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Rating

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.

Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.

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

Privacy friendly
Easy to use
Customer support
Ad-blocker bypassing

Elaborate data import options
Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
Great support

Starts free when client of Cloudflare
Very easy to setup
Server log additional metrics
Difficult to block for Adblockers

Cons

No data import
Short free trial
Limited features

Steep learning curve
Technical knowledge needed for implementation
Only a collection tool

Limited features
Might track high amounts of bot traffic
Limited metrics
Cannot exclude own visits

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

Test & Experiment Tracking	Free
Self-Hosted Pipeline	On req.
Snowplow Platform	On req.

Free trial period

30 days

14 days

Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items

User Seats

Unlimited

N/A

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

United Kingdom

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

Data Ownership

You

Cloudflare Analytics

Data Freshness

Realtime

Data Retention

Unlimited

6 months

Data Sampling

Adaptive sampling of 1-10% on all stats

Data Import

Google Analytics importer

Data Export

One-click CSV export

via CVS or JSON files or an API

Compliance

GDPR
CCPA
ePrivacy
COPPA
PECR

GDPR
CCPA
HIPAA

GDPR
CCPA
HIPAA
ePrivacy

Cookieless

Fathom is cookieless by default.

Cloudflare analytics does not use cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts

Email Reports

Weekly or monthly reporting

Cloudflare does not feature email reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting

Device Reporting

Device type, browser & OS

Funnel Reporting

User Flow Reporting

Segmentation

Instant filters on any data point

Cohort Reports

Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events

Retention Reporting

CLTV Analysis

Attribution Reporting

Simple referrer dimensions but no UTM tags

Ecommerce Reporting

By means of custom events

User Experience Features

Heatmaps

Session Recordings

A/B Testing

User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties

Custom Metrics

Custom Reports

Custom Events

Can include: name, ID & value

Cloudflare does not feature event tracking

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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.

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