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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.
A B2B leadgeneration tool. Start identifying your B2B website visitors and grow your sales funnel. Generate more and better leads than your competition.
B2B website visitor identification in real-time. Uncover your anonymous B2B website visitors and fuel your business growth.
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
Pros
  • GA4 is free to use
  • Many functionalities
  • The reports are customisable
  • Large community
  • Extensive documentation
  • GA4 is easily scalable
  • Company insights
  • Session Recordings
  • Geographic results
  • CRM integration
  • Great for B2B leadgen
  • Company insights
  • Simple implementation
  • The world's largest B2B IP address database
  • Ability to tag users
  • Great segmentation
  • Good video tracking
  • Customizable
  • Easy report creation
Cons
  • Steep learning curve
  • Implementation can be hard
  • Inaccurate data sampling
  • UI is not easy to use
  • Limited features
  • Specific use-case
  • Not very customizable
  • Quite steep pricing
  • Limited features
  • Cluttered interface
  • Crashes sometimes
  • Pricing can be quite steep
  • Tech support can be improved
  • Can be difficult to implement
  • Can be challenging to get educated

Pricing information

Starting Price
StandardFree
GA4 360$50k+ per year
Starter€69+ p/m
Scale€159+ p/m
Pro€359+ p/m
5.000+ company ID'sOn req.
EssentialsOn req.
AutomateOn req.
SelectOn req.
PrimeOn req.
UltimateOn req.
Free trial period
Free plan
14 days
7 days
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
100
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
3 to unlimited, by 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)
  • 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
Google Analytics 4
Leadinfo
Lead Forensics
Adobe Analytics
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
Realtime
Realtime
2 hours
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
30 days
3 months
25 months by default
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
Used for bulk tagging leads
by means of an API
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
Elaborate lead export in CSV or for Linkedin
by means of an API
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Sets first-party cookies _li_id (2 years) and _li_ses (session) by default; an optional cookieless mode exists.
The basic tracking code sets no cookie; an optional first-party cookie (lfuuid) can be enabled.
Adobe uses tracking cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Via e-mail or SMS
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Daily, weekly or monthly lead overview
Flexible scheduled reporting

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Analyse your peak hours
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
Bar chart funnel report
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Filter leads by country, channel or page
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Retention cohort report
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Simple referral widget
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Very flexible ecommerce reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Called activity map
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
Included from the Scale plan
A/B Testing
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Define your own labels
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
Define triggers to label a lead or send them to CRM
also called triggers
Up to 1.000 success events
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024
Available in Workspace

Support

Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
Email support on Starter, phone support from Scale, a dedicated customer success manager on Pro, plus a help center.
Lead Forensics support options consist of country-specific phone numbers nu and a form on the website to contact sales or support.
The support of Adobe Analytics consists of an expansive knowledge base and an online community. Phone and chat options exist for certain user types. Besides that, they offer many training options and tutorials.
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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