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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Analytics

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Analytics is perhaps the best-known web analytics product and, as a free product, it has massive adoption. Although it lacks some enterprise-level features compared to its competitors in the space, the launch of the paid Google Analytics Premium edition seems likely to close the gap.

    $0

    per month

    Google Campaign Manager 360

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AReplacing DoubleClick, Google Campaign Manager 360 is a web-based ad management system for advertisers and agencies, used to manage digital campaigns across websites and mobile. This includes features for ad serving, targeting, verification, and reporting.N/A

    Publift

    N/AN/APublift, headquartered in Surry Hills, New South Wales, offers a suite ad revenue optimization and page performance solutions, designed to help users make the most of programmatic advertising.N/A
    Pricing
    Google AnalyticsGoogle Campaign Manager 360Publift
    Editions & Modules
    Google Analytics 360
    150,000
    per year
    Google Analytics
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google AnalyticsGoogle Campaign Manager 360Publift
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google AnalyticsGoogle Campaign Manager 360Publift
    Considered Multiple Products
    Google
    Chose Google Analytics
    Google Analytics is a bit cheaper than its competitors and provides a slightly different role as it tracks all channels. It has a close relation to Google and this makes the data a bit more valuable than those programs that are not.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Analytics
    Moat is great when tracking how well an ad did in our server -- but Google Analytics approaches total web traffic as opposed to a specific ad.
    Incentivized
    Google
    Chose Google Campaign Manager 360
    Those platforms are actually all in the Google Marketing Suite and work together excellently with the Google Marketing Platform
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Campaign Manager 360
    I believe that DoubeClick is the best third-party ad server that I've used in the trafficking space. Although I did have a few years of experience using Flashtalking and Atlas, I'd prefer DCM. In my opinion the custom conversion and attribution models in DCM allow you to …
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    Publift
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    100 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    104 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    77 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    87 Answers
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    Features
    Google AnalyticsGoogle Campaign Manager 360Publift
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Google Analytics and Google Campaign Manager 360 and Publift
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    8.4
    11 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    -
    Ratings
    Publift
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    Ratings
    Lead Conversion Tracking8.210 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bounce Rate Measurement8.410 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting9.311 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking9.111 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event Tracking8.411 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time7.810 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking8.610 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards7.910 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Google Analytics and Google Campaign Manager 360 and Publift
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    9.0
    29 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Publift
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer00 Ratings9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Google Analytics and Google Campaign Manager 360 and Publift
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    8.8
    33 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Publift
    -
    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings10.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings10.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings7.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Google Analytics and Google Campaign Manager 360 and Publift
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    9.2
    33 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Publift
    -
    Ratings
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings10.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Matomo Analytics
    Score9 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
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    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Lead Forensics
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Chartbeat
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google AnalyticsGoogle Campaign Manager 360Publift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (193 ratings)
    9.0
    (45 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (51 ratings)
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (19 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (42 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    User Testimonials
    Google AnalyticsGoogle Campaign Manager 360Publift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Analytics is particularly well suited for tracking and analyzing customer behavior on a grocery e-commerce platform. It provides a wealth of information about customer behavior, including what products are most popular, what pages are visited the most, and where customers are coming from. This information can help the platform optimize its website for better customer engagement and conversion rates. However, Google Analytics may not be the best tool for more advanced, granular analysis of customer behavior, such as tracking individual customer journeys or understanding customer motivations. In these cases, it may be more appropriate to use additional tools or solutions that provide deeper insights into customer behavior.
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    Google
    I feel pretty neutral about Google Marketing Platform. For the longest time, my company wasn't using it because each of the features (Data Studio, Analytics, etc.) could be accessed separately. In fact, most of the time, I don't even go into Google Marketing Platform because it's easier to directly navigate to the individual platforms. There are very few features about GMP that can only be accessed from the GMP UI. The Integrations Center is probably the main feature I utilize from the GMP UI, which allows me to see a summary of the integrations I have in place across all my client properties and accounts.
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    Publift
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    Pros
    Google
    • Multiple reports to see website use and behavior
    • Allows you to customize reports with days, weeks, months, and years
    • You can build out a dashboard to easily view stats from multiple websites in one place
    • You can share analytics reports via the dashboard, automatically emailed PDFs or in other formats
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    Google
    • Bringing together data from multiple channels and engines and allows you to visualize the data in an easy to use platform. This saves time from using multiple logins for the different platforms.
    • Auto bidding tools save time from manual bidding, as it allows you to set the specific terms around what levels you want to cap your CPCs at. You then let DoubleClick adjust your bids to gain the most conversions from the cheapest CPCs. This frees up time to do other in-depth analysis and strategy.
    • DoubleClick also has the ability to track conversions and clicks on any page using their floodlight tags. This is good for tracking certain actions on yours or a client's site and is especially good if they do not use any other tools, such as Google Analytics or Adobe, to track conversions and user actions on site. You can also use these in conjunction with the auto bidding tools.
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    Publift
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    Cons
    Google
    • Data sampling is somewhat inaccurate on the free tier - this is addressed in premium but is expensive.
    • Some of the UI is very similar in naming when presenting different data, some in-situ information might be useful.
