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Fathom Analytics

From $15 p/m

No feature only Fathom Analytics has.

PostHog

Free plan

Only PostHog has:

  • Cohort Reports

Swetrix

From $5 / mo

Only Swetrix has:

  • Data Sampling

Fullstory

Free plan

Only Fullstory has:

  • Custom Properties
Summary
Privacy-focused website analytics without compromise. Fathom doesn’t compromise visitor privacy for data. It made website analytics easy to use and respectful of privacy laws.
An open-source product analytics for developers. It helps engineers understand their product usage, automate events, and user data collection.
Ultimate open-source analytics to satisfy all your needs. Track every metric you need without invading your users' privacy.
Fullstory is a digital experience analytics platform that combines session replay, product analytics and AI-generated insights, with a permanent free plan.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • Easy to set up
  • Great interface design
  • Reasonable pricing
  • Good session recordings
  • Privacy-focused
  • Performance monitoring
  • Open-source
  • Browser extensions for quick access to analytics
  • Messenger integrations
  • 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 data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Feature flags are limited
  • Limited amount of graph types
  • Filtering could be improved
  • Limited integration capabilities
  • 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
  • 100k page views$15 p/m
  • 200k page views$25 p/m
  • 500k page views$45 p/m
  • 1 Million page views$60 p/m
  • 2 Million page views$100 p/m
  • Cloud LiteFree
  • Cloud€0.005 per event / recording
  • Enterprise Cloud€450 p/m minimum
  • Hobby$5 / mo
  • Freelancer$15 / mo
  • Startup$59 / mo
  • Enterprise$110 / mo
  • FullstoryFreeFree
  • BusinessOn req.
  • AdvancedOn req.
  • EnterpriseOn req.
Free trial period
30 days
Free plan
14 days
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
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
  • United States
  • 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
You
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
12 months on FullstoryFree, paid plans not published
Data Sampling
Swetrix does not sample data
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
Historical data ingestion
Browser and Server APIs, Segment and Tealium integrations
Data Export
One-click CSV export
via API, CSV, JSON or any other format (users are able to write custom extensions for that)
Anywhere Warehouse (hourly sync to BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake), add-on
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • CPPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Posthog has the option to be used without cookies
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking
Capture needs the first-party fs_uid cookie

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Receive alerts via Slack or email
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Metric, segment and opportunity alerts by email, in-app, Slack, Teams; Advanced and Enterprise
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Subscribe to an Insight or dashboard
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly

Reporting

Trend Reporting
We offer AI based traffic forecasting & trend monitoring
Metric trends
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Country, browser, device type, language, utm_* metrics, performance statistics and more
Device breakdown
Funnel Reporting
Funnels and conversions
User Flow Reporting
Journey maps, page flows
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
You can segment data via multiple filters, apply specific timeframes & periods
User segments
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Advanced and Enterprise
Attribution Reporting
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events
Order Completed and Product Purchased events

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Click and scroll maps
Session Recordings
Session replay, included in FullstoryFree
A/B Testing
Feature flags and A/B testing
A/B experiments in Guides and Surveys add-on; Optimizely integration
User Feedback
Surveys
Guides and Surveys add-on

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom event and user properties
Custom Metrics
Custom calculations
Custom Reports
Receive custom reports by email. You can also add unlimited amount of email addresses to be subscribed to the traffic report newsletter.
Dashboards, paid plans
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
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
Soon to be released

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
Posthogs' support consists of an extensive knowledge base and community on their website. For enterprise users, support is also available trough a dedicated Slack channel and via e-mail.
Swetrix offers online support in the chatbox on the website, via social-media (i.e. Twitter, Linkedin, Discord) and via Email.
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
  • 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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