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Rating
4/5
5/5
Summary
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.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
Pirsch is a simple, cookie-free, open-source web analytics solution that integrates easily into your website or backend.
Pros
  • It is free and easy to use
  • Great heatmaps
  • Unlimited session recordings
  • No data sampling
  • Elaborate data import options
  • Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
  • Great support
  • Lightweight, cookie-free and open-source
  • Pirsch's backend integration requires no client-side scripts and delivers the same accurate results without the interference of adblockers
  • Extensive API
  • Fully-fledged access management
  • Comprehensive filtering by any metric including event metadata
Cons
  • Limited reporting features
  • Limited integrations
  • Steep learning curve
  • Technical knowledge needed for implementation
  • Only a collection tool
  • Visitors are only recognized for up to 24 hours to comply with the privacy policy
  • Heatmaps and session recordings are not available

Pricing information

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

Account Management

Trackable Items
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Account Security
  • 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
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
Software Hosting
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
Data Ownership
Microsoft Clarity
You
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
13 months
Unlimited
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Data Import
Import from Plausible, Fathom or Google Analytics
Data Export
via API or CSV
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • PECR
Cookieless
Clarity uses first-party cookies
Pirsch Analytics does not use cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Email Reports
Daily, Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Device type, OS, Browser, Browser version, Screen size
Funnel Reporting
Analyze Funnels
User Flow Reporting
Entry and exit pages
Segmentation
Extensive filtering by any metric
Cohort Reports
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
CLTV Analysis
Attribution Reporting
Simple referral metrics
Ecommerce Reporting
Possible with custom events and goals

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Click, scroll & area heatmaps
Session Recordings
Filter by actions, duration, pages & device
A/B Testing
Tag-based A/B testing and segmentation
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
As part of custom events
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Custom Events
With additional metadata fields (key-value pairs).
Annotations

Support

Support description
Support is available via chat, email and the support center.
Email support, public Discord server
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
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