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Rating
5/5
Summary
Lightweight and open source web analytics. No cookies and fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR. Made and hosted in the EU, on European cloud infrastructure.
An open-source product analytics for developers. It helps engineers understand their product usage, automate events, and user data collection.
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.
Pros
- Lightweight
- Open-source
- Cookieless
- EU cloud infrastructure
- Easy to set up
- Great interface design
- Reasonable pricing
- Good session recordings
- Elaborate data import options
- Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
- Great support
Cons
- Limited features
- No audience reporting features
- Feature flags are limited
- Limited amount of graph types
- Filtering could be improved
- Steep learning curve
- Technical knowledge needed for implementation
- Only a collection tool
Pricing information
Starting Price
| 10k page views | $9 p/m |
| Enterprise | On req. |
| 200k page views | $29 p/m |
| 100k page views | $19 p/m |
| 500k page views | $49 p/m |
| 1M page views | $69 p/m |
| 2M page views | $89 p/m |
| 5M page views | $129 p/m |
| 10M page views | $169 p/m |
| Cloud Lite | Free |
| Cloud | €0.005 per event / recording |
| Enterprise Cloud | €450 p/m minimum |
| Test & Experiment Tracking | Free |
| Self-Hosted Pipeline | On req. |
| Snowplow Platform | On req. |
Free trial period
30 days
Free plan
14 days
Free plan
Account Management
Trackable Items
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
Unlimited in Portfolio plan
User Seats
1-10+ depending on plan
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
- 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
You
You
Pendo
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Hourly updates
Data Retention
3-5+ years depending on plan
Unlimited
Unlimited
84 months
Data Sampling
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Data Import
e.g. import GA data
Historical data ingestion
Import historical data by CSV
Data Export
Export your data to CSV
Export feedback & reports by CSV or pull data to BI tool
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
Cookieless
Plausible is cookieless by default.
Posthog has the option to be used without cookies
Pendo uses first-party cookies
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
Receive alerts via Slack or email
Guide, Page & Feature alerts
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly email reporting
Subscribe to an Insight or dashboard
Recieve reports in weekly emails
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
User Flow Reporting
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
Segmentation
Use filters to segment your audience
Cohort Reports
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
CLTV Analysis
See Cohort analysis
Attribution Reporting
Ecommerce Reporting
Ecommerce revenue tracking
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Session Recordings
A/B Testing
Feature flags and A/B testing
User Feedback
Surveys
Customizability
Custom Properties
Custom Properties (Business plan and above)
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Change the widgets of a report
Custom Events
By means of adding CSS classes
Annotations
Support
Support description
Plausible offers extensive documentation which is the first place to find answers. Still haven't found what you're looking for? Contact their email support for knowledgable support.
Posthogs' support consists of an extensive knowledge base and community on their website. For enterprise users, support is also available trough a dedicated Slack channel and via e-mail.
The Pendo support consists of a phone helpdesk, a live chat function, an extensive knowledge base and a community.
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