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Compare Analytics Tools
Matomo Analytics
Free plan
Has, and not every other tool does:
- Data Sampling
- Data Import
- Cookieless
- Custom Alerts
- Email Reports
- Funnel Reporting
- User Flow Reporting
- Cohort Reports
- Retention Reporting
- Attribution Reporting
- Ecommerce Reporting
- Heatmaps
- Session Recordings
- A/B Testing
- Custom Properties
- Custom Metrics
- Custom Reports
- Annotations
Simple Analytics
From €15 p/m
Has, and not every other tool does:
- Data Import
- Cookieless
- Email Reports
- Funnel Reporting
- Annotations
Microsoft Clarity
Free plan
Has, and not every other tool does:
- Attribution Reporting
- Heatmaps
- Session Recordings
- Custom Properties
Umami
Has, and not every other tool does:
- Data Sampling
- Cookieless
- Custom Alerts
- Funnel Reporting
- User Flow Reporting
- Attribution Reporting
- Ecommerce 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.
One easy dashboard to see how many visitors are coming to your website, where they come from and what they do once they're there. Without cookies. Without stalking. Still lightweight.
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.
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
- Privacy focused
- Cookieless
- Lightweight script
- Good support
- Easy to use
- It is free and easy to use
- Great heatmaps
- Unlimited session recordings
- No data sampling
- Open-source
- Simple to understand interface
- You own your data
- Provacy-friendly
- Lightweight script (2kb)
Cons
- Integrations
- Branding method
- Limited features due to cookieless
- Not very customisable
- No free version
- Limited reporting features
- Limited integrations
- Not a great amount of features
Pricing information
Starting Price
- On-PremiseFree
- Cloud€19+ p/m
- Starter€15 p/m
- Business€40 p/m
- EnterpriseOn req.
- ClarityFree
Free trial period
21 days
14 days
Free plan
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
30
5-10+ 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)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
- 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
Microsoft Clarity
You
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
Unlimited
13 months
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Umami does not sample data
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
GA importer included
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
As CSV or via API
via API as JSON file
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Simple Analytics is cookieless by default.
Clarity uses first-party cookies
Umami Analytics does not use cookies
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
for Business & Enterprise plans
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Daily, weekly, monthly
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Curved and linear trend lines
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
Line up goals for simple funnel
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
User journey analysis
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
Filter dashboard with visitor attributes
Simple filters like browser, OS, and country
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Retention Reporting
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Simple referral metrics
UTM & channel attribution
Ecommerce Reporting
Revenue tracking
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Click, scroll & area heatmaps
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
Filter by actions, duration, pages & device
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 Metrics
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Custom Events
Track everything from clicks to form submit
Annotations
On any graph or via API
Able to include links in annotations
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.
Simple Analytics offers knowledgable support through phone and email.
Support is available via chat, email and the support center.
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
- 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