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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 privacy focussed open-source web analytics tool, which gives you 100% data-ownership. You can even use Matomo without needing to ask for consent.
A free analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security. Optimize the customer journey where it was previously impossible.
Privacy-first, lightweight, accurate web analytics for free. Web Analytics that allows you to view and track essential stats on the usage of your website.
Pros
  • Company insights
  • Easy setup
  • CRM integration
  • Great for leadgen
  • Data display
  • Flexible data visualisation
  • Engagement reporting
  • Privacy oriented
  • Ease of use
  • Great authorisation management
  • Packed with features
  • Community forum
  • Intergrated tag & consent management
  • Starts free when client of Cloudflare
  • Very easy to setup
  • Server log additional metrics
  • Difficult to block for Adblockers
Cons
  • Specific use-case
  • Limited data retention
  • Limited features
  • Integrations
  • Branding method
  • No progressive payment plan
  • Ecommerce reporting can be improved
  • Limited features
  • Might track high amounts of bot traffic
  • Limited metrics
  • Cannot exclude own visits

Pricing information

Starting Price
LiteFree
Discover€79+ p/m (billed annually)
Activate€369+ p/m (billed annually)
Scale€599+ p/m (billed annually)
EnterpriseOn req.
On-PremiseFree
Cloud€19+ p/m
Core - 500k€35 p/m
Enterprise€366 p/m
Free trial period
14 days
21 days
Free plan
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
Unlimited
30
10 sites or apps (free) Unlimited (Enterprise)
10
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
N/A
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)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United States
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United Kingdom
  • 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
Cloudflare Analytics
Data Freshness
1 hour
15 minutes or more
30 min
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited on paid plans, 7 days on Free
Unlimited and customizable
Up to 25 months
6 months
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
By default Piwik does not sample data
Adaptive sampling of 1-10% on all stats
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
Import cost data, search keywords, user/client ID and audience data
Data Export
Included on Scale, otherwise uses credits
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
As CSV, XML, JSON, or via an API
via CVS or JSON files or an API
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • LGPD
  • ePrivacy
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • ePrivacy
Cookieless
Sets first-party cookies _lfa (1 year) and _lfa_consent.
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Piwik features a cookieless tracking option
Cloudflare analytics does not use cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Email alerts based on thresholds
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Daily, weekly or monthly reports
Cloudflare does not feature email reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
Detailed funnel report up to 5 steps
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Standard, transition & reverse Sankey charts
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
Unlimited segments
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Retention Reporting
Customer loyalty eCommerce report
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Multi-channel attribution with 98% accuracy
Simple referrer dimensions but no UTM tags
Ecommerce Reporting
Overview, order list, product, days and sessions to purchase & customer loyalty

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Create an overlay with the site inspector Chrome extension
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
200 slots for each scope and they can't be removed
Custom Metrics
Also called Calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Custom Events
Include category, action, and optionally name and value
Cloudflare does not feature event tracking
Annotations
On any graph or via API
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.
Matomo offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. Because Matomo is an open source product, you can also get help from a large community. Do you need personal help? Contact Matomo's support team for general issues or contact Innocraft for Matomo Cloud-hosted services.
Piwik Pro offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. They have support offices for different regions which can be contacted by email and phone.
Cloudflare offers support for their main product via email, a ticketing system, an elaborate knowledge base and an online community
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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