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Rating
4.5/5
4/5
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.
A B2B leadgeneration tool. Turn pageviews into pipeline. Identify the companies already visiting your website and convert them into high-value leads.
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
A website optimization tool to analyze visitor's behavior across email & ad campaigns. Investigate buyers' journeys, identify audience segments present across webpages, and spot issues.
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
  • Great segmentation
  • Good video tracking
  • Customizable
  • Easy report creation
  • Easy heatmaps
  • Customer feedback surveys
  • Simple but good A/B testing
  • 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
  • Pricing can be quite steep
  • Tech support can be improved
  • Can be difficult to implement
  • Can be challenging to get educated
  • Few intergrations with other tools
  • Easy to hit the max number of snapshots

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.
SelectOn req.
PrimeOn req.
UltimateOn req.
Basic$29 p/m
Plus$99 p/m
Pro$249 p/m
Enterprise$599 p/m
Free trial period
Free plan
14 days
Free plan
30 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
100
Unlimited
Unlimited
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
  • 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
Adobe Analytics
Crazy Egg
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
1 hour
2 hours
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
Unlimited on paid plans, 7 days on Free
25 months by default
Between 3 & 24 months depending on the plan
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
Included on Scale, otherwise uses credits
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
Download reports or snapshots as a zipfile or CSV
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • ePrivacy
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Sets first-party cookies _lfa (1 year) and _lfa_consent.
Adobe uses tracking cookies
Crazy Egg uses first-party cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Via e-mail or SMS
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Flexible scheduled reporting
Receive reports or Snapshots by mail

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
See which device the user used
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
Bar chart funnel report
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Segment users by device, location, etc.
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Retention cohort report
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
By means of referral tracking
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Very flexible ecommerce reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Called activity map
Heatmap, scrollmap, confetti report, overlay & list
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
A/B Testing
With realtime results
User Feedback
Surveys, NPS scores & ratings

Customizability

Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Custom tagging for segmenting users
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom users variables
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
Up to 1.000 success events
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024
Available in Workspace

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 Adobe Analytics consists of an expansive knowledge base and an online community. Phone and chat options exist for certain user types. Besides that, they offer many training options and tutorials.
Crazy Egg offers an extensive knowledge base, a ticketing system, and email as their support options. For the plus, pro, and enterprise plans it offers priority support.
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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