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Rating
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.
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.
Optimize your website with certainty, not assumption. Watch real user journeys, with automatic Friction Scores that detects where to focus first.
A website optimization tool to analyze visitor's behavior across email & ad campaigns. Investigate buyers' journeys, identify audience segments present across webpages, and spot issues.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • Comes with headline testing tool
  • Dashboards are easy to read
  • Reporting is in realtime
  • Good referral report
  • Intuitive dashboards
  • Great filtering
  • Possibility to tag elements
  • Helpfull support
  • Automatic form tracking
  • User feedback surveys
  • Easy heatmaps
  • Customer feedback surveys
  • Simple but good A/B testing
  • Easy to set up
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Mainly designed for publishers
  • Their pricing is untransparent
  • Traffic sources could be improved
  • Lack of insight for Iframe recordings
  • Funnels could be improved
  • You run into credit limit quite fast
  • Few intergrations with other tools
  • Easy to hit the max number of snapshots

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
BasicOn req.
PlusOn req.
PremiumOn req.
FreeFree
Starter€39 p/m
Growth€129 p/m
Business€259 p/m
Pro€499 p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
Basic$29 p/m
Plus$99 p/m
Pro$249 p/m
Enterprise$599 p/m
Free trial period
30 days
14 days
14 days
30 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
1
10
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
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 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
Mouseflow
Crazy Egg
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
13 months
12 months
Between 3 & 24 months depending on the plan
Data Sampling
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
through integrations
Data Export
One-click CSV export
via CSV or to third-party tools by ID push
Download reports or snapshots as a zipfile or CSV
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • ePrivacy
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Uses first-party cookies by default. Cookieless mode is optional.
Mouseflow uses first-party cookies
Crazy Egg uses first-party cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Via web hook
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Hourly, daily, or weekly emails
Receive reports or Snapshots by mail

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Simple visitor trend graphs
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Filter by device type, OS, browser & screen resolution
See which device the user used
Funnel Reporting
Simple funnel report, watch recordings from converters
User Flow Reporting
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Segment users to filter heatmaps & recordings
Segment users by device, location, etc.
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Attribution Reporting
By means of referral tracking
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Click, movement, scroll, attention, live & geo heatmaps
Heatmap, scrollmap, confetti report, overlay & list
Session Recordings
Elaborate filtering & livestream options
A/B Testing
Headline A/B testing tool
With realtime results
User Feedback
Custom triggered text, multiple choice & NPS ratings
Surveys, NPS scores & ratings

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom tagging for segmenting users
Custom Metrics
Custom users variables
Custom Reports
Automatic form tracking
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
Custom tagging of recordings
Annotations

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email 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.
Mouseflow provides support in four languages and through phone, email, and an extensive knowledge base
Crazy Egg offers an extensive knowledge base, a ticketing system, and email as their support options. For the plus, pro, and enterprise plans it offers priority 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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