Fullstory vs. Piwik PRO

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Fullstory
Score 8.4 out of 10
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FullStory headquartered in Atlanta offers a heat map and session recording / replay application, presented as a digital experience analytics solution that provides on-the-fly conversion funnels, advanced search capabilities, video-like replay of real user sessions, and robust debugging and developer tools. The FullStory analytics engine automatically indexes digital interactions with sites or apps to empower teams to measure, validate, and act on each experience at scale. FullStory also boasts…
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Piwik PRO
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Piwik PRO is a privacy-oriented alternative to Google Analytics. Created in 2013, Piwik PRO Analytics Suite allows for tracking web, app, product and intranet behavior of users. The vendor states their platform ensures compliance with strict EU, US, Chinese and Russian data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The platform includes customer care from implementation and…N/A
Pricing
FullstoryPiwik PRO
Editions & Modules
Free
$0.00
Business
Contact Sales
Enterprise
Contact Sales
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FullstoryPiwik PRO
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
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Features
FullstoryPiwik PRO
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Fullstory
5.2
18 Ratings
38% below category average
Piwik PRO
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Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access6.216 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application6.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.612 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile App Analytics6.412 Ratings00 Ratings
Results and Analysis
Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Product A and Product B
Fullstory
7.6
48 Ratings
15% below category average
Piwik PRO
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Ratings
Heatmap tool7.436 Ratings00 Ratings
Click analytics7.243 Ratings00 Ratings
Scroll maps7.732 Ratings00 Ratings
Form fill analysis8.025 Ratings00 Ratings
Conversion tracking6.427 Ratings00 Ratings
Goal tracking6.522 Ratings00 Ratings
Funnel Analysis7.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Session Recording and Replay9.747 Ratings00 Ratings
User Segmentation8.242 Ratings00 Ratings
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FullstoryPiwik PRO
Small Businesses
Smartlook
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Score 8.5 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Contentsquare
Contentsquare
Score 8.7 out of 10
Siteimprove
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Contentsquare
Contentsquare
Score 8.7 out of 10
Contentsquare
Contentsquare
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
FullstoryPiwik PRO
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(71 ratings)
8.2
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.7
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(61 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.6
(56 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FullstoryPiwik PRO
Likelihood to Recommend
Fullstory
It was extremely useful in identifying places in our product where things weren't functioning, or where it looked like action was available to the end user but in reality, it was not and therefore caused lots of confusion. It doesn't help as much in other scenarios to see what catches a user's Eye or where they go if they leave our application as well as an actual in-person interview would help with eye-tracking software.
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Piwik PRO
Piwik Pro Core is especially perfect for smaller businesses that want to have an alternative to Google's ecosystem. You can do a lot of the great stuff you can do with GA UA and GA4. But it still needs some tweaking. Especially for some bigger companies who have a lot of events, it would be great to have some smaller payment steps, as of right now it can be quite steep for some companies to pay the bill if you go above 500.000 events per month. Nevertheless, I believe this is one of the better options available when data ownership and privacy come to mind.
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Pros
Fullstory
  • Tracks users' online experiences from start to finish.
  • Makes it easy to share a customer's experiences with the rest of my team.
  • Allows me to use different methods to find evidence of a customer's experience.
  • Shows page insights via segmentation that help me know where to improve my site.
  • Tracks error clicks and dead clicks for quick insights into site improvements.
  • Integrates with HelpScout for easy access to customer problem-solving.
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Piwik PRO
  • Manage all campaigns and increase large volumes of data.
  • It has an excellent activity panel through which you can have complete visibility of each activity you carry out.
  • It's great to track all interactions between users and track all conversions.
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Cons
Fullstory
  • The ramp-up time to learn the entire product can take a little while. There are just so many absolutely wonderful tools and different ways to look at the same type of information that it can take a new user a few weeks to understand and then more time to master. However, FullStory has a ton of training resources to help with that! A lot of my own teammates have taught themselves FullStory through those training resources.
