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Open Web Analytics

Only Open Web Analytics has:

  • Attribution Reporting
  • Ecommerce Reporting
  • Custom Properties
  • Custom Metrics

Mouseflow

Free plan

No feature only Mouseflow has.

Pendo

Only Pendo has:

  • Cohort Reports
  • Retention Reporting

Swetrix

From $5 / mo

Only Swetrix has:

  • Data Sampling
  • Annotations
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
Optimize your website with certainty, not assumption. Watch real user journeys, with automatic Friction Scores that detects where to focus first.
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
  • The software is open source
  • It is very customizable
  • Ecommerce reporting
  • Privacy friendly
  • The script is lightweight
  • Intuitive dashboards
  • Great filtering
  • Possibility to tag elements
  • Helpfull support
  • Automatic form tracking
  • User feedback surveys
  • 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
  • Lack of insight for Iframe recordings
  • Funnels could be improved
  • You run into credit limit quite fast
  • Limited integration capabilities

Pricing information

Starting Price
  • FreeFree
  • Starter€39 p/m
  • Growth€129 p/m
  • Business€259 p/m
  • Pro€499 p/m
  • EnterpriseOn req.
  • Hobby$5 / mo
  • Freelancer$15 / mo
  • Startup$59 / mo
  • Enterprise$110 / mo
Free trial period
Free plan
14 days
Free plan
14 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
Unlimited
10
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
  • Not applicable
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • 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
Mouseflow
Pendo
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Hourly updates
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
12 months
84 months
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Swetrix does not sample data
Data Import
by means of the REST API
through integrations
Import historical data by CSV
Data Export
by means of the REST API
via CSV or to third-party tools by ID push
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
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • CPPA
Cookieless
Sets first-party cookies (owa_v, owa_c, session). Lifetimes can be shortened or made session-only.
Mouseflow uses first-party cookies
Pendo uses first-party cookies
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Via web hook
Guide, Page & Feature alerts
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Email Reports
Hourly, daily, or weekly emails
Recieve reports in weekly emails
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Simple visitor trend graphs
We offer AI based traffic forecasting & trend monitoring
Device Reporting
Filter by device type, OS, browser & screen resolution
Country, browser, device type, language, utm_* metrics, performance statistics and more
Funnel Reporting
Simple funnel report, watch recordings from converters
User Flow Reporting
Segmentation
Segment users to filter heatmaps & recordings
You can segment data via multiple filters, apply specific timeframes & periods
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
See Cohort analysis
Attribution Reporting
Ecommerce Reporting

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Click, movement, scroll, attention, live & geo heatmaps
Session Recordings
Domstream
Elaborate filtering & livestream options
A/B Testing
User Feedback
Custom triggered text, multiple choice & NPS ratings

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Automatic form tracking
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
Custom tagging of recordings
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.
Mouseflow provides support in four languages and through phone, email, and an extensive knowledge base
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
  • 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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