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Matomo Analytics

Free plan

Has, and not every other tool does:

  • Data Sampling
  • Data Import
  • Cookieless
  • Custom Alerts
  • Email Reports
  • Device Reporting
  • User Flow Reporting
  • Segmentation
  • Cohort Reports
  • Retention Reporting
  • Attribution Reporting
  • Heatmaps
  • Session Recordings
  • A/B Testing
  • Custom Properties
  • Custom Metrics
  • Custom Reports
  • Annotations

Plausible Analytics

From $9 p/m

Has, and not every other tool does:

  • Data Import
  • Cookieless
  • Custom Alerts
  • Email Reports
  • Device Reporting
  • User Flow Reporting
  • Segmentation
  • Custom Properties
  • Custom Metrics

Open Web Analytics

Has, and not every other tool does:

  • Data Import
  • Attribution Reporting
  • Heatmaps
  • Session Recordings
  • Custom Properties
  • Custom Metrics

Umami

Has, and not every other tool does:

  • Data Sampling
  • Cookieless
  • Custom Alerts
  • Device Reporting
  • User Flow Reporting
  • Segmentation
  • Attribution Reporting
  • Session Recordings
  • Custom Reports
Summary
A free privacy focussed open-source web analytics tool, which gives you 100% data-ownership. You can even use Matomo without needing to ask for consent.
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.
Open Web Analytics is the free and open source web analytics framework that lets you stay in control of how you instrument and analyze the use of your websites and application
An open-source marketing analytics tool that respects data-privacy. With two hosting options, it is completely cookieless and it lets you own all your data.
Pros
  • Data display
  • Flexible data visualisation
  • Engagement reporting
  • Privacy oriented
  • Lightweight
  • Open-source
  • Cookieless
  • EU cloud infrastructure
  • The software is open source
  • It is very customizable
  • Ecommerce reporting
  • Privacy friendly
  • The script is lightweight
  • Open-source
  • Simple to understand interface
  • You own your data
  • Provacy-friendly
  • Lightweight script (2kb)
Cons
  • Integrations
  • Branding method
  • Limited features
  • No audience reporting features
  • Limited reporting features
  • Technical skill required
  • Comply with data privacy regulations
  • You need a secure server
  • Not a great amount of features

Pricing information

Starting Price
  • On-PremiseFree
  • Cloud€19+ p/m
  • 10k page views$9 p/m
  • 100k page views$19 p/m
  • 200k page views$29 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
  • EnterpriseOn req.
Free trial period
21 days
30 days
Free plan
14 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
30
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
Unlimited for all plans
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)
  • Not applicable
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
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
You
You
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
3-5+ years depending on plan
Unlimited
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Umami does not sample data
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
e.g. import GA data
by means of the REST API
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
Export your data to CSV
by means of the REST API
via API as JSON file
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Plausible is cookieless by default.
Sets first-party cookies (owa_v, owa_c, session). Lifetimes can be shortened or made session-only.
Umami Analytics does not use cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
for Business & Enterprise plans
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Weekly or monthly email reporting

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
User journey analysis
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
Use filters to segment your audience
Simple filters like browser, OS, and country
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Retention Reporting
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
UTM & channel attribution
Ecommerce Reporting
Ecommerce revenue tracking
Revenue tracking

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
Domstream
Session replays
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom Properties (Business plan and above)
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Custom Events
By means of adding CSS classes
Track everything from clicks to form submit
Annotations
On any graph or via API

Support

Support description
Matomo offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. Because Matomo is an open source product, you can also get help from a large community. Do you need personal help? Contact Matomo's support team for general issues or contact Innocraft for Matomo Cloud-hosted services.
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.
Because Open Web Analytics is open source, all documentation is found on GitHub. Apart from the community, there are no support options available.
The support options of Umami Analytics consist of a knowledge base, an online community and you can contact them via e-mail.
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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