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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.
Enterprise-level web analytics. Adobe Analytics lets you mix, match, and analyze data from any digital point in the customer journey.
Snowplow is an enterprise-strength event analytics platform. It Identifies its users and tracks the way they engage with the website or application.
AI-powered analytics and attribution platform that unifies website, product, and marketing data in one tool.
Pros
- Data display
- Flexible data visualisation
- Engagement reporting
- Privacy oriented
- Great segmentation
- Good video tracking
- Customizable
- Easy report creation
- Elaborate data import options
- Simple Client-side & server-side tracking
- Great support
- AI-powered attribution
- Combined web + product analytics
- Auto-capture without developers
- Privacy-friendly
Cons
- Integrations
- Branding method
- Pricing can be quite steep
- Tech support can be improved
- Can be difficult to implement
- Can be challenging to get educated
- Steep learning curve
- Technical knowledge needed for implementation
- Only a collection tool
- Relatively new player
- No self-hosting option
Pricing information
Starting Price
| On-Premise | Free |
| Cloud | €19+ p/m |
| Select | On req. |
| Prime | On req. |
| Ultimate | On req. |
| Test & Experiment Tracking | Free |
| Self-Hosted Pipeline | On req. |
| Snowplow Platform | On req. |
Free trial period
21 days
Free plan
14 days
Free plan
Account Management
Trackable Items
30
Unlimited
Unlimited
User Seats
Unlimited
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
- Single Sign-on
- Two-factor Authentication
Data Processing
Data Center Locations
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- United States
- United Kingdom
- 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
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
- On-Premise
Data Ownership
You
Adobe Analytics
You
You
Data Freshness
15 minutes or more
2 hours
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited and customizable
25 months by default
Unlimited
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Matomo doesn’t use data sampling
Some Audience Manager reports display results sampled data
Usermaven does not sample data
Data Import
Import Google Analytics data, search keywords & server logs
Though data sources, API or data connectors
Google Analytics importer
Data Export
to CSV, XML, Json or Looker Studio or via HTTP API
Through data feeds, a data warehouse or FTP and SFTP
Via API or CSV
Compliance
- GDPR
- CCPA
- ePrivacy
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- PECR
- GDPR
- CCPA
- HIPAA
- GDPR
- CCPA
Cookieless
Matomo offers cookieless tracking.
Adobe uses tracking cookies
Cookieless tracking available
Alerts & Automation
Custom Alerts
Receive alerts from every report by email or SMS
Via e-mail or SMS
Threshold-based alerts
Email Reports
Detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports
Flexible scheduled reporting
Scheduled email reports
Reporting
Trend Reporting
Device Reporting
Device types, OS, OS versions & mobile carriers
Funnel Reporting
Basic funnel reporting
Bar chart funnel report
AI-powered funnel analysis
User Flow Reporting
With flexible Sankey chart
Fallout & Flow (Sankey chart) reports
User journey visualization
Segmentation
Based on visit, interaction, campaign, ecommerce, demographics & device
Advanced segments with Segment builder & Segment manager
Segments & cohorts
Cohort Reports
Analyse and segment by cohort
Churn, rolling & latency tables
Based on first visit, first action, channel or custom events
Retention Reporting
Retention cohort report
CLTV Analysis
Retention analysis (Business plan)
Attribution Reporting
Model comparison report
Apply to metrics, breakdowns or compare models
Multi-touch attribution with 7 models
Ecommerce Reporting
Very flexible ecommerce reporting
Revenue attribution
User Experience Features
Heatmaps
Filter specific pages or hide elements on the page
Called activity map
Session Recordings
Record specific pages or only after activity or duration
A/B Testing
A/B Testing Platform (premium feature)
User Feedback
Customizability
Custom Properties
5-15 for each scope and can't delete them
Custom properties
Custom Metrics
Unlimited calculated metrics
Custom Reports
Flexible report design
Reports in Analysis workspace are customisable
Custom dashboards
Custom Events
Up to 1.000 success events
Auto-captured events
Annotations
On any graph or via API
Available in Workspace
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.
The support of Adobe Analytics consists of an expansive knowledge base and an online community. Phone and chat options exist for certain user types. Besides that, they offer many training options and tutorials.
Usermaven offers documentation, live chat support, and email support.
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