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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.
Optimize your website with certainty, not assumption. Watch real user journeys, with automatic Friction Scores that detects where to focus first.
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
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.
Pros
  • Data display
  • Flexible data visualisation
  • Engagement reporting
  • Privacy oriented
  • Intuitive dashboards
  • Great filtering
  • Possibility to tag elements
  • Helpfull support
  • Automatic form tracking
  • User feedback surveys
  • Great segmentation
  • Good video tracking
  • Customizable
  • Easy report creation
  • Easy heatmaps
  • Customer feedback surveys
  • Simple but good A/B testing
  • Easy to set up
Cons
  • Integrations
  • Branding method
  • Lack of insight for Iframe recordings
  • Funnels could be improved
  • You run into credit limit quite fast
  • Pricing can be quite steep
  • Tech support can be improved
  • Can be difficult to implement
  • Can be challenging to get educated
  • Few intergrations with other tools
  • Easy to hit the max number of snapshots

Pricing information

Starting Price
On-PremiseFree
Cloud€19+ p/m
FreeFree
Starter€39 p/m
Growth€129 p/m
Business€259 p/m
Pro€499 p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
SelectOn req.
PrimeOn req.
UltimateOn req.
Basic$29 p/m
Plus$99 p/m
Pro$249 p/m
Enterprise$599 p/m
Free trial period
21 days
14 days
Free plan
30 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
30
10
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)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • 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
Mouseflow
Adobe Analytics
Crazy Egg
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
2 hours
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
12 months
25 months by default
Between 3 & 24 months depending on the plan
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
through integrations
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
via CSV or to third-party tools by ID push
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
Download reports or snapshots as a zipfile or CSV
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • ePrivacy
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Mouseflow uses first-party cookies
Adobe uses tracking cookies
Crazy Egg uses first-party cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Via web hook
Via e-mail or SMS
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Hourly, daily, or weekly emails
Flexible scheduled reporting
Receive reports or Snapshots by mail

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Simple visitor trend graphs
Device Reporting
Filter by device type, OS, browser & screen resolution
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
See which device the user used
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
Simple funnel report, watch recordings from converters
Bar chart funnel report
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
Segment users to filter heatmaps & recordings
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Segment users by device, location, etc.
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Retention Reporting
Retention cohort report
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
By means of referral tracking
Ecommerce Reporting
Very flexible ecommerce reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Click, movement, scroll, attention, live & geo heatmaps
Called activity map
Heatmap, scrollmap, confetti report, overlay & list
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
Elaborate filtering & livestream options
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
With realtime results
User Feedback
Custom triggered text, multiple choice & NPS ratings
Surveys, NPS scores & ratings

Customizability

Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom tagging for segmenting users
Custom Metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom users variables
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Automatic form tracking
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Custom Events
Custom tagging of recordings
Up to 1.000 success events
Annotations
On any graph or via API
Available in Workspace

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.
Mouseflow provides support in four languages and through phone, email, and an extensive knowledge base
The support of Adobe Analytics consists of an expansive knowledge base and an online community. Phone and chat options exist for certain user types. Besides that, they offer many training options and tutorials.
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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