#1 most frequent
United States of America
48.5%49,678 installations of 102,337
What is StatCounter?
Web analytics product designed for SMB.s Statistics collected are based on page loads.
Categories & Use Cases
Videos
Who Buys & Uses StatCounter
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
12.8%13,051 installations of 102,337
#3 most frequent
Canada
5.1%5,235 installations of 102,337
Great website monitoring tool that provides detail by each visitor
Pros
- 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.
Cons
- I'd like to see individual visitor history for top visitors.
Return on Investment
- StatCounter helped me to better measure the effectiveness of my marketing campaigns so I could make better decisions.
Alternatives Considered
Google Analytics
Statcounter is for simple and efficient analytics
Pros
- Easy analytics
- Real-time stats
- "From where" it came keywords
Cons
- The design overall looks a bit outdated even though they recently changed it.
- The script that needs to be placed to track can be improved.
Return on Investment
- I can tell exactly where my websites are losing traffic.
- I can tell where I need to improve my content.
- I can figure out in real time the traffic and the nature of my visitors.
Alternatives Considered
Mixpanel, Clicky, Quantcast Measure and Matomo Analytics (formerly Piwik)
Other Software Used
SEMRush, SendinBlue, G Suite
Best free web-visitor analysis tool
Pros
- It's a free tool which is best to start with website visitor analysis.
- It gives detailed reports for location, browser and time.
- It's really easy to set up and use. It may just take few moments to set up an account.
Cons
- They need to add a real-time visitor report option on the website. Else, it is a great tool.
Return on Investment
- Positive is that we can analyze website users.
- You can manage sub-users, like a team, in StatCounter.
- Negative is that we have to add javascript to the website which makes it a little hard.
Alternatives Considered
Google Analytics
StatCounter the easy alternative to Google Analytics
Pros
- Graphical (map) of users
- Easy to read charts
- Easy to set up vs. Google Analytics
Cons
- It actually does what I need, so I don't have a real answer here
Return on Investment
- It is worth the money, since I use the free version.
Other Software Used
Microsoft Office 2016, Xero, TradeGecko, WooCommerce, Freshdesk
Great Alternative to Google Analytics
Pros
- Easy to use and install
- Can track custom activity in real time
- Customized reporting for location and volume throughout the day
Cons
- Not robust enough to do more advanced analytics like customer segmentation
- Interface isn't as clean as other tools such as Google Analytics
- Found it wasn't very accurate when traffic on the website got too high
Return on Investment
- It's been great to track positive reactions to changes in our website and new product offerings
- Also a great way to roughly estimate the demand and customer base for your products
- Also identifies what areas of the website could be improved base on low traffic
Alternatives Considered
Google Analytics
Other Software Used
GlobalMeet, GreenRope
