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Rating
5/5
4/5
Summary
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.
B2B website visitor identification in real-time. Uncover your anonymous B2B website visitors and fuel your business growth.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
Pros
- 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
- Company insights
- Simple implementation
- The world's largest B2B IP address database
- Ability to tag users
- Elaborate data import options
- Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
- Great support
Cons
- Limited features
- No audience reporting features
- Limited reporting features
- Limited integrations
- Limited features
- Cluttered interface
- Crashes sometimes
- Steep learning curve
- Technical knowledge needed for implementation
- Only a collection tool
Pricing information
Starting Price
| 10k page views | $9 p/m |
| Enterprise | On req. |
| 200k page views | $29 p/m |
| 100k page views | $19 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 |
| Clarity | Free |
| Essentials | On req. |
| Automate | On req. |
| Test & Experiment Tracking | Free |
| Self-Hosted Pipeline | On req. |
| Snowplow Platform | On req. |
Free trial period
30 days
Free plan
7 days
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
1-10+ depending on plan
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)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
- United Kingdom
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- 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
Lead Forensics
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
3-5+ years depending on plan
13 months
3 months
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Data Import
e.g. import GA data
by means of an API
Data Export
Export your data to CSV
by means of an API
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
Cookieless
Plausible is cookieless by default.
Clarity uses first-party cookies
The basic tracking code sets no cookie; an optional first-party cookie (lfuuid) can be enabled.
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly email reporting
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Funnel Reporting
User Flow Reporting
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
Segmentation
Use filters to segment your audience
Cohort Reports
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
CLTV Analysis
Attribution Reporting
Simple referral metrics
Ecommerce Reporting
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
By means of adding CSS classes
also called triggers
Annotations
Support
Support description
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.
Lead Forensics support options consist of country-specific phone numbers nu and a form on the website to contact sales or support.
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