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Google Analytics 4

Free plan

Only Google Analytics 4 has:

  • Custom Alerts
  • Cohort Reports

Amplitude

Free plan

No feature only Amplitude has.

Microsoft Clarity

Free plan

No feature only Microsoft Clarity has.

Lucky Orange

No feature only Lucky Orange 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.
Give your teams a self-service digital analytics platform to understand your users, drive conversions, and increase engagement, growth and revenue. Ideal for product or gowth teams.
Clarity is a free, easy-to-use tool that captures how real people actually use your site. Setup is easy and you'll start getting data in minutes.
A website UX tool. See how your visitors actually use your website. It features visitor recordings, live chat, heat map suite, analytics, polls, & more.
Pros
  • GA4 is free to use
  • Many functionalities
  • The reports are customisable
  • Large community
  • Extensive documentation
  • GA4 is easily scalable
  • Simple & Intuïtive
  • User segmentation
  • Data visualisations
  • Feature Analytics
  • It is free and easy to use
  • Great heatmaps
  • Unlimited session recordings
  • No data sampling
  • Easy to use
  • Great tagging feature
  • Attentive support team
Cons
  • Steep learning curve
  • Implementation can be hard
  • Inaccurate data sampling
  • UI is not easy to use
  • Dashboard customisation
  • Limited free plan
  • User support access
  • Pricing transparency
  • Limited reporting features
  • Limited integrations
  • New version can be glitchy
  • Slight learning curve for beginners

Pricing information

Starting Price
  • StandardFree
  • GA4 360$50k+ per year
  • StarterFree
  • Growth$49+ p/m
  • EnterpriseOn req.
  • ClarityFree
Free trial period
Free plan
Free plan
Free plan
7 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
100
Unlimited
Unlimited
1 per plan but option to add 1 for €5
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited for all plans
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 Kingdom
  • United States
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United States
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United States
  • 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
You
Microsoft Clarity
Lucky Orange
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
Unlimited
13 months
2 months for heatmaps & recordings and 12 for other features
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
Via SDK, API, GCS, AWS & more
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
To GCS, BigQuery, Redshift & more
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Amplitude relies on first-party cookies.
Clarity uses first-party cookies
Lucky orange uses first-party cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Subscribe to dashboard for daily reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
Flexible funnels to analyse conversion, time to convert & more
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
Standard & reverse Sankey charts
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Retention Analysis and Lifecycle charts
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Simple referral metrics
Simple referrer graph
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Elaborate Ecommerce reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Click, scroll & area heatmaps
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
Session Replay
Filter by actions, duration, pages & device
A/B Testing
A/B testing & feature flagging with Amplitude Experiment
User Feedback
Guides and Surveys

Customizability

Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
20 custom formulas to create the metric you need
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
Create a custom event from existing events
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024

Support

Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
The support of Amplitude consists of a ticketing system, an extensive knowledge base, a community and email support depending on your plan.
Support is available via chat, email and the support center.
Lucky Orange offers support by means of email, a live chat, and a ticketing system. Besides that, they have an extensive knowledge base and they offer an onboarding service.
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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