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Rating
4.5/5
Summary
A customisable and free web analytics tool. Get insights into user behavior with an event-based tracking model, and know what drives sales and traffic with extensive attribution methods.
A B2B tool that helps businesses identify and track website visitors in order to generate leads and improve their sales and marketing efforts.
AI-powered analytics and attribution platform that unifies website, product, and marketing data in one tool.
Pros
  • GA4 is free to use
  • Many functionalities
  • The reports are customisable
  • Large community
  • Extensive documentation
  • GA4 is easily scalable
  • Great for B2B leadgen
  • Quality company insights
  • Modern user interface
  • Responsive support
  • Easy to set up
  • AI-powered attribution
  • Combined web + product analytics
  • Auto-capture without developers
  • Privacy-friendly
Cons
  • Steep learning curve
  • Implementation can be hard
  • Inaccurate data sampling
  • UI is not easy to use
  • Limited features
  • Pricing based on company ID's, relevant or not
  • Slight learning curve
  • Relatively new player
  • No self-hosting option

Pricing information

Starting Price
StandardFree
GA4 360$50k+ per year
0-50 company ID's$49 p/m
51-100 company ID's$69 p/m
101-250 company ID's$99 p/m
251-500 company ID's$139 p/m
501-750 company ID's$179 p/m
751-1.000 company ID's$229 p/m
1.001-2.000 company ID's$279 p/m
2.001-3.000 company ID's$349 p/m
3.001-4.000 company ID's$439 p/m
4.001-5.000 company ID's$529 p/m
5.000+ company ID'sOn req.
Free trial period
Free plan
14 days
Free plan

Account Management

Trackable Items
100
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
3+ depending on plan
Account Security
  • 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 Kingdom
  • United States
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • United States
Software Hosting
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
Data Ownership
Google Analytics 4
Snitcher
You
Data Freshness
4-8 hours (most reports), up to 24-48 hours
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Customizable up to 14 months
12 months*
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Explorations might use sampled data
Usermaven does not sample data
Data Import
Import cost, offline or user/client ID data
Google Analytics importer
Data Export
With sheets, BigQuery or API
Via API or CSV
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
Cookieless
Google Analytics relies on first-party cookies.
Sets one first-party cookie, snitcher_device_id (1 year).
Cookieless tracking available

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Custom insights, in interface or via email
Threshold-based alerts
Email Reports
Recurring shared reporting
Scheduled email reports

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device type, browser, OS and more
Funnel Reporting
Customisable funnel exploration
AI-powered funnel analysis
User Flow Reporting
Flexible Sankey chart exploration
User journey visualization
Segmentation
Segment creation and overlap exploration
Segments & cohorts
Cohort Reports
Cohort exploration
Retention Reporting
Combined with CLTV metrics
Retention analysis (Business plan)
Attribution Reporting
Attribution models comparison
Multi-touch attribution with 7 models
Ecommerce Reporting
Extensive e-commerce reports
Revenue attribution

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
GA4 does not offer heatmaps
Session Recordings
GA4 does not offer recordings
A/B Testing
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
25 user-scoped & 50 event-scoped dimensions
Custom properties
Custom Metrics
50 event-scoped metrics
Custom Reports
All reports are customisable
Custom dashboards
Custom Events
25 parameters per event
Auto-captured events
Annotations
Notes feature added in 2024

Support

Support description
Support is available via chat and the support center.
Support via a contact form (answered by email), live chat and the help center.
Usermaven offers documentation, live chat support, and email support.
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
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