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Fathom Analytics

From $15 p/m

Has, and not every other tool does:

  • Data Import
  • Cookieless
  • Email Reports
  • Ecommerce Reporting

Plausible Analytics

From $9 p/m

Has, and not every other tool does:

  • Data Import
  • Cookieless
  • Custom Alerts
  • Email Reports
  • Funnel Reporting
  • User Flow Reporting
  • Ecommerce Reporting
  • Custom Properties
  • Custom Metrics

Microsoft Clarity

Free plan

Has, and not every other tool does:

  • Attribution Reporting
  • Heatmaps
  • Session Recordings
  • Custom Properties

Snitcher

From $49 per month

Has, and not every other tool does:

  • Email Reports
  • Attribution Reporting
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.
Lightweight and open source web analytics. No cookies and fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR. Made and hosted in the EU, on European cloud infrastructure.
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 B2B tool that helps businesses identify and track website visitors in order to generate leads and improve their sales and marketing efforts.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • Lightweight
  • Open-source
  • Cookieless
  • EU cloud infrastructure
  • It is free and easy to use
  • Great heatmaps
  • Unlimited session recordings
  • No data sampling
  • Great for B2B leadgen
  • Quality company insights
  • Modern user interface
  • Responsive support
  • Easy to set up
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Limited features
  • No audience reporting features
  • Limited reporting features
  • Limited integrations
  • Limited features
  • Pricing based on company ID's, relevant or not
  • Slight learning curve

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
  • 10k page views$9 p/m
  • 100k page views$19 p/m
  • 200k page views$29 p/m
  • 500k page views$49 p/m
  • 1M page views$69 p/m
  • 2M page views$89 p/m
  • 5M page views$129 p/m
  • 10M page views$169 p/m
  • EnterpriseOn req.
  • ClarityFree
  • 0-50 company ID's$49 p/m
  • 51-100 company ID's$69 p/m
  • 101-250 company ID's$99 p/m
  • 251-500 company ID's$139 p/m
  • 501-750 company ID's$179 p/m
  • 751-1.000 company ID's$229 p/m
  • 1.001-2.000 company ID's$279 p/m
  • 2.001-3.000 company ID's$349 p/m
  • 3.001-4.000 company ID's$439 p/m
  • 4.001-5.000 company ID's$529 p/m
  • 5.000+ company ID'sOn req.
Free trial period
30 days
30 days
Free plan
14 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
1-10+ depending on plan
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)
  • 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
Snitcher
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
3-5+ years depending on plan
13 months
12 months*
Data Sampling
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
e.g. import GA data
Data Export
One-click CSV export
Export your data to CSV
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Plausible is cookieless by default.
Clarity uses first-party cookies
Sets one first-party cookie, snitcher_device_id (1 year).

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Weekly or monthly email reporting

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Device type, browser & OS
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Funnel Reporting
User Flow Reporting
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Use filters to segment your audience
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Attribution Reporting
Simple referral metrics
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events
Ecommerce revenue tracking

User Experience Features

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

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Properties (Business plan and above)
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
By means of adding CSS classes
Annotations

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
Plausible offers extensive documentation which is the first place to find answers. Still haven't found what you're looking for? Contact their email support for knowledgable support.
Support is available via chat, email and the support center.
Support via a contact form (answered by email), live chat and the help center.
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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