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Rating
4.5/5
4/5
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.
A B2B leadgeneration tool. Turn pageviews into pipeline. Identify the companies already visiting your website and convert them into high-value leads.
The only digital insights platform that gives you complete understanding of your customers’ digital journeys, so you can quickly improve conversion, retention, and customer delight.
A B2B tool that helps businesses identify and track website visitors in order to generate leads and improve their sales and marketing efforts.
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
- It is easy to implement
- It has data science capabilities
- Reports are easy to build
- Interface is user-friendly
- Great for B2B leadgen
- Quality company insights
- Modern user interface
- Responsive support
- Easy to set up
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
- Tech support is quite basic
- Difficult to share dasboards
- Onboarding could be improved
- Limited features
- Pricing based on company ID's, relevant or not
- Slight learning curve
Pricing information
Starting Price
| Standard | Free |
| GA4 360 | $50k+ per year |
| Lite | Free |
| Discover | €79+ p/m (billed annually) |
| Activate | €369+ p/m (billed annually) |
| Scale | €599+ p/m (billed annually) |
| Enterprise | On req. |
| Free | Free |
| Growth | On req. |
| Pro | On req. |
| Premier | On req. |
| 0-50 company ID's | $49 p/m |
| 51-100 company ID's | $69 p/m |
| 101-250 company ID's | $99 p/m |
| 251-500 company ID's | $139 p/m |
| 501-750 company ID's | $179 p/m |
| 751-1.000 company ID's | $229 p/m |
| 1.001-2.000 company ID's | $279 p/m |
| 2.001-3.000 company ID's | $349 p/m |
| 3.001-4.000 company ID's | $439 p/m |
| 4.001-5.000 company ID's | $529 p/m |
| 5.000+ company ID's | On req. |
Free trial period
Free plan
14 days
Free plan
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
100
Unlimited
1
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
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
- European Economic Area (EEA)
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
Snitcher
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
12 months
12 months*
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
Included on Scale, otherwise uses credits
Via CSV or API
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- GDPR
- CCPA
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Sets first-party cookies _lfa (1 year) and _lfa_consent.
Heap relies on first-party cookies
Sets one first-party cookie, snitcher_device_id (1 year).
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Via Slack or email
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Schedule regular emails for important charts
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
With quantitative measurement of user friction & step suggestions
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
Sankey chart with path comparison
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Quickly identify patterns in user behavior
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Track UTM parameters or initial referrer sources
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Easy setup with eCommerce Activation Kit
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
Automatically filters relevant replays
A/B Testing
User Feedback
Track NPS score events in surveys
Customizability
Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
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.
Heap offers extensive documentation and access to their in-depth collection of Heap University courses to get up and running. Need more help? Join the community or contact their knowledgable support staff through email.
Support via a contact form (answered by email), live chat and the help center.
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