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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.
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.
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • It is free and easy to use
  • Great heatmaps
  • Unlimited session recordings
  • No data sampling
  • Great segmentation
  • Good video tracking
  • Customizable
  • Easy report creation
  • Elaborate data import options
  • Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
  • Great support
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Limited reporting features
  • Limited integrations
  • Pricing can be quite steep
  • Tech support can be improved
  • Can be difficult to implement
  • Can be challenging to get educated
  • Steep learning curve
  • Technical knowledge needed for implementation
  • Only a collection tool

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
ClarityFree
SelectOn req.
PrimeOn req.
UltimateOn req.
Test & Experiment TrackingFree
Self-Hosted PipelineOn req.
Snowplow PlatformOn req.
Free trial period
30 days
Free plan
Free plan
14 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
Unlimited
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
  • United Kingdom
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
Microsoft Clarity
Adobe Analytics
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
2 hours
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
13 months
25 months by default
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Data Export
One-click CSV export
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Clarity uses first-party cookies
Adobe uses tracking cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Via e-mail or SMS
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Flexible scheduled reporting

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
Funnel Reporting
Bar chart funnel report
User Flow Reporting
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Cohort Reports
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
Retention cohort report
CLTV Analysis
Attribution Reporting
Simple referral metrics
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events
Very flexible ecommerce reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Click, scroll & area heatmaps
Called activity map
Session Recordings
Filter by actions, duration, pages & device
A/B Testing
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
Up to 1.000 success events
Annotations
Available in Workspace

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
Support is available via chat, email and the support center.
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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