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    Adobe Analytics

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AAdobe acquired Omniture in 2009 and re-branded the platform as SiteCatalyst. It is now part of Adobe Marketing Cloud along with other products such as social marketing, test and targeting, and tag management. SiteCatalyst is one of the leading vendors in the web analytics category and is particularly strong in combining web analytics with other digital marketing capabilities like audience management and data management. Adobe Analytics also includes predictive marketing capabilities that help…N/A

    Cube

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ACube is a financial planning & analysis (FP&A) platform that aims to enable finance teams to be more strategic and positively contribute to company growth activities by spending less time on manual, repetitive task, from Cube Planning headquartered in New York.N/A

    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Universal Analytics was an enterprise-level analytics solution that was sunset in July of 2024.

    $150,000

    Up to 1 Billion hits/month

    Pricing
    Adobe AnalyticsCubeGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprise
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    Google Analytics Premium
    $150,000
    Up to 1 Billion hits/month
    Google Analytics
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe AnalyticsCubeGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequiredNo setup fee
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    Adobe AnalyticsCubeGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Google Analytics comes across more of a reporting tool whereas Adobe Analytics is more of an Enterprise level analytics tool. Contentsquare provides some traffic and flow capabilities but not to the same level as Adobe Analytics. However, Contentsquare's major advantage is its …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    It helps to understand what channels and devices are users using and what route they are taking to convert. It helps to check the funnels and drop offs at each stage
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    More or less all tools are the same however Adobe seems to be bigger brand and being used by business where analytics is being used very seriously
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Google Analytics (inc. 360): Target is less intuitive than Google on a number of fronts: layout, naming conventions, default reporting views, but offers more flexible reporting options without having to swap to tools like BigQuery. In a lot of instances, its faster than Google …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    As the implementation involves multiple products to be integrated together like Adobe Experience Manager, Target, Adobe Audience Manager, We recommended Adobe Analytics as the best suitable product for analytics, as the tracked data would be seamlessly available to other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe's Analysis Workspace offers a significantly better interface than Google Analytics. It has an improved data model versus Google Analytics and there is no limit to data segmentation in the platform. Adobe also offers many more dimension and metric options for analytics …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics is a more in-depth tool with some of the advanced features making it much easier for users to deep-dive themselves into problems. The workspace functionality is much better in terms of conducting analysis than tweaking the standard reporting functionality that Go…
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    I would use Google Analytics 360, as it is widely accepted in the organization and has a better pricing model.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics allows for the comparison of the same metric with and without various segments applied. Google Analytics is an all-or-nothing situation; either you apply a segment to metric or you do not. This makes it difficult for segment vs. non-segment and creating …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics is better for scale and customization. Google 360 lacks the ability to pull in as many data sources. Google Analytics doesn't give in-depth data. Tableau Desktop isn't a measurement platform, but it does perform better as [a] data visualization and reporting …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics outperforms Google Analytics and Snowplow when comparing the feature sets, but the other tools bring advantages and flexibility that Adobe does not. The features and capabilities just within the tool are unmatched as Adobe Workspace and the segment and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Not all the platforms above are a direct competitor to Adobe Analytics, as some of them are advertising platforms and not analytics only. Saying that, I think Adobe Analytics is most probably the best out of them all and this is due to Marin having a slightly "older" look and Go…
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    I would recommend sticking with Google's stack over Adobe.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    When it comes to reporting on a website, Adobe Analytics is by far the most superior tool in my opinion. It is also very good when you have several platforms like web, mweb and app. Then you can see the customer data across all platforms in one tool.

