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Rating
5/5
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.
B2B website visitor identification in real-time. Uncover your anonymous B2B website visitors and fuel your business growth.
A website optimization tool to analyze visitor's behavior across email & ad campaigns. Investigate buyers' journeys, identify audience segments present across webpages, and spot issues.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • Great for B2B leadgen
  • Company insights
  • Simple implementation
  • The world's largest B2B IP address database
  • Ability to tag users
  • Easy heatmaps
  • Customer feedback surveys
  • Simple but good A/B testing
  • Easy to set up
  • Elaborate data import options
  • Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
  • Great support
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Limited features
  • Cluttered interface
  • Crashes sometimes
  • Few intergrations with other tools
  • Easy to hit the max number of snapshots
  • Steep learning curve
  • Technical knowledge needed for implementation
  • Only a collection tool

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
EssentialsOn req.
AutomateOn req.
Basic$29 p/m
Plus$99 p/m
Pro$249 p/m
Enterprise$599 p/m
Test & Experiment TrackingFree
Self-Hosted PipelineOn req.
Snowplow PlatformOn req.
Free trial period
30 days
7 days
30 days
14 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
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
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
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
Lead Forensics
Crazy Egg
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
3 months
Between 3 & 24 months depending on the plan
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
by means of an API
Data Export
One-click CSV export
by means of an API
Download reports or snapshots as a zipfile or CSV
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
The basic tracking code sets no cookie; an optional first-party cookie (lfuuid) can be enabled.
Crazy Egg uses first-party cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Receive reports or Snapshots by mail

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
See which device the user used
Funnel Reporting
User Flow Reporting
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Segment users by device, location, etc.
Cohort Reports
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
CLTV Analysis
Attribution Reporting
By means of referral tracking
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Heatmap, scrollmap, confetti report, overlay & list
Session Recordings
A/B Testing
With realtime results
User Feedback
Surveys, NPS scores & ratings

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom tagging for segmenting users
Custom Metrics
Custom users variables
Custom Reports
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
also called triggers
Annotations

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
Lead Forensics support options consist of country-specific phone numbers nu and a form on the website to contact sales or support.
Crazy Egg offers an extensive knowledge base, a ticketing system, and email as their support options. For the plus, pro, and enterprise plans it offers priority support.
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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