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Rating
5/5
Summary
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
B2B website visitor identification in real-time. Uncover your anonymous B2B website visitors and fuel your business growth.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
Ultimate open-source analytics to satisfy all your needs. Track every metric you need without invading your users' privacy.
Pros
- The software is open source
- It is very customizable
- Ecommerce reporting
- Privacy friendly
- The script is lightweight
- Great for B2B leadgen
- Company insights
- Simple implementation
- The world's largest B2B IP address database
- Ability to tag users
- Elaborate data import options
- Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
- Great support
- Privacy-focused
- Performance monitoring
- Open-source
- Browser extensions for quick access to analytics
- Messenger integrations
Cons
- Limited reporting features
- Technical skill required
- Comply with data privacy regulations
- You need a secure server
- Limited features
- Cluttered interface
- Crashes sometimes
- Steep learning curve
- Technical knowledge needed for implementation
- Only a collection tool
- Limited integration capabilities
Pricing information
Starting Price
| Essentials | On req. |
| Automate | On req. |
| Test & Experiment Tracking | Free |
| Self-Hosted Pipeline | On req. |
| Snowplow Platform | On req. |
| Hobby | $5 / mo |
| Freelancer | $15 / mo |
| Startup | $59 / mo |
| Enterprise | $110 / mo |
Free trial period
Free plan
7 days
14 days
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
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
- Not applicable
- United Kingdom
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United Kingdom
- 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
Lead Forensics
You
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
3 months
Unlimited
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Swetrix does not sample data
Data Import
by means of the REST API
by means of an API
Data Export
by means of the REST API
by means of an API
via API, CSV, JSON or any other format (users are able to write custom extensions for that)
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- CPPA
Cookieless
Sets first-party cookies (owa_v, owa_c, session). Lifetimes can be shortened or made session-only.
The basic tracking code sets no cookie; an optional first-party cookie (lfuuid) can be enabled.
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Email Reports
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly
Reporting
Trend Reporting
We offer AI based traffic forecasting & trend monitoring
Device Reporting
Country, browser, device type, language, utm_* metrics, performance statistics and more
Funnel Reporting
User Flow Reporting
Segmentation
You can segment data via multiple filters, apply specific timeframes & periods
Cohort Reports
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
CLTV Analysis
Attribution Reporting
Ecommerce Reporting
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Session Recordings
Domstream
A/B Testing
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Receive custom reports by email. You can also add unlimited amount of email addresses to be subscribed to the traffic report newsletter.
Custom Events
also called triggers
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
Soon to be released
Support
Support description
Because Open Web Analytics is open source, all documentation is found on GitHub. Apart from the community, there are no support options available.
Lead Forensics support options consist of country-specific phone numbers nu and a form on the website to contact sales or 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
- 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