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Rating
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.
Chartbeat is a suite of content analytics tools for publishers that lets you track reader engagement on your site, optimize your user experience in real-time, and share key metrics with your team.
Optimize your website with certainty, not assumption. Watch real user journeys, with automatic Friction Scores that detects where to focus first.
A website UX tool. See how your visitors actually use your website. It features visitor recordings, live chat, heat map suite, analytics, polls, & more.
Pros
  • Data display
  • Flexible data visualisation
  • Engagement reporting
  • Privacy oriented
  • Comes with headline testing tool
  • Dashboards are easy to read
  • Reporting is in realtime
  • Good referral report
  • Intuitive dashboards
  • Great filtering
  • Possibility to tag elements
  • Helpfull support
  • Automatic form tracking
  • User feedback surveys
  • Easy to use
  • Great tagging feature
  • Attentive support team
Cons
  • Integrations
  • Branding method
  • Mainly designed for publishers
  • Their pricing is untransparent
  • Traffic sources could be improved
  • Lack of insight for Iframe recordings
  • Funnels could be improved
  • You run into credit limit quite fast
  • New version can be glitchy
  • Slight learning curve for beginners

Pricing information

Starting Price
On-PremiseFree
Cloud€19+ p/m
BasicOn req.
PlusOn req.
PremiumOn req.
FreeFree
Starter€39 p/m
Growth€129 p/m
Business€259 p/m
Pro€499 p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
Free trial period
21 days
14 days
14 days
7 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
30
1
10
1 per plan but option to add 1 for €5
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)
  • 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
Chartbeat
Mouseflow
Lucky Orange
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
13 months
12 months
2 months for heatmaps & recordings and 12 for other features
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
through integrations
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
via CSV or to third-party tools by ID push
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Uses first-party cookies by default. Cookieless mode is optional.
Mouseflow uses first-party cookies
Lucky orange uses first-party cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Via web hook
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Hourly, daily, or weekly emails

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Simple visitor trend graphs
Device Reporting
Filter by device type, OS, browser & screen resolution
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
Simple funnel report, watch recordings from converters
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
Segment users to filter heatmaps & recordings
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Retention Reporting
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Simple referrer graph
Ecommerce Reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Click, movement, scroll, attention, live & geo heatmaps
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
Elaborate filtering & livestream options
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
Headline A/B testing tool
User Feedback
Custom triggered text, multiple choice & NPS ratings

Customizability

Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Automatic form tracking
Custom Events
Custom tagging of recordings
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.
Chartbeat's support is accessible by email during regular office hours. Overall they provide extensive documentation, but their support staff is responsive and very knowledgable in case you face issues.
Mouseflow provides support in four languages and through phone, email, and an extensive knowledge base
Lucky Orange offers support by means of email, a live chat, and a ticketing system. Besides that, they have an extensive knowledge base and they offer an onboarding service.
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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