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Rating
4.5/5
5/5
Summary
A customisable and free web analytics tool. Get insights into user behavior with an event-based tracking model, and know what drives sales and traffic with extensive attribution methods.
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.
A B2B tool that helps businesses identify and track website visitors in order to generate leads and improve their sales and marketing efforts.
B2B website visitor identification in real-time. Uncover your anonymous B2B website visitors and fuel your business growth.
Pros
  • GA4 is free to use
  • Many functionalities
  • The reports are customisable
  • Large community
  • Extensive documentation
  • GA4 is easily scalable
  • Lightweight
  • Open-source
  • Cookieless
  • EU cloud infrastructure
  • Great for B2B leadgen
  • Quality company insights
  • Modern user interface
  • Responsive support
  • Easy to set up
  • Great for B2B leadgen
  • Company insights
  • Simple implementation
  • The world's largest B2B IP address database
  • Ability to tag users
Cons
  • Steep learning curve
  • Implementation can be hard
  • Inaccurate data sampling
  • UI is not easy to use
  • Limited features
  • No audience reporting features
  • Limited features
  • Pricing based on company ID's, relevant or not
  • Slight learning curve
  • Limited features
  • Cluttered interface
  • Crashes sometimes

Pricing information

Starting Price
StandardFree
GA4 360$50k+ per year
10k page views$9 p/m
EnterpriseOn 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
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.
EssentialsOn req.
AutomateOn req.
Free trial period
Free plan
30 days
14 days
7 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
100
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 Kingdom
  • United States
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • 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
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
Data Ownership
Google Analytics 4
You
Snitcher
Lead Forensics
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
3-5+ years depending on plan
12 months*
3 months
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
e.g. import GA data
by means of an API
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
Export your data to CSV
by means of an API
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Plausible is cookieless by default.
Sets one first-party cookie, snitcher_device_id (1 year).
The basic tracking code sets no cookie; an optional first-party cookie (lfuuid) can be enabled.

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Weekly or monthly email reporting

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Use filters to segment your audience
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Ecommerce revenue tracking

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
A/B Testing
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Custom Properties (Business plan and above)
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
By means of adding CSS classes
also called triggers
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024

Support

Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
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 via a contact form (answered by email), live chat and the help 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
  • 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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