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Fathom Analytics

From $15 p/m

No feature only Fathom Analytics has.

Heap

Free plan

Only Heap has:

  • Cohort Reports

Umami

Only Umami has:

  • Data Sampling

Fullstory

Free plan

Only Fullstory has:

  • Heatmaps
  • A/B Testing
Summary
Privacy-focused website analytics without compromise. Fathom doesn’t compromise visitor privacy for data. It made website analytics easy to use and respectful of privacy laws.
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.
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.
Fullstory is a digital experience analytics platform that combines session replay, product analytics and AI-generated insights, with a permanent free plan.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • It is easy to implement
  • It has data science capabilities
  • Reports are easy to build
  • Interface is user-friendly
  • Open-source
  • Simple to understand interface
  • You own your data
  • Provacy-friendly
  • Lightweight script (2kb)
  • Permanent free plan with session replay
  • Choice of EU or US data center
  • SOC 2 and ISO 27001, 27701 and 42001 certifications
  • Warehouse sync to BigQuery, Snowflake and Redshift
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Tech support is quite basic
  • Difficult to share dasboards
  • Onboarding could be improved
  • Not a great amount of features
  • Paid prices not published
  • Dashboards and StoryAI not in the free plan
  • Alerts and retention reports need an Advanced or Enterprise plan
  • Moving to the EU data center means opening a new account

Pricing information

Starting Price
  • 100k page views$15 p/m
  • 200k page views$25 p/m
  • 500k page views$45 p/m
  • 1 Million page views$60 p/m
  • 2 Million page views$100 p/m
  • FreeFree
  • GrowthOn req.
  • ProOn req.
  • PremierOn req.
  • FullstoryFreeFree
  • BusinessOn req.
  • AdvancedOn req.
  • EnterpriseOn req.
Free trial period
30 days
Free plan
14 days
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
1
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited for all plans
10 on FullstoryFree, paid plans not published
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 States
  • 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
You
You
You
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
12 months
Unlimited
12 months on FullstoryFree, paid plans not published
Data Sampling
Umami does not sample data
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
Browser and Server APIs, Segment and Tealium integrations
Data Export
One-click CSV export
Via CSV or API
via API as JSON file
Anywhere Warehouse (hourly sync to BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake), add-on
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Heap relies on first-party cookies
Umami Analytics does not use cookies
Capture needs the first-party fs_uid cookie

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Via Slack or email
for Business & Enterprise plans
Metric, segment and opportunity alerts by email, in-app, Slack, Teams; Advanced and Enterprise
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Schedule regular emails for important charts

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Metric trends
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Device breakdown
Funnel Reporting
With quantitative measurement of user friction & step suggestions
Funnels and conversions
User Flow Reporting
Sankey chart with path comparison
User journey analysis
Journey maps, page flows
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Quickly identify patterns in user behavior
Simple filters like browser, OS, and country
User segments
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Advanced and Enterprise
Attribution Reporting
Track UTM parameters or initial referrer sources
UTM & channel attribution
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events
Easy setup with eCommerce Activation Kit
Revenue tracking
Order Completed and Product Purchased events

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Click and scroll maps
Session Recordings
Automatically filters relevant replays
Session replays
Session replay, included in FullstoryFree
A/B Testing
A/B experiments in Guides and Surveys add-on; Optimizely integration
User Feedback
Track NPS score events in surveys
Guides and Surveys add-on

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom event and user properties
Custom Metrics
Custom calculations
Custom Reports
Dashboards, paid plans
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
Track everything from clicks to form submit
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Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
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.
The support options of Umami Analytics consist of a knowledge base, an online community and you can contact them via e-mail.
Support is by email and support ticket during regional weekday business hours, with a help center and community forum. Free plan tickets have a 2 business day response target, paying customers 1 business day. A Premium Support add-on gives 24/7 critical support. The FullstoryFree help article lists email support as a paid plan feature, while the support hours article lists a response target for free plan customers.
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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