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5/5
5/5
Summary
A free analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security. Optimize the customer journey where it was previously impossible.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
Pirsch is a simple, cookie-free, open-source web analytics solution that integrates easily into your website or backend.
Ultimate open-source analytics to satisfy all your needs. Track every metric you need without invading your users' privacy.
Pros
- Ease of use
- Great authorisation management
- Packed with features
- Community forum
- Intergrated tag & consent management
- Elaborate data import options
- Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
- Great support
- Lightweight, cookie-free and open-source
- Pirsch's backend integration requires no client-side scripts and delivers the same accurate results without the interference of adblockers
- Extensive API
- Fully-fledged access management
- Comprehensive filtering by any metric including event metadata
- Privacy-focused
- Performance monitoring
- Open-source
- Browser extensions for quick access to analytics
- Messenger integrations
Cons
- No progressive payment plan
- Ecommerce reporting can be improved
- Steep learning curve
- Technical knowledge needed for implementation
- Only a collection tool
- Visitors are only recognized for up to 24 hours to comply with the privacy policy
- Heatmaps and session recordings are not available
- Limited integration capabilities
Pricing information
Starting Price
| Core - 500k | €35 p/m |
| Enterprise | €366 p/m |
| 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
14 days
30 days
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
10 sites or apps (free) Unlimited (Enterprise)
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)
- United States
- United Kingdom
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- 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
You
You
You
Data Freshness
30 min
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Up to 25 months
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Data Sampling
By default Piwik does not sample data
Swetrix does not sample data
Data Import
Import cost data, search keywords, user/client ID and audience data
Import from Plausible, Fathom or Google Analytics
Data Export
As CSV, XML, JSON, or via an API
via API or CSV
via API, CSV, JSON or any other format (users are able to write custom extensions for that)
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- LGPD
- ePrivacy
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- CPPA
Cookieless
Piwik features a cookieless tracking option
Pirsch Analytics does not use cookies
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Email alerts based on thresholds
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Email Reports
Daily, weekly or monthly reports
Daily, Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly
Reporting
Trend Reporting
We offer AI based traffic forecasting & trend monitoring
Device Reporting
Device type, OS, Browser, Browser version, Screen size
Country, browser, device type, language, utm_* metrics, performance statistics and more
Funnel Reporting
Detailed funnel report up to 5 steps
Analyze Funnels
User Flow Reporting
Standard, transition & reverse Sankey charts
Entry and exit pages
Segmentation
Unlimited segments
Extensive filtering by any metric
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
Customer loyalty eCommerce report
CLTV Analysis
Attribution Reporting
Multi-channel attribution with 98% accuracy
Ecommerce Reporting
Overview, order list, product, days and sessions to purchase & customer loyalty
Possible with custom events and goals
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Create an overlay with the site inspector Chrome extension
Session Recordings
A/B Testing
Tag-based A/B testing and segmentation
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
200 slots for each scope and they can't be removed
As part of custom events
Custom Metrics
Also called Calculated 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
Include category, action, and optionally name and value
With additional metadata fields (key-value pairs).
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
Add to any graph or include them in scheduled reports or alerts
Soon to be released
Support
Support description
Piwik Pro offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. They have support offices for different regions which can be contacted by email and phone.
Email support, public Discord server
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