    But if it's just an app you …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe and Google are the market leaders and way ahead in market share as compared to other providers in the market. Between Adobe and Google, there are few nuances that differentiate at the feature level. If an organization is using other products of Adobe experience cloud, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe analytics is very similar to Google Analytics 360. The one thing I say that turns us off from using Adobe Analytics on more clients is the fact that it isn't easy to set up compared to Analytics. Google Analytics focuses more on your website as a whole, versus Adobe …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    We decided to implement the Adobe Analytics service in our organization because compared to other alternatives, Adobe Analytics is a very reliable and accurate service. The recommendations we were given about this service allowed us to verify its high functionality, and I …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics and Google Analytics are most often compared. Google Analytics has become a favorite for ease and cost. But Adobe Analytics still is the most advanced for robust enterprise implementation. I recommend GA for smaller clients and Adobe Analytics when it is the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics has a more modern and friendlier user interface and it's easier to use for me. Google analytics has better compatibility with other Google products
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics has better features for finding problems and highlighting areas of improvement on a website, but the Google products seem to integrate better into third-party tools, which can be very valuable in a complex business environment. All of the listed tools take care …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe analytics has been selected as a platform to be used across a huge company, which tracks the performance of a hundreds of thousands pages with different type of content. It's believed to be the most accurate tool and the support on the side of the platform has been always …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics is our least favorite of all of these platforms. We only use it when incoming clients exclusively use Adobe, this leaving us with no choice. Between the lack of control in implementation, usability issues and extra time for digging through complex reports, we …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Webtrends Analytics provides much the same service and toolset, but when I last used it (some years ago, admittedly) the management of variables and reports was a nightmare; the options were *too* flexible. By limiting the number of variables, and keeping a distinction between …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics (previously known as Omniture) is the de-facto standard across the media industry. Google has very quickly caught up with Adobe and it is always worthwhile to take a very long look at Google Analytics to evaluate the differences. Your decision will depend on …
    Incentivized
    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    As long as the budget isn't in question, then I think you get a lot more for your money for 360. Having more confidence in the data is essential, your typical GA suite is good but there are limitations. These limitations unfortunately mean that a lot of the time you are having …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Unless you have very complex and edge case analytics needs, Google Analytics [360 (formerly Google Analytics Premium)] is likely going to be the best choice. From both a cost and usability stand point, Google wins. Adobe has the edge case when you need to create really custom …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics are both great products and solutions. Each has advantages and disadvantages that need to be evaluated based on your business needs and the people you have to leverage them. Google Analytics is a lower overall investment than Adobe Analytics …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Adobe Analytics is a robust tool, feature-rich, and good reporting. It has focused on understanding user behavior and e-commerce performance at its core. However, with the sophistication comes difficulty in use and the ability for simple reporting and analysis. The setup of Ado…
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Google Analytics Premium is more simple and focused on marketers' needs with a clear advantage for driving improvements to advertising, especially with the Google tech stack. Adobe Analytics is very complex and great for enterprises, especially those that want to measure …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics are very similar. I wasn't involved in the decision making process at my organization, as we had GA well before I began in my position. However, GA has a suite of other tools that complement Web Analytics that makes it extremely easy to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Google Analytics Premium is the more user friendly experience of the two. If you want people in your organization, outside of your analytics/web department to look at and occasionally use the tool, then this would be the ideal choice. However, the amount of times you are going …
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Nothing used any other application prior to Google Analytics 360 [(formerly Google Analytics Premium).]
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Features like user segmentation and visualization of user behavior and journey. 
    Custom reporting and creating custom tables with different metrics is what we miss. 
    Big Query, Google Optimize and other features. 
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    • Easier to use.
    • Better data accuracy.
    • Data connections with other google tools.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Google Analytics is much more user friendly and requires less day to day management. Google Analytics should be the platform of choice unless there are complex business reasons to choose Adobe.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    HubSpot spends too much time trying to sell you on other products instead of assisting you with your current product in a consultative manner. Google customer support doesn't consult per se, but they do focus on the current product at hand without constantly trying to upsell …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    181 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    181 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    105 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    102 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    Features
    Adobe AnalyticsCubeGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    7.9
    100 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Cube
    -
    Ratings
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    6.9
    1 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Lead Conversion Tracking7.591 Ratings00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Bounce Rate Measurement7.797 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting8.398 Ratings00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking8.696 Ratings00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Event Tracking8.496 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time6.994 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking8.094 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards8.295 Ratings00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    7.5
    21 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings6.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    8.9
    47 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.646 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.828 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    8.4
    21 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.515 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    9.3
    40 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.233 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.625 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings6.545 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.951 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.349 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings6.644 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings8.351 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    8.5
