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Google Analytics 4
Free plan
Has, and not every other tool does:
- Data Import
- Custom Alerts
- Email Reports
- Funnel Reporting
- User Flow Reporting
- Cohort Reports
- Retention Reporting
- Attribution Reporting
- Ecommerce Reporting
- Custom Properties
- Custom Metrics
- Custom Reports
- Annotations
Piwik PRO
From €35 per month
Has, and not every other tool does:
- Data Sampling
- Data Import
- Cookieless
- Custom Alerts
- Email Reports
- Funnel Reporting
- User Flow Reporting
- Retention Reporting
- Attribution Reporting
- Ecommerce Reporting
- Heatmaps
- Custom Properties
- Custom Metrics
- Custom Reports
- Annotations
Simple Analytics
From €15 p/m
Has, and not every other tool does:
- Data Import
- Cookieless
- Email Reports
- Funnel Reporting
- Annotations
Microsoft Clarity
Free plan
Has, and not every other tool does:
- Attribution Reporting
- Heatmaps
- Session Recordings
- Custom Properties
Summary
A customisable and free web analytics tool. Get insights into user behavior with an event-based tracking model, and know what drives sales and traffic with extensive attribution methods.
A free analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security. Optimize the customer journey where it was previously impossible.
One easy dashboard to see how many visitors are coming to your website, where they come from and what they do once they're there. Without cookies. Without stalking. Still lightweight.
Clarity is a free, easy-to-use tool that captures how real people actually use your site. Setup is easy and you'll start getting data in minutes.
Pros
- GA4 is free to use
- Many functionalities
- The reports are customisable
- Large community
- Extensive documentation
- GA4 is easily scalable
- Ease of use
- Great authorisation management
- Packed with features
- Community forum
- Intergrated tag & consent management
- Privacy focused
- Cookieless
- Lightweight script
- Good support
- Easy to use
- It is free and easy to use
- Great heatmaps
- Unlimited session recordings
- No data sampling
Cons
- Steep learning curve
- Implementation can be hard
- Inaccurate data sampling
- UI is not easy to use
- No progressive payment plan
- Ecommerce reporting can be improved
- Limited features due to cookieless
- Not very customisable
- No free version
- Limited reporting features
- Limited integrations
Pricing information
Starting Price
- StandardFree
- GA4 360$50k+ per year
- Core - 500k€35 p/m
- Enterprise€366 p/m
- Starter€15 p/m
- Business€40 p/m
- EnterpriseOn req.
- ClarityFree
Free trial period
Free plan
Free plan
14 days
Free plan
Account Management
Trackable Items
100
10 sites or apps (free) Unlimited (Enterprise)
5-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
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 Kingdom
- United States
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
- 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
Google Analytics 4
You
You
Microsoft Clarity
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
30 min
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
Up to 25 months
Unlimited
13 months
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
By default Piwik does not sample data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
Import cost data, search keywords, user/client ID and audience data
GA importer included
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
As CSV, XML, JSON, or via an API
As CSV or via API
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- LGPD
- ePrivacy
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Piwik features a cookieless tracking option
Simple Analytics is cookieless by default.
Clarity uses first-party cookies
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Email alerts based on thresholds
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Daily, weekly or monthly reports
Daily, weekly, monthly
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Curved and linear trend lines
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
Detailed funnel report up to 5 steps
Line up goals for simple funnel
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
Standard, transition & reverse Sankey charts
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Unlimited segments
Filter dashboard with visitor attributes
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Customer loyalty eCommerce report
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Multi-channel attribution with 98% accuracy
Simple referral metrics
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Overview, order list, product, days and sessions to purchase & customer loyalty
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Create an overlay with the site inspector Chrome extension
Click, scroll & area heatmaps
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
Filter by actions, duration, pages & device
A/B Testing
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
200 slots for each scope and they can't be removed
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
Also called Calculated metrics
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
Include category, action, and optionally name and value
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024
Add to any graph or include them in scheduled reports or alerts
Able to include links in annotations
Support
Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
Piwik Pro offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. They have support offices for different regions which can be contacted by email and phone.
Simple Analytics offers knowledgable support through phone and email.
Support is available via chat, email and the support center.
Support Options
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community
- Phone
- Live Chat
- Ticketing system
- Knowledge base
- Community