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Rating
5/5
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.
B2B website visitor identification in real-time. Uncover your anonymous B2B website visitors and fuel your business growth.
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
Pros
- Privacy friendly
- Easy to use
- Customer support
- Ad-blocker bypassing
- Lightweight
- Open-source
- Cookieless
- EU cloud infrastructure
- Great for B2B leadgen
- Company insights
- Simple implementation
- The world's largest B2B IP address database
- Ability to tag users
- Great segmentation
- Good video tracking
- Customizable
- Easy report creation
Cons
- No data import
- Short free trial
- Limited features
- Limited features
- No audience reporting features
- Limited features
- Cluttered interface
- Crashes sometimes
- Pricing can be quite steep
- Tech support can be improved
- Can be difficult to implement
- Can be challenging to get educated
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 |
| Enterprise | On 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 |
| Essentials | On req. |
| Automate | On req. |
| Select | On req. |
| Prime | On req. |
| Ultimate | On req. |
Free trial period
30 days
30 days
7 days
Free plan
Account Management
Trackable Items
50
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
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 States
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United Kingdom
- 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
Lead Forensics
Adobe Analytics
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
2 hours
Data Retention
Unlimited
3-5+ years depending on plan
3 months
25 months by default
Data Sampling
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
e.g. import GA data
by means of an API
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Data Export
One-click CSV export
Export your data to CSV
by means of an API
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- COPPA
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- PECR
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Plausible is cookieless by default.
The basic tracking code sets no cookie; an optional first-party cookie (lfuuid) can be enabled.
Adobe uses tracking cookies
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
Via e-mail or SMS
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Weekly or monthly email reporting
Flexible scheduled reporting
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Device type, browser & OS
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
Funnel Reporting
Bar chart funnel report
User Flow Reporting
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Use filters to segment your audience
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Cohort Reports
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Retention Reporting
Retention cohort report
Attribution Reporting
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events
Ecommerce revenue tracking
Very flexible ecommerce reporting
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Called activity map
Session Recordings
A/B Testing
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
Custom Properties (Business plan and above)
Custom Metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
By means of adding CSS classes
also called triggers
Up to 1.000 success events
Annotations
Available in Workspace
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.
Lead Forensics support options consist of country-specific phone numbers nu and a form on the website to contact sales or support.
The support of Adobe Analytics consists of an expansive knowledge base and an online community. Phone and chat options exist for certain user types. Besides that, they offer many training options and tutorials.
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