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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.
Give your teams a self-service digital analytics platform to understand your users, drive conversions, and increase engagement, growth and revenue. Ideal for product or gowth teams.
A free analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security. Optimize the customer journey where it was previously impossible.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • Simple & Intuïtive
  • User segmentation
  • Data visualisations
  • Feature Analytics
  • Ease of use
  • Great authorisation management
  • Packed with features
  • Community forum
  • Intergrated tag & consent management
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Dashboard customisation
  • Limited free plan
  • User support access
  • Pricing transparency
  • No progressive payment plan
  • Ecommerce reporting can 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
StarterFree
Growth$49+ p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
Core - 500k€35 p/m
Enterprise€366 p/m
Free trial period
30 days
Free plan
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
Unlimited
10 sites or apps (free) Unlimited (Enterprise)
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited for all plans
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
  • 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
Data Ownership
You
You
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
30 min
Data Retention
Unlimited
Unlimited
Up to 25 months
Data Sampling
By default Piwik does not sample data
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
Via SDK, API, GCS, AWS & more
Import cost data, search keywords, user/client ID and audience data
Data Export
One-click CSV export
To GCS, BigQuery, Redshift & more
As CSV, XML, JSON, or via an API
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • LGPD
  • ePrivacy
  • PECR
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Amplitude relies on first-party cookies.
Piwik features a cookieless tracking option

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Email alerts based on thresholds
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Subscribe to dashboard for daily reports
Daily, weekly or monthly reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
Flexible funnels to analyse conversion, time to convert & more
Detailed funnel report up to 5 steps
User Flow Reporting
Standard & reverse Sankey charts
Standard, transition & reverse Sankey charts
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Unlimited segments
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Retention Analysis and Lifecycle charts
Customer loyalty eCommerce report
Attribution Reporting
Multi-channel attribution with 98% accuracy
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events
Elaborate Ecommerce reporting
Overview, order list, product, days and sessions to purchase & customer loyalty

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Create an overlay with the site inspector Chrome extension
Session Recordings
Session Replay
A/B Testing
A/B testing & feature flagging with Amplitude Experiment
User Feedback
Guides and Surveys

Customizability

Custom Properties
200 slots for each scope and they can't be removed
Custom Metrics
20 custom formulas to create the metric you need
Also called Calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
Create a custom event from existing events
Include category, action, and optionally name and value
Annotations
Add to any graph or include them in scheduled reports or alerts

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
The support of Amplitude consists of a ticketing system, an extensive knowledge base, a community and email support depending on your plan.
Piwik Pro offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. They have support offices for different regions which can be contacted by email and phone.
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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