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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.
Open Web Analytics is the free and open source web analytics framework that lets you stay in control of how you instrument and analyze the use of your websites and application
Pendo is a product-analytics app that helps software companies develop products that resonate with customers.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • The software is open source
  • It is very customizable
  • Ecommerce reporting
  • Privacy friendly
  • The script is lightweight
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Limited reporting features
  • Technical skill required
  • Comply with data privacy regulations
  • You need a secure server

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
Free trial period
30 days
Free plan
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
Unlimited
Unlimited in Portfolio plan
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
  • Not applicable
  • 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
You
Pendo
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Hourly updates
Data Retention
Unlimited
Unlimited
84 months
Data Sampling
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
by means of the REST API
Import historical data by CSV
Data Export
One-click CSV export
by means of the REST API
Export feedback & reports by CSV or pull data to BI tool
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Sets first-party cookies (owa_v, owa_c, session). Lifetimes can be shortened or made session-only.
Pendo uses first-party cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Guide, Page & Feature alerts
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Recieve reports in weekly emails

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
User Flow Reporting
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
See Cohort analysis
Attribution Reporting
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Session Recordings
Domstream
A/B Testing
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Change the widgets of a report
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
Annotations

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
Because Open Web Analytics is open source, all documentation is found on GitHub. Apart from the community, there are no support options available.
The Pendo support consists of a phone helpdesk, a live chat function, an extensive knowledge base and a 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
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