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Rating
5/5
5/5
Summary
A free privacy focussed open-source web analytics tool, which gives you 100% data-ownership. You can even use Matomo without needing to ask for consent.
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.
Product Analytics For Product, Marketing, Sales & Support teams. Full-funnel attribution, onboarding optimization, feature usage trends, subscription growth, cohort analysis and more.
An open-source product analytics for developers. It helps engineers understand their product usage, automate events, and user data collection.
Pros
  • Data display
  • Flexible data visualisation
  • Engagement reporting
  • Privacy oriented
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • User / account segmentation
  • Realtime
  • Integrations
  • Feature revenue reporting
  • Simple implementation
  • Easy to set up
  • Great interface design
  • Reasonable pricing
  • Good session recordings
Cons
  • Integrations
  • Branding method
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Customisability
  • Limited free version
  • Feature flags are limited
  • Limited amount of graph types
  • Filtering could be improved

Pricing information

Starting Price
On-PremiseFree
Cloud€19+ p/m
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
Pro$999+ p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
Cloud LiteFree
Cloud€0.005 per event / recording
Enterprise Cloud€450 p/m minimum
Free trial period
21 days
30 days
14 days
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
30
50
1
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
50+
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)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United States
  • United States
  • 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
Woopra
You
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
Unlimited
24 months
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Woopra never uses any kind of sampling
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
Google Analytics importer
Import raw visit data with actions and visitor properties via API
Historical data ingestion
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
One-click CSV export
Export raw daily visit data via API
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Woopra relies on first-party cookies.
Posthog has the option to be used without cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Automatically trigger emails, slack messages or update Salesforce fields
Receive alerts via Slack or email
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Subscribe to an Insight or dashboard

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Measure by feature, subscription changes by location, campaign performance by source & more
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Combine any set of actions or attributes in Sankey charts
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
Instant filters on any data point
Create dynamic segments based on any combination of criteria
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Breakdown acquisition date, signup date, first purchase date & more
Retention Reporting
Uncover at-risk users and discover engaged users
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
Feature flags and A/B testing
User Feedback
Surveys

Customizability

Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom Metrics
Available from the pro plan
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
Via HTTP API or Javascript API
Annotations
On any graph or via API

Support

Support description
Matomo offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. Because Matomo is an open source product, you can also get help from a large community. Do you need personal help? Contact Matomo's support team for general issues or contact Innocraft for Matomo Cloud-hosted services.
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
Woopra offers support by phone, email, and an extensive knowledge base.
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.
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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