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Rating
5/5
Summary
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
B2B website visitor identification in real-time. Uncover your anonymous B2B website visitors and fuel your business growth.
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
  • The software is open source
  • It is very customizable
  • Ecommerce reporting
  • Privacy friendly
  • The script is lightweight
  • Great for B2B leadgen
  • Company insights
  • Simple implementation
  • The world's largest B2B IP address database
  • Ability to tag users
  • 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
  • Limited reporting features
  • Technical skill required
  • Comply with data privacy regulations
  • You need a secure server
  • Limited features
  • Cluttered interface
  • Crashes sometimes
  • 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
EssentialsOn req.
AutomateOn req.
FreeFree
Starter€39 p/m
Growth€129 p/m
Business€259 p/m
Pro€499 p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
SelectOn req.
PrimeOn req.
UltimateOn req.
Free trial period
Free plan
7 days
14 days
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
Unlimited
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
  • Not applicable
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • 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
Lead Forensics
Mouseflow
Adobe Analytics
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
2 hours
Data Retention
Unlimited
3 months
12 months
25 months by default
Data Sampling
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Data Import
by means of the REST API
by means of an API
through integrations
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Data Export
by means of the REST API
by means of an API
via CSV or to third-party tools by ID push
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
Cookieless
Sets first-party cookies (owa_v, owa_c, session). Lifetimes can be shortened or made session-only.
The basic tracking code sets no cookie; an optional first-party cookie (lfuuid) can be enabled.
Mouseflow uses first-party cookies
Adobe uses tracking cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Via web hook
Via e-mail or SMS
Email 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
Simple funnel report, watch recordings from converters
Bar chart funnel report
User Flow Reporting
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
Segmentation
Segment users to filter heatmaps & recordings
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Cohort Reports
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Retention Reporting
Retention cohort report
Attribution Reporting
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
Ecommerce Reporting
Very flexible ecommerce reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Click, movement, scroll, attention, live & geo heatmaps
Called activity map
Session Recordings
Domstream
Elaborate filtering & livestream options
A/B Testing
User Feedback
Custom triggered text, multiple choice & NPS ratings

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Automatic form tracking
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Custom Events
also called triggers
Custom tagging of recordings
Up to 1.000 success events
Annotations
Available in Workspace

Support

Support description
Because Open Web Analytics is open source, all documentation is found on GitHub. Apart from the community, there are no support options available.
Lead Forensics support options consist of country-specific phone numbers nu and a form on the website to contact sales or support.
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
  • 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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