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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Chartbeat

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AChartbeat delivers real-time analytics, insights, and transformative tools for content teams around the world, to help improve audience engagement, inform editorial decisions, and increase loyalty.N/A

    Commanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACommanders Act offers Enterprise Tag Manager, a product designed to handle website tags - and also SDKs in a single SDK container - through a management interface without the need for technical expertise.N/A
    Pricing
    ChartbeatCommanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChartbeatCommanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsChartbeat pricing is based on monthly site page views. Discounts are applied to multi-year contracts. The Basic Plan includes the Real-time Dashboard, Historical Dashboard, Heads Up Display, Reports, Big Board, iOS and Android app, and Real-time API endpoints. The Plus Plan includes all of the Basic Plan features, plus ONE of the following Premium features: Headline Testing, Advanced Queries, or Multi-Site View. The Premium Plan includes all of the Basic Plan features, plus ALL Premium features: Headline Testing, Advanced Queries, Multi-Site View, and enterprise-level support and custom trainings.—
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    Community Pulse
    ChartbeatCommanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Chartbeat, Inc.
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    Commanders Act
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    ChartbeatCommanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Chartbeat and Commanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Feature
    Chartbeat
    7.8
    15 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Commanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Conversion Tracking6.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bounce Rate Measurement6.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting7.714 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking8.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event Tracking8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time9.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking8.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards6.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Chartbeat and Commanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Feature
    Chartbeat
    -
    Ratings
    Commanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Chartbeat and Commanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Feature
    Chartbeat
    -
    Ratings
    Commanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Tag library00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Data Management & Integrity
    Comparison of Data Management & Integrity features of Chartbeat and Commanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Feature
    Chartbeat
    -
    Ratings
    Commanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Event tracking00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Universal data layer00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Automated error checking00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ChartbeatCommanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (69 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (60 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ChartbeatCommanders Act Enterprise Tag Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    The main point of benefit is the realtime data. This is vital to our team as we are publishing a lot of content per day, so we have a busy homepage to manage and it's important to know which content is performing well. We also like to get an understanding as quickly as possible - which Chartbeat offers - of where traffic is coming from. Often we will see an example where a page is getting high traffic from Google, for example, and we know that might not need to be placed so prominently on the homepage because the traffic is arriving to us externally anyway. Without that depth of understanding what is performing best and why - updated immediately, unlike in Google Analytics now - our homepage would not be as well optimised for users coming to us direct
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    Commanders Act
    If you need a single place where you can handle all the third party pixels, this is a well-suited platform. As well as if you want to keep the deployment independent from all other (and more complex) deployments driven by IT. If you need a pixel to be fired not just when the page loads, but based on user actions, you should use the events and that's pretty complex to handle.
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    Pros
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    • Provides easy at-a-glance look at what people are reading right now
    • Heads-up Display allows you to make sure the homepage is showing the content people want to read
    • Headline testing tool provides fascinating insight into what makes people read a story and improves headline-writing ability
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    Commanders Act
    • Creating new pixels is very easy, as well as organizing all of them, handling prioritization between different partners' pixels.
    • Defining the perimeters and constraints where the pixels need to be fired is a breeze.
    • Deploying the container and keeping track of all the modification is very well done.
    • The configuration of the deduplication rule is pretty flexible.
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    Cons
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    • Source of traffic needs improvement. Search and social make sense, but "internal" and "links" is a grey area. It would be helpful to define those with an organization and provide an information icon so users can easily remember what each of those buckets is tracking.
    • More ways to customize the real-time board. For example, with video content, that's great that I can see a user has started a video, but what is the completion rate, was that only on O&O or can that track Facebook, too?
    • Would like to see demo (age) information included as a way to slice the data so I can see what's working with my older and younger demo.
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    Commanders Act
    • Reports. Tag Commander lacks in term of reports of what's happening. There is an additional module called Attribution Management System that gives you a lot of insights, but more basic reports to understand what has been fired will be useful.
    • Support. Tag Commander support is very low responsive. It took several days to have the first feedback and generally, it takes a lot of emails to get what you need.
    • Deduplication engine flexibility. The engine is there and it works pretty well, until you have a slightly different need. In that case you need to implement something custom in terms of implementation, reports, etc. A more flexible approach would be useful.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    I gave Chartbeat a 5 for a renewal rating, because, while it delivers clear and understandable content, Google Analytics also provides many of the same features for free. For a small to medium website, I believe it would be more cost effective to use Google Analytics. A website with a high amount of traffic, however, could merit spending the money on Chartbeat to maximize their potential.
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    Commanders Act
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    Usability
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    I am able to "set it and forget it," keeping it up on my monitor for either constant checking or just keeping an eye on the numbers during the day. I'm also able to keep track of what times are perfect to post a story and which stories rack up the most traffic.
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    Commanders Act
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    Support Rating
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    I have had limited experience of support for Chartbeat but whenever I have needed help it has been there. Recently there was an issue of seeing different forms of data in real time - app and otherwise effectively, and the issue was being clearly dealt with and communicated back to us.
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    Commanders Act
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    Alternatives Considered
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    Omnilytics is more robust, detailed, and catered for an intermediate media user, while I think Chartbeat is a more user-friendly and beginner-oriented piece of technology. That being said, there is an impressive amount of lift for Chartbeat, and it's evident that simplicity is the key to using a software daily (which is absolutely the point in the content world).
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    Commanders Act
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    Return on Investment
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    • It has helped us save time in report generation and performance analysis.
    • By helping us evaluate our contributors, we're able to get our money's worth.
    • Seeing our numbers on the Big Board fosters healthy competition among brands, motivating us to distribute our stories better.
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    Commanders Act
    • It let us deploy new pixels/fixes to pixels independently from the IT deployment process.
    • It let us easily turn on/off and sort the pixel execution based on partners' priority, assuring better data tracking for more important partners.
    • It provides out of the box pixel implementation for tons of partners, but really often we need to rewrite the pixel from scratch as they're not up to date.
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    ScreenShots

    Chartbeat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Big Board: For newsrooms, the leaderboard-style visualization shows the top stories on the biggest screen.Screenshot of Real-time dashboard: Displays how an audience is connecting with content in the moment – across platforms, channels, and devices.Screenshot of Historical Dashboard: To assess content performance, KPIs, and valuable trends over the long term.Screenshot of Heads Up Display: Shows which homepage articles are the top performers, how stories are trending up or down in traffic, and how far visitors are scrolling down the page.Screenshot of Video Dashboard: Reveals how video content captures viewer attention.Screenshot of Conversion Dashboard: Tracks conversion metrics and insights.