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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.
Lightweight and open source web analytics. No cookies and fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR. Made and hosted in the EU, on European cloud infrastructure.
A simple but powerful real-time web analytics tool that helps you track, analyse and understand your visitors. It features click fraud detection and session playback.
AI-powered analytics and attribution platform that unifies website, product, and marketing data in one tool.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • Lightweight
  • Open-source
  • Cookieless
  • EU cloud infrastructure
  • Easy to use
  • Google Ads integration
  • Great session playback
  • Click fraud detection
  • Visitor alerts
  • AI-powered attribution
  • Combined web + product analytics
  • Auto-capture without developers
  • Privacy-friendly
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Limited features
  • No audience reporting features
  • Limited free plan
  • Relatively new player
  • No self-hosting option

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
10k page views$9 p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
200k page views$29 p/m
100k page views$19 p/m
500k page views$49 p/m
1M page views$69 p/m
2M page views$89 p/m
5M page views$129 p/m
10M page views$169 p/m
FreeFree
100k Page Views€9+ p/m
250k Page Views€19+ p/m
Free trial period
30 days
30 days
30 days
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
1-10+ depending on plan
1
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
3+ depending on plan
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)
  • 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
Statcounter
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
3-5+ years depending on plan
Unlimited*
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Usermaven does not sample data
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
e.g. import GA data
Import Google keyword data
Google Analytics importer
Data Export
One-click CSV export
Export your data to CSV
To a spreadsheet or other third party software.
Via API or CSV
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Plausible is cookieless by default.
Statcounter uses cookies
Cookieless tracking available

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
Important visitor alerts
Threshold-based alerts
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Weekly or monthly email reporting
Detailed, mobile-friendly reports
Scheduled email reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Device type, browser & OS
Device type, browser, OS & screen resolution
Funnel Reporting
AI-powered funnel analysis
User Flow Reporting
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
Simple ordered list of pages visited
User journey visualization
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Use filters to segment your audience
Segments & cohorts
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Retention analysis (Business plan)
Attribution Reporting
Simple referral & UTM sources
Multi-touch attribution with 7 models
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events
Ecommerce revenue tracking
Revenue attribution

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Session Recordings
Recordings with many filtering options
A/B Testing
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Properties (Business plan and above)
Custom properties
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Custom dashboards
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
By means of adding CSS classes
Max 5 custom tags + values per page
Auto-captured events
Annotations

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
Plausible offers extensive documentation which is the first place to find answers. Still haven't found what you're looking for? Contact their email support for knowledgable support.
Statcounter offers various support options like phone, email, live chat, and an extensive knowledge base.
Usermaven offers documentation, live chat support, and email support.
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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