports or alerts
Support
Support description
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.
Piwik Pro offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. They have support offices for different regions which can be contacted by email and phone.
Plausible offers extensive documentation which is the first place to find answers. Still haven't found what you're looking for? Contact their email support for knowledgable support.
Chartbeat's support is accessible by email during regular office hours. Overall they provide extensive documentation, but their support staff is responsive and very knowledgable in case you face issues.
Support Options
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community