    49 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings8.944 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings9.623 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings8.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    8.2
    54 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.745 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings7.948 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings9.249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings6.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    8.1
    37 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings7.515 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings8.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings7.722 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings9.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Adobe Analytics and Cube and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Cube
    8.9
    46 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Flat file integration00 Ratings9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings9.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings8.338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Matomo Analytics
    Score9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Matomo Analytics
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Lead Forensics
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Lead Forensics
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Chartbeat
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Chartbeat
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe AnalyticsCubeGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (281 ratings)
    9.1
    (58 ratings)
    8.0
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (140 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (133 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe AnalyticsCubeGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    About two years ago, we transitioned our property from a three-star hotel to a four-star resort after a multi-million-dollar renovation. In the conversion, we wanted to start reaching out to a younger, affluent demographic that had the means to spend for vacation in a resort area. First and foremost, we want to see if vacations are being booked by desktop computers, laptops or mobile phones. With Adobe Analytics, we can see how a Guest books a room. What do they view? What rooms types do they like? Are they comparing rooms and if they give up searching, where are they else looking and are they coming back. It is a feature where how can we complete the sale? The new process we are also trying to keep Guests on the site is ending our relationship with OpenTable and doing all our resort restaurant reservations in-house. If the Guests were exclusively using OpenTable, we could not track where else on our resort site they are going? Finally, what marketing promotional rates are getting the most drive from
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    Cube Planning, Inc
    1) The budget process. In QBO the budgeting capability is non-existant, unless you like manually typing in every scenario and not being able to budget by class. Cube houses my budget/forecast scenarios & lets me view and analyze by my company's preferred data points; department, GL account, vendor, & sales campaign. I'm able to run monthly budget variance reports and plan for the future with ease. 2) We've begun using Cube to help analyze profitablity by sales job. We've never had such easy access to this type of info in the past, so this is a benefit I can directly attribute to Cube. 3) We're beginning now to use an integration with our payroll software to work on headcount planning and payroll analysis.
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    As I have discussed previously their insights were very useful. The second thing is since it is a Google product you will connect the data very easily from other platforms like Bigquery, Google Drive, etc. and even you can connect Google marketing platform. through this tool, you can track your live campaign how they were performing, and how it will be engaging your customer as well.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • This product, Adobe Analytics, does a great job of helping us. I think it, it, it does an excellent job of outlining every step of the user journey, as well as giving a good, strong framework to work with as it relates to attribution, attribution of marketing data, and marketing channels, and how, where our users are coming from, how effective those marketing activities are.
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    Cube Planning, Inc
    • Push/pull information across any Google Sheet or Excel workbook.
    • Budget at a much more granular level (by month by account by the department by vendor).
    • Custom mapping to allow for multiple cuts of the same data.
    • Bulk range selection within a workbook.
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    • It is an excellent cloud analytics platform that is easy to install and configure and easy to deploy and use, allowing us to measure web traffic and other tools.
    • It is an entirely online tool; it does not take up hard disk space like other desktop tools.
    • Since this tool is draggable, Google is constantly adding more features.
    • Even beginners who do not have a custom dashboard can get information. If there is a problem somewhere on the site that needs to be investigated, Google Analytics 360 will notify you.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • The tool is heavily a drag and drop kind of dashboard. You're building dashboards on the fly. So oftentimes, I learn my process and how to do things I'm comfortable with, that I can repeat, and get those answers on a consistent basis. But oftentimes, I may not find it easy to take it to the next level. So, areas that can improve are recommending or suggesting. Here's what you might try to improve in this report that you're looking at. Try adding in this metric, or try splicing it this way. Oftentimes, I feel like it requires me to go off and learn these techniques on the side, versus having them right there within the tool. Those recommendations, those helpful tips, and tricks.
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    Cube Planning, Inc
    • Limited to 8 top line dimensions. Although you can bring in as many attributes of data as you want, but I would really like Cube to increase top line dimensions to 10.
    • The ability for cross level interaction within multiples cube would be a major plus once implemented.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Generally I think there is a lot you can do within the tool, but as it is a Google product it means there is limited support - something which I think lets all of the platform stacks down
    • There could be more visual signifiers to identify if a feature is a normal or 360 feature. This would mean you can really get to grips with what the extra more advanced elements are
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    We need it to discover threats long before they become a loophole in the security ecosystem. Also, it is very much compliant with customer standards and expectations. It provides marketing intelligence through in-depth analysis. Overall, a very good product to gain customer attention and thereby improve market
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    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Google Analytics 360 is an upgraded version of the most widely used web/app analytics tracking tools in the market. The price is stable and predictable making it a long-term product of choice. It's easy to use and pairs so well with other Google Marketing Platform products.
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    Usability
    Adobe
    It is necessary to have a minimum knowledge on tracking tools so you can use the tool on full performance. It is not an introduction tool, so please bear that in mind. Once you got the knowledge you just need a small training on how to create your custom reports, where to find the components you need and how to add them to your dashboard. Then you share your report or create a rule for periodic sharing and it's done. Finally, if you have a lot of data stored the tool might be a little slower but that's ok.
