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Rating
5/5
5/5
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.
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
Optimize your website with certainty, not assumption. Watch real user journeys, with automatic Friction Scores that detects where to focus first.
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
Pros
- Data display
- Flexible data visualisation
- Engagement reporting
- Privacy oriented
- The software is open source
- It is very customizable
- Ecommerce reporting
- Privacy friendly
- The script is lightweight
- Intuitive dashboards
- Great filtering
- Possibility to tag elements
- Helpfull support
- Automatic form tracking
- User feedback surveys
- Great segmentation
- Good video tracking
- Customizable
- Easy report creation
Cons
- Integrations
- Branding method
- Limited reporting features
- Technical skill required
- Comply with data privacy regulations
- You need a secure server
- Lack of insight for Iframe recordings
- Funnels could be improved
- You run into credit limit quite fast
- 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
| On-Premise | Free |
| Cloud | €19+ p/m |
| Free | Free |
| Starter | €39 p/m |
| Growth | €129 p/m |
| Business | €259 p/m |
| Pro | €499 p/m |
| Enterprise | On req. |
| Select | On req. |
| Prime | On req. |
| Ultimate | On req. |
Free trial period
21 days
Free plan
14 days
Free plan
Account Management
Trackable Items
30
Unlimited
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)
- Not applicable
- 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
Mouseflow
Adobe Analytics
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
Realtime
2 hours
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
Unlimited
12 months
25 months by default
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
by means of the REST API
through integrations
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
by means of the REST API
via CSV or to third-party tools by ID push
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- PECR
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Sets first-party cookies (owa_v, owa_c, session). Lifetimes can be shortened or made session-only.
Mouseflow uses first-party cookies
Adobe uses tracking cookies
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Via web hook
Via e-mail or SMS
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Hourly, daily, or weekly emails
Flexible scheduled reporting
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Simple visitor trend graphs
Device Reporting
Filter by device type, OS, browser & screen resolution
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
Simple funnel report, watch recordings from converters
Bar chart funnel report
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
Segment users to filter heatmaps & recordings
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Retention Reporting
Retention cohort report
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
Ecommerce Reporting
Very flexible ecommerce reporting
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Click, movement, scroll, attention, live & geo heatmaps
Called activity map
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
Domstream
Elaborate filtering & livestream options
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
User Feedback
Custom triggered text, multiple choice & NPS ratings
Customizability
Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom Metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Automatic form tracking
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Custom Events
Custom tagging of recordings
Up to 1.000 success events
Annotations
On any graph or via API
Available in Workspace
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.
Because Open Web Analytics is open source, all documentation is found on GitHub. Apart from the community, there are no support options available.
Mouseflow provides support in four languages and through phone, email, and an extensive knowledge base
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