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Rating
5/5
Summary
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.
Chartbeat is a suite of content analytics tools for publishers that lets you track reader engagement on your site, optimize your user experience in real-time, and share key metrics with your team.
An open-source product analytics for developers. It helps engineers understand their product usage, automate events, and user data collection.
AI-powered analytics and attribution platform that unifies website, product, and marketing data in one tool.
Pros
  • Lightweight
  • Open-source
  • Cookieless
  • EU cloud infrastructure
  • Comes with headline testing tool
  • Dashboards are easy to read
  • Reporting is in realtime
  • Good referral report
  • Easy to set up
  • Great interface design
  • Reasonable pricing
  • Good session recordings
  • AI-powered attribution
  • Combined web + product analytics
  • Auto-capture without developers
  • Privacy-friendly
Cons
  • Limited features
  • No audience reporting features
  • Mainly designed for publishers
  • Their pricing is untransparent
  • Traffic sources could be improved
  • Feature flags are limited
  • Limited amount of graph types
  • Filtering could be improved
  • Relatively new player
  • No self-hosting option

Pricing information

Starting Price
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
BasicOn req.
PlusOn req.
PremiumOn req.
Cloud LiteFree
Cloud€0.005 per event / recording
Enterprise Cloud€450 p/m minimum
Free trial period
30 days
14 days
Free plan
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
1-10+ depending on plan
1
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
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)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United States
  • 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
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
Data Ownership
You
Chartbeat
You
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
3-5+ years depending on plan
13 months
Unlimited
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Usermaven does not sample data
Data Import
e.g. import GA data
Historical data ingestion
Google Analytics importer
Data Export
Export your data to CSV
Via API or CSV
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Plausible is cookieless by default.
Uses first-party cookies by default. Cookieless mode is optional.
Posthog has the option to be used without cookies
Cookieless tracking available

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
Receive alerts via Slack or email
Threshold-based alerts
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly email reporting
Subscribe to an Insight or dashboard
Scheduled email reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
AI-powered funnel analysis
User Flow Reporting
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
User journey visualization
Segmentation
Use filters to segment your audience
Segments & cohorts
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Retention analysis (Business plan)
Attribution Reporting
Multi-touch attribution with 7 models
Ecommerce Reporting
Ecommerce revenue tracking
Revenue attribution

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Session Recordings
A/B Testing
Headline A/B testing tool
Feature flags and A/B testing
User Feedback
Surveys

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Properties (Business plan and above)
Custom properties
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Custom dashboards
Custom Events
By means of adding CSS classes
Auto-captured events
Annotations

Support

Support description
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.
Chartbeat's support is accessible by email during regular office hours. Overall they provide extensive documentation, but their support staff is responsive and very knowledgable in case you face issues.
Posthogs' support consists of an extensive knowledge base and community on their website. For enterprise users, support is also available trough a dedicated Slack channel and via e-mail.
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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