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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.

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    Khoros Social Media Management

    Score6.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) is a social media management platform. Key features include: Plan and Organize Social Campaigns, Manage Real-Time Engagement, and Learn and Prove Social ImpactN/A
    Pricing
    Google AnalyticsKhoros Social Media Management
    Editions & Modules
    Google Analytics 360
    150,000
    per year
    Google Analytics
    Free
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google AnalyticsKhoros Social Media Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Google AnalyticsKhoros Social Media Management
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Chose Khoros Social Media Management
    Great analytics
    Incentivized
    Chose Khoros Social Media Management
    Radian6 was on the short list because of our relationship with Salesforce.com. However, we evaluated over 20 other social media management systems before choosing Khoros. No one else offered the workflows, audit trails, and permissions-based system we needed to scale our social …
    Chose Khoros Social Media Management
    Every other year, we evaluate social media monitoring, engagement, analytics, and display tools. Khoros consistently comes out on top for its strong products, great support, competent services team, and fair price point. I highly recommend them for organizations that want a …
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    96%
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    87 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    Features
    Google AnalyticsKhoros Social Media Management
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Google Analytics and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    8.4
    11 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Khoros Social Media Management
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Conversion Tracking8.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bounce Rate Measurement8.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting9.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event Tracking8.411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time7.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking8.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards7.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Google Analytics and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.9
    123 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings7.296 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.5105 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings7.194 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings6.9116 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Google Analytics and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.2
    153 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.8151 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings7.1136 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Google Analytics and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.5
    118 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings6.996 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings6.6108 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings9.199 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Google Analytics and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.7
    108 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings6.252 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings6.491 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.195 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Google Analytics and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.0
    152 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Twitter00 Ratings7.9143 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings6.2148 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings6.0109 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings7.3137 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings5.450 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Google Analytics and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.0
    136 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings6.9126 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.5125 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings6.581 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Google Analytics and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.5
    141 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings7.2137 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings5.8116 Ratings
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    Matomo Analytics
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Chartbeat
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google AnalyticsKhoros Social Media Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (193 ratings)
    7.8
    (189 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (51 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (19 ratings)
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.7
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (42 ratings)
    7.7
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.7
    (24 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (127 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Google AnalyticsKhoros Social Media Management
    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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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While I cannot say any scenarios where Khoros wouldn't be useful (when it comes to social media moderation), I can say it is very well suited for clients who have time constraints on their work. With the speed Khoros can pull in new content, we see issues for the client almost immediately.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Reporting is great - easy to create bespoke dashboards for multiple ways to view the data and trends in platform
    • Onboarding and training - a good repository of knowledge articles for users to access on most aspects of the platform for self-learning
    • The user-friendly and intuitive interface allows any user to quickly assimilate how to use the platform.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Look and feel of the interface could use a refresh as it's not very exciting to use
    • Improve analytics features and accuracy
    • Facilitate bulk actions
    • Better alerts/visibility of collaborative actions and assigned tasks
    • Clearer communication around new feature releases and announcements
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    There is no product like Khoros. Our company lives and dies by the analytics, and to date, we have not seen a more comprehensive analytics structure for any social media management tool. Khoros support is also fantastic, responding and resolving any and all questions, ideas, or complaints, usually in 24 hours.
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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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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros Marketing is very user-friendly and easy to navigate. The calendar visibility is the view I use most so I can see all posts going out on all of our channels. It allows us to time posts in a proper cadence so we don't overlap with other pressing content.
    Incentivized
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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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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • We still experience a bit of downtime and slowness here but things have drastically improved in the last year with their feature updates and reconfigured hosting.
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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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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros has greatly improved the performance of its SaaS products in the last 5 years. Their applications, including Conversations, Intelligence, and Experiences, all load quickly with real-time data. This performance is critical to provide meaningful, social customer support, and marketing. The performance maintains integrity even when you deploy powerful integrations like Salesforce Customer Relationship Manager.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Overall, support does a great job and is timely in their responses and efforts. We have had to contact support many times due to the Capture app. Some tickets have remained open for months, while others get resolved quickly. I understand this is not always up to support and they often have to wait for their engineering team to fix issues that we identified, but it's difficult to deal with issues that are affecting our workflow, especially for extended amounts of time.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • As a very early customer, we did not undergo formal training but worked closely with the team to get the system set up to do what we wanted. However, online training resources are now available with many blog posts / video lessons and tutorials.
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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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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    it is important to note that my perspective is not necessarily common - I'm a geek/nerd/poweruser in general, so I found the online resources to be more than adequate (and often very aesthetically pleasing, too). That said, a less "geeky" person might struggle a bit.
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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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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The implementation team from Khoros were great - they worked hard to understand our somewhat complex organization, and were with us all the way through face to face meetings, user training, and technical training. We had a clearly defined account manager and implementation manager, who worked really effectively together and with us.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    At the time of purchase, Khoros met a specific technical need that other vendors couldn't provide for us. Now, however, Sprout Social has this same capability, and Khoros is massively inferior to it on everything but price and some minor UX issues. At this point Khoros seems to be lagging badly behind most competing products
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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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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Again, I am a fairly new employee to The Social Lights (I've only been here for 11 months) and I am also fairly new to the workforce (I've only just graduated from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities) so it's hard for me to talk too much about the scalability of businesses; however, I feel like this would help
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Negatively impacted relationship with Khoros as they're notoriously difficult to engage with or able to produce viable results from our feedback.
    • Negatively impacted KPI reporting, as metrics were inaccurate for six months.
    • Negatively impacted resource management, as there've been so many restrictions with this platform that simple, day-to-day tasks take so much longer.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Khoros Social Media Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of the channel performance dashboard, for monitoring different metrics and comparing the performance of posts by content type and labels to optimize for the audience.Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. It provides a holistic view of paid and organic campaigns, allowing teams to compare performance and optimize for engagement and reach with campaigns.Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. Users can compare the performance of posts across channels, ensuring that time and resources are allocated effectively to reach the target audience.Screenshot of the calendar view. This presents all scheduled posts by assignee, channel, and tags so that nothing is missed and content is delivered on time.Screenshot of approval paths in Khoros. Get sign-off and feedback across teams for paid and organic posts to reduce brand risk.