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Rating
4/5
Summary
A B2B leadgeneration tool. Turn pageviews into pipeline. Identify the companies already visiting your website and convert them into high-value leads.
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 simple but powerful real-time web analytics tool that helps you track, analyse and understand your visitors. It features click fraud detection and session playback.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
Pros
  • Company insights
  • Easy setup
  • CRM integration
  • Great for leadgen
  • The software is open source
  • It is very customizable
  • Ecommerce reporting
  • Privacy friendly
  • The script is lightweight
  • Easy to use
  • Google Ads integration
  • Great session playback
  • Click fraud detection
  • Visitor alerts
  • Elaborate data import options
  • Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
  • Great support
Cons
  • Specific use-case
  • Limited data retention
  • Limited features
  • Limited reporting features
  • Technical skill required
  • Comply with data privacy regulations
  • You need a secure server
  • Limited free plan
  • Steep learning curve
  • Technical knowledge needed for implementation
  • Only a collection tool

Pricing information

Starting Price
LiteFree
Discover€79+ p/m (billed annually)
Activate€369+ p/m (billed annually)
Scale€599+ p/m (billed annually)
EnterpriseOn req.
FreeFree
100k Page Views€9+ p/m
250k Page Views€19+ p/m
Test & Experiment TrackingFree
Self-Hosted PipelineOn req.
Snowplow PlatformOn req.
Free trial period
14 days
Free plan
30 days
14 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
Unlimited
Unlimited
1
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
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United Kingdom
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
Leadfeeder
You
Statcounter
You
Data Freshness
1 hour
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited on paid plans, 7 days on Free
Unlimited
Unlimited*
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Data Import
by means of the REST API
Import Google keyword data
Data Export
Included on Scale, otherwise uses credits
by means of the REST API
To a spreadsheet or other third party software.
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
Cookieless
Sets first-party cookies _lfa (1 year) and _lfa_consent.
Sets first-party cookies (owa_v, owa_c, session). Lifetimes can be shortened or made session-only.
Statcounter uses cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Important visitor alerts
Email Reports
Detailed, mobile-friendly reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS & screen resolution
Funnel Reporting
User Flow Reporting
Simple ordered list of pages visited
Segmentation
Cohort Reports
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
CLTV Analysis
Attribution Reporting
Simple referral & UTM sources
Ecommerce Reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Session Recordings
Domstream
Recordings with many filtering options
A/B Testing
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Custom Events
Max 5 custom tags + values per page
Annotations

Support

Support description
You can contact support either by live chat (9AM - 11PM EET) and email from Monday to Friday. Support is knowledgable and responsive through chat. Email can take longer and responses can be from different support staff.
Because Open Web Analytics is open source, all documentation is found on GitHub. Apart from the community, there are no support options available.
Statcounter offers various support options like phone, email, live chat, and an extensive knowledge base.
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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