  • The UX of the product is totally wonderful, but there are tiny things that make getting to certain parts of the product slightly more challenging (like clicking into a modal in a modal). Sometimes buttons or links are placed out of my field of view, but those are minor things I notice because I work in UX.
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Piwik PRO
  • Filtering: ip ranges, hostnames, regex. These are a few things that aren't possible like we are used to.
  • Tag Manager: not all tags/triggers are possible yet to what we are used to.
  • Are more progressive payment model: more little steps to buy a plan.
  • Custom dimensions: they weren't available but are now. But they aren't that user friendly yet as I'm used to.
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Likelihood to Renew
Fullstory
It's been a phenomenal tool for us; every department that uses it has found something new and unexpected that it can do that they're really excited about. Even if we *only* used it for bug triage, it would be worth our time and money. The fact that we can use it for so many other things as well--gauging how customers interact and use our site, identifying UI problems, etc.--is above and beyond
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Piwik PRO
No answers on this topic
Usability
Fullstory
Because everything seems to be easy to find and it doesn't take long at all to learn how to use the product
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Piwik PRO
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Fullstory
We've never had issues with availability
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Piwik PRO
No answers on this topic
Performance
Fullstory
It seems the performance is really good and always loads quickly
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Piwik PRO
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Fullstory
They have been overall pretty responsive and proactive. The tool is pretty straightforward to use. Most of the questions we have had to work with them on our how to use new features or adjust our integration to ensure we are gathering all the data from all of our tools.
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Piwik PRO
We had to contact the support several times in the beginning and they really took their time to explain the different functions in detail. So in terms of support I can definitely recommend Piwik PRO.
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Implementation Rating
Fullstory
To successfully implement FullStory, it is important to plan your implementation carefully by defining your goals and user segments. You should also use tags and filters to analyze your user data, train your team to use FullStory effectively, and use FullStory in conjunction with other analytics tools to get a more complete picture of your user's behavior. By following these tips, you can gain valuable insights into your users' behavior and experiences, and use this information to improve your website or application.
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Piwik PRO
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Alternatives Considered
Fullstory
Smartlook is software that records users on a website
and mobile app. Finding useful information within thousands of recordings is
made quick and easy with features that help you accomplish this. I have chosen FullStory because it is easier to use and has more advanced features compared to Smartlook.
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Piwik PRO
Piwik Pro's support for multiple sites saved me a lot of time. To view reports from numerous client sites, I'll have to access a single dashboard. Its digest reports save time and are simple enough for non-technical executives to understand. It gives us access to information about individual users that Google doesn't allow us to see as a whole. It will allow users to express their desires more clearly. As a result, this one is significantly more useful compared to other tools.
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Scalability
Fullstory
Full story was easy to scale with the growth of our teams and organisation
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Piwik PRO
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Return on Investment
Fullstory
  • Triage for front end bugs - FullStory can sometimes help you spot a bug in action much more quickly than trying to recreate it on your own
  • Observing customers use new features and understanding why a new feature may be performing better or worse than expected
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Piwik PRO
  • We have obtained a good impact both economically and in data integration.
  • It has allowed us to collect and analyze all the data of our clients, and to create groups that allow us to divide potential clients and make personalized messages.
  • We use the Enterprise plan because it provides us with the necessary tools and unlimited features.
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ScreenShots

Fullstory Screenshots

Screenshot of a custom dashboard to visualize data.Screenshot of FullStory's session replay, combined with dev toolsScreenshot of FullStory Conversions, used to illuminate problems in the digital experienceScreenshot of Fullstory for mobile appsScreenshot of FullStory search and segmentationScreenshot of quality insights on the most valuable pages

Piwik PRO Screenshots

Screenshot of Piwik PRO Customer Data PlatformScreenshot of Core reportScreenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Funnel reportScreenshot of User flow reportScreenshot of Tag Manager