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Rating
4.5/5
Summary
A customisable and free web analytics tool. Get insights into user behavior with an event-based tracking model, and know what drives sales and traffic with extensive attribution methods.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
Pendo is a product-analytics app that helps software companies develop products that resonate with customers.
An open-source marketing analytics tool that respects data-privacy. With two hosting options, it is completely cookieless and it lets you own all your data.
Pros
- GA4 is free to use
- Many functionalities
- The reports are customisable
- Large community
- Extensive documentation
- GA4 is easily scalable
- Elaborate data import options
- Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
- Great support
- Open-source
- Simple to understand interface
- You own your data
- Provacy-friendly
- Lightweight script (2kb)
Cons
- Steep learning curve
- Implementation can be hard
- Inaccurate data sampling
- UI is not easy to use
- Steep learning curve
- Technical knowledge needed for implementation
- Only a collection tool
- Not a great amount of features
Pricing information
Starting Price
| Standard | Free |
| GA4 360 | $50k+ per year |
| Test & Experiment Tracking | Free |
| Self-Hosted Pipeline | On req. |
| Snowplow Platform | On req. |
Free trial period
Free plan
14 days
Free plan
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
100
Unlimited in Portfolio plan
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited for all plans
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 Kingdom
- United States
- United Kingdom
- 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
Google Analytics 4
You
Pendo
You
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
Realtime
Hourly updates
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
Unlimited
84 months
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Umami does not sample data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
Import historical data by CSV
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
Export feedback & reports by CSV or pull data to BI tool
via API as JSON file
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Pendo uses first-party cookies
Umami Analytics does not use cookies
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Guide, Page & Feature alerts
for Business & Enterprise plans
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Recieve reports in weekly emails
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
User journey analysis
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Simple filters like browser, OS, and country
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
CLTV Analysis
See Cohort analysis
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
UTM & channel attribution
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Revenue tracking
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
Session replays
A/B Testing
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Change the widgets of a report
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
Track everything from clicks to form submit
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024
Support
Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
The Pendo support consists of a phone helpdesk, a live chat function, an extensive knowledge base and a community.
The support options of Umami Analytics consist of a knowledge base, an online community and you can contact them via e-mail.
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