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Rating
5/5
5/5
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.
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
An open-source product analytics for developers. It helps engineers understand their product usage, automate events, and user data collection.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • Great segmentation
  • Good video tracking
  • Customizable
  • Easy report creation
  • Easy to set up
  • Great interface design
  • Reasonable pricing
  • Good session recordings
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Pricing can be quite steep
  • Tech support can be improved
  • Can be difficult to implement
  • Can be challenging to get educated
  • Feature flags are limited
  • Limited amount of graph types
  • Filtering could be improved

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
SelectOn req.
PrimeOn req.
UltimateOn req.
Cloud LiteFree
Cloud€0.005 per event / recording
Enterprise Cloud€450 p/m minimum
Free trial period
30 days
Free plan
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Account Security
  • 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
  • United States
Software Hosting
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
Data Ownership
You
Adobe Analytics
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
2 hours
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
25 months by default
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Historical data ingestion
Data Export
One-click CSV export
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Adobe uses tracking cookies
Posthog has the option to be used without cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Via e-mail or SMS
Receive alerts via Slack or email
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Flexible scheduled reporting
Subscribe to an Insight or dashboard

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
Funnel Reporting
Bar chart funnel report
User Flow Reporting
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Cohort Reports
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Retention Reporting
Retention cohort report
Attribution Reporting
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events
Very flexible ecommerce reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Called activity map
Session Recordings
A/B Testing
Feature flags and A/B testing
User Feedback
Surveys

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
Up to 1.000 success events
Annotations
Available in Workspace

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
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.
Posthogs' support consists of an extensive knowledge base and community on their website. For enterprise users, support is also available trough a dedicated Slack channel and via e-mail.
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
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