Likelihood to Recommend 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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Read full review Free services provide a wonderful resource for people on tight budgets. If willing to put forth work in data managing/analysis and If basic high traffic information or drilling down specific users in low traffic situations is needed, then StatCounter may fit your needs. If automation and low overhead are a high priority then some more expensive packages can provide the same and more information with less hassle. Because StatCounter is free, there is low risk to see if StatCounter works in your specific usage scenario.
Read full review Pros 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. Steffen Jäschke Projektspezialist bei Steffen Jäschke EinzUnt Physik, Berechnungen
Read full review I can visit my site in real time showing pages visited and the duration of the visit. It shows very detailed data on where visitors came from. I could monitor the performance of campaigns in real-time as visitors came to my site from a promotion. Charles Rogel Vice President of Product Development and Senior Consultant
Read full review Cons 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. Steffen Jäschke Projektspezialist bei Steffen Jäschke EinzUnt Physik, Berechnungen
Read full review I would like to see our referral traffic ranked in order of most to least. I'm not sure if this function exists already, but if it does, I do not know how to do it. Maybe put the average time on site on the same chart as the visitors and page views graphs. I feel as though some tasks can be streamlined, but this is not just unique to statcounter but to other analytics sites I've used. But people like digging really deep into the data, but for people like me who use it for one purpose, a shorter one-stop-shop version would be nice. Like one page where everything can be seen. Read full review Likelihood to Renew I have not had any issues with malfunctions when using statcounter, so that would lead me to continue using the program. I would like to see more social media measuring tools, but again, we don't use the program to dig really deep. We're just looking to figure out who is reading what articles on our website are the most liked. And it helps lead our editorial team in the right direction.
Read full review Usability I never have to call tech support and never get frustrated because I can't get the information that I need.
Read full review Alternatives Considered 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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Read full review Wish StatCounter had a more comprehensive report feature comparable to
Google Analytics . I feel StatCounter is easier to use and to understand when compared to Google. Some people prefer
Google Analytics , but it provides so much more information that the average person really needs. It meets basic needs. If you are looking for something more robust and high level of detail, I would recommend
Google Analytics instead
Read full review Return on Investment 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. Steffen Jäschke Projektspezialist bei Steffen Jäschke EinzUnt Physik, Berechnungen
Read full review StatCounter enabled us to track what works and doesn't work with regards to driving web traffic. On a personal use level, StatCounter enabled me to gauge how much additional effort I needed to make to reach the traffic levels needed on my website. Read full review ScreenShots