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    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The UI is very easy to navigate and use. The features are well designed and intuitive. As long as the user has a good understanding of basic digital analytics definitions and capabilities, this tool should be quite easy to use. I consider Google Analytics Premium to be the easiest of all of the enterprise solutions out there to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I do not ever recall a time when Adobe Analytics was unavailable to me to use in the 8 or so years I have been an end user of the product. My most-used day-to-day analytics tool Parse.ly however, generally has a multiple hours planned offline maintenance every two to four weeks, and sometimes has issues collecting realtime analytics that last anywhere between 15 minutes to an hour, and happen anywhere between 1 to 5 times a month.
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    Cube Planning, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Adobe
    Again, no issues here. Performance within the day updates hourly. other reports are updated overnight and available to access by the next morning. Pages load quickly, the site navigates easily and the UX is quite straightforward to get command over. On this front, I give Adobe kudos for building a great experience to work within
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    Cube Planning, Inc
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Adobe
    Support for Adobe Analytics is ok, it used to be worse years ago. Now, the technology team at Adobe is way more knowledgeable on the product itself as well as the implementation. They also study your custom implementation and have good knowledge of where your company stands. Dedicated support is something worth considering.
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    If you purchase Premium through a reseller like LunaMetrics, you are going to be taken care of. The additional amount of support and services that a reseller provides to make sure you have the best experience with the product is the reason why the reseller program exists to begin with. Support doesn't have to be just reactive, it can be proactive as well.
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    It was a one-day training several years ago that cost the organization several thousand dollars. There were only about 10 people in the training class. Adobe tried to cram so much information into that one-day class that none of our users felt like they really learned anything helpful from the experience. Follow-up training is too expensive
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    The online training for Adobe SiteCatalyst consists of short product videos. These are ok, but only go so far. For a while Adobe charged a fee for this, but recently made these available for free. There are many great blog posts that help users learn how to apply the product as well.
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    There is a ton of information online about Google Analytics, but Google Analytics Premium users will have dedicated support and training from Google or an Authorized Reseller.
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    One of the benefits and obstacles to successfully using Adobe Analytics is a great / more accurate implementation, make sure your analytics group is intimate with the details of the implementation and that the requirements are driven by the business.
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    If you already have the basic version of GA installed, "getting" GA Premium happens immediately through a virtual flipping of the switch - no need to re-implement. You'll want to expand your use of custom dimensions and metrics (you get 10x the amount with Premium). Ideally, you'll be using a tag management solution to talk with GA Premium, in concert with implementing a dataLayer (to note, Google's Tag Manager platform is covered under the same GA Premium SLA, and it's free). There are some welcomed "configurations" with GA Premium, such as integrating with DoubleClick products, activating data driven attribution models, and building roll-up executive reports - but all of these are easy point and click solutions. In comparison with any other enterprise analytics solution, implementing GA and GA Premium is traditionally easier and more flexible. And if you have any trouble or need an extra set of hands for implementation, GA Certified Partners like LunaMetrics can help
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    We evaluated and we currently use Mixpanel and we have Google Analytics on a couple of our properties. And honestly, once you get the hang of the Adobe Analytics workspace, the other products really don't stack up against it because the segmentation and the ability to create reports pretty rapidly are invaluable.
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    Cube Planning, Inc
    Cube was just a lot easier to use than Vena. We took some time to look at Vena as well and while their product was impressive, our organization was not yet there. We needed something we could implement quickly, and in today's day and age I think that is a very important quality to have. Start up and early stage companies do not have the luxury of implementation teams and massive IT resources so Cube was a huge help.
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    Unless you have very complex and edge case analytics needs, Google Analytics [360 (formerly Google Analytics Premium)] is likely going to be the best choice. From both a cost and usability stand point, Google wins. Adobe has the edge case when you need to create really custom reports, dimensions, metrics, etc. In my experience, this is rarely the case and you end up biting off more than you can chew. Stick with Google unless you are or plan on hiring an Adobe Analytics expert.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    Adobe Analytics is relatively affordable compared to other tools, given it provides a range of flexible variables to use that I have not found in any other tools so far. It is worth investing in if your company is medium or large-sized and brings a steady flow of revenue. For small companies, it can be overpriced.
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    Scalability
    Adobe
    My organization uses Adobe Analytics across a multitude of brand portfolios. Each brand has multiple websites, mobile apps and some even have connected TV apps/channels on Roku and similar devices. Adobe can handle the multitude of properties that have simple, small(ish) websites and the larger brand properties that include web, mobile and connected TVs/OTT devices.
    Each of those larger brands has multiple categories and channels to keep track of. We can see the data by channel/device or aggregate all the data together. This gives our executive teams the full picture and the departmental teams the view they need to see their own performance.
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    Professional Services
    Adobe
    The professional services team is one of the best teams for complex adobe analytics implementations, especially for clients having multiple website and mobile applications. However, the cost of professional services is a bit high which makes few clients opt out of it, but for large scale implementations they are very helpful
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • I'd say business results. We tend to see better media and marketing engagement as a result of using Adobe Analytics, and that's largely because we can measure the effectiveness of campaigns and we can figure out which ones are driving better engagement, whether it's top of funnel or bottom of funnel. That's probably the biggest business result we see. It's obviously we even use it for other non-traditional use cases like AB testing to figure out which experience is a better or not, that type of thing.
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    • It has decreased the amount of time it takes to build reports by days
    • I can rest easy knowing the knowledge is accurate and there is no human error
    • I have been able to create more reports than I ever dreamed of with the new time and ease of use
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    • It helps me understand which social media platforms are most successful for me - which I should focus on and which I might want to focus less on.
    • I can also see which blog posts people are reading - so I know which topics resonate most. I can write more of those, hopefully gaining more visitors.
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