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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.
Clarity is a free, easy-to-use tool that captures how real people actually use your site. Setup is easy and you'll start getting data in minutes.
A simple but powerful real-time web analytics tool that helps you track, analyse and understand your visitors. It features click fraud detection and session playback.
Ultimate open-source analytics to satisfy all your needs. Track every metric you need without invading your users' privacy.
Pros
- Data display
- Flexible data visualisation
- Engagement reporting
- Privacy oriented
- It is free and easy to use
- Great heatmaps
- Unlimited session recordings
- No data sampling
- Easy to use
- Google Ads integration
- Great session playback
- Click fraud detection
- Visitor alerts
- Privacy-focused
- Performance monitoring
- Open-source
- Browser extensions for quick access to analytics
- Messenger integrations
Cons
- Integrations
- Branding method
- Limited reporting features
- Limited integrations
- Limited free plan
- Limited integration capabilities
Pricing information
Starting Price
| On-Premise | Free |
| Cloud | €19+ p/m |
| Clarity | Free |
| Free | Free |
| 100k Page Views | €9+ p/m |
| 250k Page Views | €19+ p/m |
| Hobby | $5 / mo |
| Freelancer | $15 / mo |
| Startup | $59 / mo |
| Enterprise | $110 / mo |
Free trial period
21 days
Free plan
30 days
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
30
Unlimited
1
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)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- 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
Microsoft Clarity
Statcounter
You
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
13 months
Unlimited*
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Swetrix does not sample data
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
Import Google keyword data
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
To a spreadsheet or other third party software.
via API, CSV, JSON or any other format (users are able to write custom extensions for that)
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- CPPA
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Clarity uses first-party cookies
Statcounter uses cookies
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Important visitor alerts
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Detailed, mobile-friendly reports
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly
Reporting
Trend Reporting
We offer AI based traffic forecasting & trend monitoring
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS widgets
Device type, browser, OS & screen resolution
Country, browser, device type, language, utm_* metrics, performance statistics and more
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Simple ordered list of pages visited
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
You can segment data via multiple filters, apply specific timeframes & periods
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Retention Reporting
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Simple referral metrics
Simple referral & UTM sources
Ecommerce Reporting
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Click, scroll & area heatmaps
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
Filter by actions, duration, pages & device
Recordings with many filtering options
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Receive custom reports by email. You can also add unlimited amount of email addresses to be subscribed to the traffic report newsletter.
Custom Events
Max 5 custom tags + values per page
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
On any graph or via API
Soon to be released
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.
Support is available via chat, email and the support center.
Statcounter offers various support options like phone, email, live chat, and an extensive knowledge base.
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