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Rating
5/5
5/5
Summary
A free privacy focussed open-source web analytics tool, which gives you 100% data-ownership. You can even use Matomo without needing to ask for consent.
Chartbeat is a suite of content analytics tools for publishers that lets you track reader engagement on your site, optimize your user experience in real-time, and share key metrics with your team.
Pendo is a product-analytics app that helps software companies develop products that resonate with customers.
Ultimate open-source analytics to satisfy all your needs. Track every metric you need without invading your users' privacy.
Pros
- Data display
- Flexible data visualisation
- Engagement reporting
- Privacy oriented
- Comes with headline testing tool
- Dashboards are easy to read
- Reporting is in realtime
- Good referral report
- Privacy-focused
- Performance monitoring
- Open-source
- Browser extensions for quick access to analytics
- Messenger integrations
Cons
- Integrations
- Branding method
- Mainly designed for publishers
- Their pricing is untransparent
- Traffic sources could be improved
- Limited integration capabilities
Pricing information
Starting Price
| On-Premise | Free |
| Cloud | €19+ p/m |
| Basic | On req. |
| Plus | On req. |
| Premium | On req. |
| Hobby | $5 / mo |
| Freelancer | $15 / mo |
| Startup | $59 / mo |
| Enterprise | $110 / mo |
Free trial period
21 days
14 days
Free plan
14 days
Account Management
Trackable Items
30
1
Unlimited in Portfolio plan
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)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
- 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
You
Chartbeat
Pendo
You
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
Realtime
Hourly updates
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
13 months
84 months
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Swetrix does not sample data
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
Import historical data by CSV
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
Export feedback & reports by CSV or pull data to BI tool
via API, CSV, JSON or any other format (users are able to write custom extensions for that)
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- CPPA
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Uses first-party cookies by default. Cookieless mode is optional.
Pendo uses first-party cookies
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Guide, Page & Feature alerts
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Recieve reports in weekly emails
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
Basic funnel reporting
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
You can segment data via multiple filters, apply specific timeframes & periods
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Retention Reporting
See Cohort analysis
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Ecommerce Reporting
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
Headline A/B testing tool
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Change the widgets of a report
Receive custom reports by email. You can also add unlimited amount of email addresses to be subscribed to the traffic report newsletter.
Custom Events
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
On any graph or via API
Soon to be released
Support
Support description
Matomo offers extensive documentation and video tutorials. Because Matomo is an open source product, you can also get help from a large community. Do you need personal help? Contact Matomo's support team for general issues or contact Innocraft for Matomo Cloud-hosted services.
Chartbeat's support is accessible by email during regular office hours. Overall they provide extensive documentation, but their support staff is responsive and very knowledgable in case you face issues.
The Pendo support consists of a phone helpdesk, a live chat function, an extensive knowledge base and a community.
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