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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.
Open Web Analytics is the free and open source web analytics framework that lets you stay in control of how you instrument and analyze the use of your websites and application
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.
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
  • The software is open source
  • It is very customizable
  • Ecommerce reporting
  • Privacy friendly
  • The script is lightweight
  • Easy heatmaps
  • Customer feedback surveys
  • Simple but good A/B testing
  • Easy to set up
  • Privacy-focused
  • Performance monitoring
  • Open-source
  • Browser extensions for quick access to analytics
  • Messenger integrations
Cons
  • Integrations
  • Branding method
  • Limited reporting features
  • Technical skill required
  • Comply with data privacy regulations
  • You need a secure server
  • Few intergrations with other tools
  • Easy to hit the max number of snapshots
  • Limited integration capabilities

Pricing information

Starting Price
On-PremiseFree
Cloud€19+ p/m
Basic$29 p/m
Plus$99 p/m
Pro$249 p/m
Enterprise$599 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
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)
  • Not applicable
  • United States
  • 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
You
Crazy Egg
You
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
Unlimited
Between 3 & 24 months depending on the plan
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Swetrix does not sample data
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
by means of the REST API
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
by means of the REST API
Download reports or snapshots as a zipfile or CSV
via API, CSV, JSON or any other format (users are able to write custom extensions for that)
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • CPPA
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Sets first-party cookies (owa_v, owa_c, session). Lifetimes can be shortened or made session-only.
Crazy Egg uses first-party cookies
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Receive reports or Snapshots by mail
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly

Reporting

Trend Reporting
We offer AI based traffic forecasting & trend monitoring
Device Reporting
See which device the user used
Country, browser, device type, language, utm_* metrics, performance statistics and more
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
Segment users by device, location, etc.
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
By means of referral tracking
Ecommerce Reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Heatmap, scrollmap, confetti report, overlay & list
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
Domstream
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
With realtime results
User Feedback
Surveys, NPS scores & ratings

Customizability

Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom tagging for segmenting users
Custom Metrics
Custom users variables
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
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.
Because Open Web Analytics is open source, all documentation is found on GitHub. Apart from the community, there are no support options available.
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.
Swetrix offers online support in the chatbox on the website, via social-media (i.e. Twitter, Linkedin, Discord) and via Email.
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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