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Fathom Analytics

From $15 p/m

No feature only Fathom Analytics has.

Open Web Analytics

Only Open Web Analytics has:

  • Custom Properties
  • Custom Metrics

Pendo

Only Pendo has:

  • Cohort Reports
  • Retention Reporting
  • A/B Testing
  • User Feedback

Umami

Only Umami has:

  • Data Sampling
  • User Flow Reporting
Summary
Privacy-focused website analytics without compromise. Fathom doesn’t compromise visitor privacy for data. It made website analytics easy to use and respectful of privacy laws.
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
Pendo is a product-analytics app that helps software companies develop products that resonate with customers.
An open-source marketing analytics tool that respects data-privacy. With two hosting options, it is completely cookieless and it lets you own all your data.
Pros
  • Privacy friendly
  • Easy to use
  • Customer support
  • Ad-blocker bypassing
  • The software is open source
  • It is very customizable
  • Ecommerce reporting
  • Privacy friendly
  • The script is lightweight
  • Open-source
  • Simple to understand interface
  • You own your data
  • Provacy-friendly
  • Lightweight script (2kb)
Cons
  • No data import
  • Short free trial
  • Limited features
  • Limited reporting features
  • Technical skill required
  • Comply with data privacy regulations
  • You need a secure server
  • Not a great amount of features

Pricing information

Starting Price
  • 100k page views$15 p/m
  • 200k page views$25 p/m
  • 500k page views$45 p/m
  • 1 Million page views$60 p/m
  • 2 Million page views$100 p/m
Free trial period
30 days
Free plan
Free plan
14 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
50
Unlimited
Unlimited in Portfolio plan
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited for all plans
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
  • Not applicable
  • 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
You
Pendo
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Hourly updates
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
Unlimited
84 months
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Umami does not sample data
Data Import
Google Analytics importer
by means of the REST API
Import historical data by CSV
Data Export
One-click CSV export
by means of the REST API
Export feedback & reports by CSV or pull data to BI tool
via API as JSON file
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • COPPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
Cookieless
Fathom is cookieless by default.
Sets first-party cookies (owa_v, owa_c, session). Lifetimes can be shortened or made session-only.
Pendo uses first-party cookies
Umami Analytics does not use cookies

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Guide, Page & Feature alerts
for Business & Enterprise plans
Email Reports
Weekly or monthly reporting
Recieve reports in weekly emails

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Funnel Reporting
User Flow Reporting
User journey analysis
Segmentation
Instant filters on any data point
Simple filters like browser, OS, and country
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
See Cohort analysis
Attribution Reporting
UTM & channel attribution
Ecommerce Reporting
By means of custom events
Revenue tracking

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Session Recordings
Domstream
Session replays
A/B Testing
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Change the widgets of a report
Custom Events
Can include: name, ID & value
Track everything from clicks to form submit
Annotations

Support

Support description
Fathom offers extensive support and video walk-throughs. For issues you can always contact their knowledgable email support.
Because Open Web Analytics is open source, all documentation is found on GitHub. Apart from the community, there are no support options available.
The Pendo support consists of a phone helpdesk, a live chat function, an extensive knowledge base and a community.
The support options of Umami Analytics consist of a knowledge base, an online community and you can contact them via e-mail.
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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