    • Gotchas around filtering and data validation.
    • Implementation can be tricky, it can take a lot of time and expertise to get a full, accurate picture of your metrics.
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    Google
    • The process for on-boarding new users can be difficult if they do not already have a Gmail or Gmail-linked account.
    • Difficult to troubleshoot technical issues (with the platform, with tags, etc.) because of the lack of customer support. Unclear if the agency has a dedicated team or individual to assist, and often have to deal with out-sourced support teams.
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    Publift
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    We will continue to use Google Analytics for several reasons. It is free, which is a huge selling point. It houses all of our ecommerce stores' data, and though it can't account for refunds or fraud orders, gives us and our clients directional, real time information on individual and group store performance.
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    Google
    Due to its adapting behavior with industry ad formats and seamless integration with publishers and DSP's, I don't see myself moving away from DCM. As we see the display advertising is getting more programatic and automated due to the rise of DSP and concept of RTB, Double Click has evolved with new advanced best practices
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    Publift
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    Usability
    Google
    Google Analytics provides a wealth of data, down to minute levels. That is it's greatest detriment: find the right information when you need it can be a cumbersome task. You are able to create shortcuts, however, so it can mitigate some of this problem. Google is continually refining Analytics, so I do not doubt there will be improvements
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    Google
    The Doubleclick interface is easy and simple to get a hang of. The options are slightly limited compared to other DSPs. But, for a simple campaign, this is a great DSP to move forward with. They have a ton of data and can plug into a lot of different partners
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    We all know Google is at top when it comes to availability. We have never faced any such instances where I can suggest otherwise. All you need is a Google account, a device and internet connection to use this super powerful tool for reporting and visualising your site data, traffic, events, etc. that too in real time.
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    Google
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    Publift
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    Performance
    Google
    This has been a catalyst for improving our site's traffic handling capabilities. We were able to identify exit% from our sites through it and we used recommendations to handle and implement the same in our sites. We have been increasing the usage of Google Analytics in our sites and never had any performance related issues if we used Analytics
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    Google
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    Publift
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    Support Rating
    Google
    The Google reps respond very quickly. However, sometimes they can overly call you to set up an apportionment. I'm very proficient and sometimes when I talk to reps, they give beginner tutorials and insights that are a waste of time. I wish Google would understand my level of expertise and assign me to a rep (long-term) that doesn't have to walk me through the basics.
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    Google
    They do not have strong support team. It is tough to get answer when I need it. They always refer you to an online guide and not an actual person. If so, the person is based out of an offshore team in India and does not know the specific client goals .
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    Online Training
    Google
    love the product and training they provide for businesses of all sizes. The following list of links will help you get started with Google Analytics from setup to understanding what data is being presented by Google Analytics.
    1. How to Use Google Analytics for Beginners – Mahalo’s how-to guide for beginners.
    2. A beginner’s guide to Google Analytics – A free eBook walking you through Google Analytics from setup to understanding what data is being presented.
    3. Getting to Know Your Google Analytics Dashboard – The title says it all! This is a brief post with one goal: to introduce you to the Google Analytics dashboard.
    4. Google Analytics for Beginners: How to Make the Most of Your Traffic Reports– This guide doesn’t cover setup, but it does a great job of helping you to better understand the data being presented.
    5. Google Analytics Video Tutorial 1: Setup – A video presentation that walks you through Google Analytics setup.
    6. Google Analytics Video Tutorial 2: Essential Stats – A video presentation that introduces you to some of the most important data being presented in Google Analytics.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    I think my biggest take away from the Google Analytics implementation was that there needs to be a clear understanding of what you want to achieve and how you want to achieve it before you start. Originally the analytics were added to track visitors, but as we became more savvy with the product, we began adding more and more functionality, and defining guidelines as we went along. While not detrimental to our success, this lack of an overarching goal resulted in some minor setbacks in implementation and the collection of some messy data that is unusable.
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    Google
    I would highly recommend asking clients to provide 3PAS tags or use an internal 3PAS
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    I have not used Adobe Analytics as much, but I know they offer something called customer journey analytics, which we are evaluating now. I have used Semrush, and I find them much better than Google Analytics. I feel a fairly nontechnical person could learn Semrush in about a month. They also offer features like competitive analysis (on content, keywords, traffic, etc.), which is very useful. If you have to choose one among Semrush and Google Analytics, I would say go for Semrush.
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    Google
    Marin takes a lot more time for everything, mainly for the campaigns setup. This also leads to many mistakes, which impact the performance. I've used Marin on a couple of previous clients and we've had many problems with it, mainly with correct conversion tracking and account optimizations. Besides, Marin is behind all the new features available on AdWords, which makes the tracking also not very flexible.
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    Scalability
    Google
    Google Analytics is currently handling the reporting and tracking of near about 80 sites in our project. And I am not talking about the sites from different projects. They may have way more accounts than that. Never ever felt a performance issue from Google's end while generating or customising reports or tracking custom events or creating custom dimensions
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    Google
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    Publift
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • It has helped us gain understanding of what is going on on our website.
    • It has helped us determine areas that need fixing (i.e. pages with extremely high bounce rates may need to be redone).
    • It has helped us understand our biggest avenues for bringing traffic to the website and business in general.
    • It has helped guide our website redesign.
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    Google
    • DS3 has improved ROI considerably due to its ability to make the work of a team of digital marketers to go further and improving internal efficiency.
    • There is a notable improvement in account performance for those integrated with DoubleClick as opposed to not, with better tracking, new bid strategy options, and a more responsive interface.
    • The additional fee on top of media spend is a considerable expense for a large advertiser, but the necessity of a product/solution such as this means that there is always likely to be some comparative cost.
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