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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

    Sendible

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ASendible is a social media marketing platform that allows users to engage with their audience and track results across multiple social media channels at any time.

    $29

    per month 1 user and 6 profiles

    Pricing
    Google AnalyticsSendible
    Editions & Modules
    Google Analytics 360
    150,000
    per year
    Google Analytics
    Free
    Creator
    $29
    per month 1 user and 6 profiles
    Traction
    $89
    per month 4 users and 24 profiles
    Scale
    $199
    per month 7 users and 49 profiles
    Advanced
    $299
    per month 20 users and 100 profiles
    Enterprise
    $750
    per month 80 users and 400 profiles
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google AnalyticsSendible
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—15% discount if paying annually. 15% monthly discount or 25% annual discount offered to non-profits.
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    Community Pulse
    Google AnalyticsSendible
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Sendible
    Chose Sendible
    I don't think the other listed platforms are "bad" per se. I really wanted/needed a more robust platform that was easy to use and implement and I felt the others fell short in terms of what I needed it for. For instance, I think that Buffer has a great company, and a great …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sendible
    Sendible is a step beyond tools such as Buffer and Hootsuite Pro. Sendible is a slightly more professional platform than these, adding features that agencies will benefit from.

    Compared to similar products such as Sprout Social, the pricing made a lot more sense with Sendible …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    100 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    104 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    77 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    87 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Google AnalyticsSendible
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Google Analytics and Sendible
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    8.4
    11 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Sendible
    -
    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 Sendible
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    6.4
    9 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings6.56 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Google Analytics and Sendible
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    8.3
    15 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings7.713 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.414 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Google Analytics and Sendible
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    7.7
    12 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings5.59 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Google Analytics and Sendible
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    7.0
    9 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Google Analytics and Sendible
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    9.1
    15 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Google Analytics and Sendible
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    7.0
    11 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Google Analytics and Sendible
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    5.9
    14 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings9.714 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings2.110 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google AnalyticsSendible
    Small Businesses
    Matomo Analytics
    Score9 out of 10
    Publer
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Lead Forensics
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Chartbeat
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google AnalyticsSendible
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (193 ratings)
    9.3
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (51 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (19 ratings)
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (42 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google AnalyticsSendible
    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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    Sendible
    I have a fairly straightforward use case for Sendible and it meets almost all of my needs. If you are a small company that needs a collaborative solution to social media content creation, and likely has a small team (or no team) to manage social media postings, I think Sendible is likely a great tool to schedule posts and largely automate social media marketing. A larger company or more involved marketing team could still use Sendible to schedule and collaborate on posts. However, there may be additional features they may want or need (like the ability to promote posts) that may not be available with Sendible.
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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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    Sendible
    • Easy to schedule and post to all of your social media platforms.
    • Customer support is very accommodating and always there to help. I have never had an issue with reaching someone whether it was for a quick question or to demo other features.
    • They have an awesome affiliate program (example: I earned over $600 from one company clicking through an signing up from my affiliate link - yay!)
    • Compared to other social media platforms, Sendible has been the most robust with features and ease of use.
    • They are always making advances and upgrades to their service offerings to better meet the needs of their customers.
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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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    Sendible
    • Inbox. The inbox of incoming messages/posts is very clunky. Threads are separated into individual messages, making it difficult to follow conversations.
    • Reporting. The included reporting features are limited and don't allow for enough customization to be worth using.
    • Hashtags. When discussing the 10 most common mistakes (or whatever the title might be), we are unable to say "You won't believe #3" because the system reads this as a hashtag to link rather than just a number. It adds on editing time when approving posts.
    • Default settings. As a Social Media Manager, it is annoying to have myself set as default when looking at the content calendar. I don't write the posts, just approved and schedule them, so manually entering in my writers' names in the filters could be made easier by making this an editable feature.
    • Instagram. You cannot post multiple images in a single Instagram post from Sendible.
    • Service Lists. They are supposed to be helpful in grouping your services (we do this by brand), however, these lists don't pull the information you put on individual services. So if I have a list with Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for Brand A, you can't just add the Brand A Service List filter onto the calendar and see all of those posts that are scheduled. They don't seem to have much purpose at all.
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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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    Sendible
    If I am given a larger budget to work with then I'd like a program that tracks and collects my PR hits, as well as sends me important info to respond to. I realy like the way New Brand Analytics tracks my Trip Advisor,etc ratings
    Incentivized
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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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    Sendible
    Sendible is 100% web based so managing social media platforms can be done from anywhere with internet connectivity. During registration, Sendible takes its users on a tour of its main features. The sleek design was engineered by professionals who have great interest in social media marketing. There is ample support in case users get lost and there is no learning curve.
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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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    Sendible
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sendible
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sendible
    Sendible has a great resource center which I have used multiple times throughout my year using the platform. There are plenty of troubleshooting articles and guides that make it easy to uncover the root of any small issues I may have.
    Incentivized
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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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    Sendible
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sendible
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sendible
    While lacking in some features compared to those big alternatives, Sendible doesn't stop releasing new features every few months and doesn't cost nearly as much monthly as they do for the amount of profiles they allow to manage. Overall I'd say it's a solid competitor if they keep the updates coming and optimize the platform a little
    Incentivized
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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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    Sendible
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Sendible
    • It helps my business, to manage my clients social media.
    • However I was hoping to capture more people who want to use the tool as DIY which has not happened.
    • I do not want to let it go but it is currently more of an expense then bringing in a return.
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