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    Open Web Analytics

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOpen 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

    Request Metrics

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ARealtime website performance tests generated from real user experience on a website. Request Metrics gathers performance data from actual users, rather than a synthetic tests. Request Metrics is website performance monitoring, simplified for small high performance teams. There is no complicated query languages to learn or theoretical metrics to understand. The service provides reports that help keep a website running fast, and customers…

    $37

    per month

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    Essentials
    $37
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    Professional
    $96
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    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Open Web Analytics and Request Metrics
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    Request Metrics
    9.0
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    14% above category average
    Application monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threshold alerts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Application performance management console00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Matomo Analytics
    Score9 out of 10
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    Lead Forensics
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    Chartbeat
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Splunk AppDynamics
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    TrackJS
    Request Metrics is great for small web development teams that want to make fast web applications. It was quick for us to get started and we could use the reports right away without having to read through documentation. If you just need to get some performance metrics, Request Metrics is perfect. It would not be so good for a larger team or a complex backend application as it is pretty limited in what it can measure.
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    Pros
    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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    TrackJS
    • Performance charts are really simple and easy for us to understand what is happening
    • It was easy to get started and doesn't need administration or training
    • It's affordable for our team
    • It's fast
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    Cons
    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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    TrackJS
    • I wish that it could also do uptime checking of the site
    • There is not enough detail to drill into individual users
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    TrackJS
    We also consider Speedcurve and Calibre for monitoring. Speedcurve was really nice, but the reports were slow. We had to wait a lot to get information. It was also out of our budget and would require extra justification to use it. Calibre was also nice, but the numbers were based on synthetic rather than real user performance. We felt that this wasn't as helpful for us.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    TrackJS
    • The launch of our project dashboard was much smoother and more successful because we could fix problems earlier
    • It fit without our existing operations budget
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    Screenshot of an illustration of how Request Metrics tracks Core Web VitalsScreenshot of an example of a few website performance tracking reportsScreenshot of load sequences available for debuggingScreenshot of problem drill downScreenshot of SEO monitoring