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Google Analytics 4
Free plan
Only Google Analytics 4 has:
- Ecommerce Reporting
Mixpanel
Free plan
Only Mixpanel has:
- Heatmaps
Simple Analytics
From €15 p/m
No feature only Simple Analytics has.
Chartbeat
On request
No feature only Chartbeat has.
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.
Powerful, self-serve product analytics to help you convert, engage, and retain more users. Build funnels, see top user flows, create cohorts, and more with just a few clicks.
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.
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.
Pros
- GA4 is free to use
- Many functionalities
- The reports are customisable
- Large community
- Extensive documentation
- GA4 is easily scalable
- Interface is easy to understand
- Great support options
- Reporting is in realtime
- Good community
- Privacy focused
- Cookieless
- Lightweight script
- Good support
- Easy to use
- Comes with headline testing tool
- Dashboards are easy to read
- Reporting is in realtime
- Good referral report
Cons
- Steep learning curve
- Implementation can be hard
- Inaccurate data sampling
- UI is not easy to use
- Event setup requires tech skills
- Contains hard to discover features
- Has a steep learning curve
- Limited features due to cookieless
- Not very customisable
- No free version
- Mainly designed for publishers
- Their pricing is untransparent
- Traffic sources could be improved
Pricing information
Starting Price
- StandardFree
- GA4 360$50k+ per year
- FreeFree
- EnterpriseOn req.
- Starter€15 p/m
- Business€40 p/m
- EnterpriseOn req.
- BasicOn req.
- PlusOn req.
- PremiumOn req.
Free trial period
Free plan
Free plan
14 days
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
100
1
5-10+ depending on plan
1
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
Mixpanel
You
Chartbeat
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
Unlimited
Unlimited
13 months
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
Via one-off script or Ingestion API
GA importer included
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
Via raw data export API
As CSV or via API
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Mixpanel relies on first-party cookies
Simple Analytics is cookieless by default.
Uses first-party cookies by default. Cookieless mode is optional.
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Hourly, daily, or weekly base on event threshold
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Same as custom alerts
Daily, weekly, monthly
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Curved and linear trend lines
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
Funnel trend, time to convert & frequency visualisations
Line up goals for simple funnel
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
Sankey chart with selected, immediate & drop off events
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Automatically find interesting segments & receive per email
Filter dashboard with visitor attributes
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
User cohorts of users to filter reports
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Retention curves, trends & user cohort buckets
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Simple UTM tracking with "first touch" attribution
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Option to track purchases but no special reporting
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
A/B Testing
Experiments
Headline A/B testing tool
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
Max 255 properties per event
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Unlimited custom dahboards & reports
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
Combine events into a custom event
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024
Directly on the linechart in Insights
Able to include links in annotations
Support
Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
Mixpanel offer extensive documentation and knowledgable support through a ticketing system. They have a support email address but regular support requests are directed to the ticketing system. Join their Slack group for community access.
Simple Analytics offers knowledgable support through phone and email.
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.
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