Inspectlet vs. Open Web Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Inspectlet
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Inspectlet is a web heatmapping tool. Features include heatmapping, session recording and form analytics.N/A
Open Web Analytics
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Open Web Analytics is an open source web analytics software product licensed under GPL and provides website owners and developers with ways to add web analytics to their sites using simple Javascript, PHP, or REST based APIs. OWA also comes with support for tracking websites made with content management frameworks such as WordPress and MediaWiki.N/A
Pricing
InspectletOpen Web Analytics
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
InspectletOpen Web Analytics
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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InspectletOpen Web Analytics
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InspectletOpen Web Analytics
Small Businesses
Smartlook
Smartlook
Score 8.6 out of 10
StatCounter
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Siteimprove
Siteimprove
Score 9.0 out of 10
Siteimprove
Siteimprove
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Contentsquare
Contentsquare
Score 7.4 out of 10
Optimal
Optimal
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
InspectletOpen Web Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
InspectletOpen Web Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
Inspectlet
Small organization with limited resource can really make use of [Inspectlet]. Its really user friendly and don't need much expertise or training to use and you can have the entire department using it the very next day its implemented. But if its a large company, you might be better off with other session replay tools.
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Open Source
Open Web Analytics is an opportunity for those that like to have skeletons for the start of customized solutions. The package offers several best practices set of features and functions. The possibilities add up to higher performance API for example from Google Analytics. The vast of additional features are of higher value because the market does not have other solutions. There are solutions around Open Web Analytics for example in SAP Design Studio that integrate beyond Content Management systems and attached Shops Systems to Warehousing, Logistics, and Deliverment Management. The market situation are covering all that is possible and has demand. The universality is implemented at the user interface and therefore unmatched and even robust for new kinds of visualization interfaces or input device types. A draw is that against payment system remains a security gap and data security and data safety might be a topic for each customer and user.
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Pros
Inspectlet
  • Inspectlet does analysis of sessions really well. We were able to view our funnel and view sessions that completed and dropped-off at various points. Setting up the funnel and doing the analysis was very easy.
  • I thought Inspectlet was very easy to integrate. During the integration, I was able to send metadata that allowed for increased flexibility during analysis. I loved that Inspectlet integrated with Segment.io.
  • I thought the tool's pricing was positioned well for the features it offered.
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Open Source
  • High performance track and state-of-the-art analyze the human use of website pages and apps.
  • Combines conventional Google Analytics-like-tracking with heatmap-like-tracking features.
  • Offers JavaScript and PHP based APIs for web analytics page integration of versatile tracking features.
  • Supports best practices established for content management frameworks based on WordPress or MediaWiki.
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Cons
Inspectlet
  • Be more consistent on recording the sessions
  • Create an approved chrome extension that can be used to link session replay ids we gather in our Analytics tool like Adobe to the actual Inspectlet tool
  • Lots of times main dashboard doesn't load. Make the tool more bug free.
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Open Source
  • Open Web Analytics can be available for integration for the broad mass in all PHP- and Javascript-based Content Management Frameworks.
  • A shop for custom add-ons of the platform Open Web Analytics may be a big chance.
  • Enhance in documentation, examples, best practices are a great chance to get more users active and a broader audience.
  • Offer a closer integration to the leading tool Google Analytics in so many features and functions. Learn from Matomy for example.
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Alternatives Considered
Inspectlet
I tried out several session recording tools. The things that really stood out to me about Inspectlet were the interface and integration. Inspectlet was easiest for me to integrate and start sending custom metadata. I also liked that you could set up Inspectlet to capture every session automatically. Finally, I really enjoyed Inspectlet's funnel reporting feature. It sped up useful analysis tremendously because most of the sessions we were interested in corresponded to funnel interaction.
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Open Source
Google Analytics is the market leader for web analytics. The package offers search engine marketing that can be integrated into Open Web Analytics. The features and functions of Open Web Analytics compare close to Matomo Analytics. In terms of market share Google Analytics has all and the other two have very little and their other competitors have almost nothing. That changes in specialized markets. Google Analytics is everywhere and much more influential than other search engines because of that particular service. There had been a dying period for such web analytics software packages. There are three kinds of web analytics software packages. Free/open source like Open Web Analytics and Matomo, Proprietary like Urchin from Google, and hosted/software-as-a-service-packages like the market leader Google Analytics. I consider all as rather different in performance. Those closer to the busiest server are the best for traffic. Heat maps are well placed on the hosting server.
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Return on Investment
Inspectlet
  • There is no dollar figure to put as an ROI but the value this tool provides is much much more than the investment.
  • To be able to know the site from users perspective is the best ROI anyone can expect
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Open Source
  • Moderate lifetime operating costs.
  • Enhances the performances of all online business interests enormously.
  • Enables a great customized experience of web analytics.
  • Compatible to web analytics standards and references.
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