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Summary
A free analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security. Optimize the customer journey where it was previously impossible.
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
Ultimate open-source analytics to satisfy all your needs. Track every metric you need without invading your users' privacy.
Pros
- Ease of use
- Great authorisation management
- Packed with features
- Community forum
- Intergrated tag & consent management
- Great segmentation
- Good video tracking
- Customizable
- Easy report creation
- Elaborate data import options
- Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
- Great support
- Privacy-focused
- Performance monitoring
- Open-source
- Browser extensions for quick access to analytics
- Messenger integrations
Cons
- No progressive payment plan
- Ecommerce reporting can be improved
- Pricing can be quite steep
- Tech support can be improved
- Can be difficult to implement
- Can be challenging to get educated
- Steep learning curve
- Technical knowledge needed for implementation
- Only a collection tool
- Limited integration capabilities
Pricing information
Starting Price
| Core - 500k | €35 p/m |
| Enterprise | €366 p/m |
| Select | On req. |
| Prime | On req. |
| Ultimate | On req. |
| Test & Experiment Tracking | Free |
| Self-Hosted Pipeline | On req. |
| Snowplow Platform | On req. |
| Hobby | $5 / mo |
| Freelancer | $15 / mo |
| Startup | $59 / mo |
| Enterprise | $110 / mo |
Free trial period
Free plan
Free plan
14 days
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
10 sites or apps (free) Unlimited (Enterprise)
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
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)
- United States
- 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
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
- On-Premise
Data Ownership
You
Adobe Analytics
You
You
Data Freshness
30 min
2 hours
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Up to 25 months
25 months by default
Unlimited
Unlimited
Data Sampling
By default Piwik does not sample data
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Swetrix does not sample data
Data Import
Import cost data, search keywords, user/client ID and audience data
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Data Export
As CSV, XML, JSON, or via an API
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
via API, CSV, JSON or any other format (users are able to write custom extensions for that)
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- LGPD
- ePrivacy
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- CPPA
Cookieless
Piwik features a cookieless tracking option
Adobe uses tracking cookies
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Email alerts based on thresholds
Via e-mail or SMS
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Email Reports
Daily, weekly or monthly reports
Flexible scheduled reporting
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly
Reporting
Trend Reporting
We offer AI based traffic forecasting & trend monitoring
Device Reporting
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
Country, browser, device type, language, utm_* metrics, performance statistics and more
Funnel Reporting
Detailed funnel report up to 5 steps
Bar chart funnel report
User Flow Reporting
Standard, transition & reverse Sankey charts
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
Segmentation
Unlimited segments
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
You can segment data via multiple filters, apply specific timeframes & periods
Cohort Reports
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
Customer loyalty eCommerce report
Retention cohort report
CLTV Analysis
Attribution Reporting
Multi-channel attribution with 98% accuracy
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
Ecommerce Reporting
Overview, order list, product, days and sessions to purchase & customer loyalty
Very flexible ecommerce reporting
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Create an overlay with the site inspector Chrome extension
Called activity map
Session Recordings
A/B Testing
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
200 slots for each scope and they can't be removed
Custom Metrics
Also called Calculated metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Receive custom reports by email. You can also add unlimited amount of email addresses to be subscribed to the traffic report newsletter.
Custom Events
Include category, action, and optionally name and value
Up to 1.000 success events
You can track custom events. Custom events also support lots of customisations (e.g. you may track if you want 1 custom event per 1 unique session, etc).
Annotations
Add to any graph or include them in scheduled reports or alerts
Available in Workspace
Soon to be released
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.
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.
Swetrix offers online support in the chatbox on the website, via social-media (i.e. Twitter, Linkedin, Discord) and via Email.
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