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Piwik PRO
From €35 per month
Only Piwik PRO has:
- Data Sampling
Simple Analytics
From €15 p/m
No feature only Simple Analytics has.
Lead Forensics
On request
No feature only Lead Forensics has.
Fullstory
Free plan
Only Fullstory has:
- Session Recordings
- A/B Testing
- User Feedback
Piwik PRO
Simple Analytics
Lead Forensics
FullstorySummary
A free analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security. Optimize the customer journey where it was previously impossible.
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.
B2B website visitor identification in real-time. Uncover your anonymous B2B website visitors and fuel your business growth.
Fullstory is a digital experience analytics platform that combines session replay, product analytics and AI-generated insights, with a permanent free plan.
Pros
- Ease of use
- Great authorisation management
- Packed with features
- Community forum
- Intergrated tag & consent management
- Privacy focused
- Cookieless
- Lightweight script
- Good support
- Easy to use
- Great for B2B leadgen
- Company insights
- Simple implementation
- The world's largest B2B IP address database
- Ability to tag users
- Permanent free plan with session replay
- Choice of EU or US data center
- SOC 2 and ISO 27001, 27701 and 42001 certifications
- Warehouse sync to BigQuery, Snowflake and Redshift
Cons
- No progressive payment plan
- Ecommerce reporting can be improved
- Limited features due to cookieless
- Not very customisable
- No free version
- Limited features
- Cluttered interface
- Crashes sometimes
- Paid prices not published
- Dashboards and StoryAI not in the free plan
- Alerts and retention reports need an Advanced or Enterprise plan
- Moving to the EU data center means opening a new account
Pricing information
Starting Price
- Core - 500k€35 p/m
- Enterprise€366 p/m
- Starter€15 p/m
- Business€40 p/m
- EnterpriseOn req.
- EssentialsOn req.
- AutomateOn req.
- FullstoryFreeFree
- BusinessOn req.
- AdvancedOn req.
- EnterpriseOn req.
Free trial period
Free plan
14 days
7 days
Free plan
Account Management
Trackable Items
10 sites or apps (free) Unlimited (Enterprise)
5-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
10 on FullstoryFree, paid plans not published
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)
- United Kingdom
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
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
Lead Forensics
You
Data Freshness
30 min
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Up to 25 months
Unlimited
3 months
12 months on FullstoryFree, paid plans not published
Data Sampling
By default Piwik does not sample data
Data Import
Import cost data, search keywords, user/client ID and audience data
GA importer included
by means of an API
Browser and Server APIs, Segment and Tealium integrations
Data Export
As CSV, XML, JSON, or via an API
As CSV or via API
by means of an API
Anywhere Warehouse (hourly sync to BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake), add-on
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- LGPD
- ePrivacy
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
Cookieless
Piwik features a cookieless tracking option
Simple Analytics is cookieless by default.
The basic tracking code sets no cookie; an optional first-party cookie (lfuuid) can be enabled.
Capture needs the first-party fs_uid cookie
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Email alerts based on thresholds
Metric, segment and opportunity alerts by email, in-app, Slack, Teams; Advanced and Enterprise
Email Reports
Daily, weekly or monthly reports
Daily, weekly, monthly
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Curved and linear trend lines
Metric trends
Device Reporting
Device breakdown
Funnel Reporting
Detailed funnel report up to 5 steps
Line up goals for simple funnel
Funnels and conversions
User Flow Reporting
Standard, transition & reverse Sankey charts
Journey maps, page flows
Segmentation
Unlimited segments
Filter dashboard with visitor attributes
User segments
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Customer loyalty eCommerce report
Advanced and Enterprise
Attribution Reporting
Multi-channel attribution with 98% accuracy
Ecommerce Reporting
Overview, order list, product, days and sessions to purchase & customer loyalty
Order Completed and Product Purchased events
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Create an overlay with the site inspector Chrome extension
Click and scroll maps
Session Recordings
Session replay, included in FullstoryFree
A/B Testing
A/B experiments in Guides and Surveys add-on; Optimizely integration
User Feedback
Guides and Surveys add-on
Customizability
Custom Properties
200 slots for each scope and they can't be removed
Custom event and user properties
Custom Metrics
Also called Calculated metrics
Custom calculations
Custom Reports
Dashboards, paid plans
Custom Events
Include category, action, and optionally name and value
also called triggers
Annotations
Add to any graph or include them in scheduled reports or alerts
Able to include links in annotations
Support
Support description
Piwik Pro offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. They have support offices for different regions which can be contacted by email and phone.
Simple Analytics offers knowledgable support through phone and email.
Lead Forensics support options consist of country-specific phone numbers nu and a form on the website to contact sales or support.
Support is by email and support ticket during regional weekday business hours, with a help center and community forum. Free plan tickets have a 2 business day response target, paying customers 1 business day. A Premium Support add-on gives 24/7 critical support. The FullstoryFree help article lists email support as a paid plan feature, while the support hours article lists a response target for free plan customers.
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
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