Fathom Analytics vs Google Analytics vs Piwik

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Fathom Analytics

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35
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Google Analytics

125.9K
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5K
Piwik

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+ 1
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Pros of Fathom Analytics
Pros of Google Analytics
Pros of Piwik
  • 2
    Self hosted
  • 1
    Privacy friendly
  • 1.5K
    Free
  • 926
    Easy setup
  • 890
    Data visualization
  • 698
    Real-time stats
  • 405
    Comprehensive feature set
  • 181
    Goals tracking
  • 154
    Powerful funnel conversion reporting
  • 138
    Customizable reports
  • 83
    Custom events try
  • 53
    Elastic api
  • 14
    Updated regulary
  • 8
    Interactive Documentation
  • 3
    Google play
  • 2
    Industry Standard
  • 2
    Walkman music video playlist
  • 2
    Advanced ecommerce
  • 1
    Medium / Channel data split
  • 1
    Easy to integrate
  • 1
    Financial Management Challenges -2015h
  • 1
    Lifesaver
  • 1
    Irina
  • 35
    It's good to have an alternative to google analytics
  • 27
    Self-hosted
  • 10
    Easy setup
  • 2
    Not blocked by Brave
  • 0
    Great customs

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Cons of Fathom Analytics
Cons of Google Analytics
Cons of Piwik
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    • 11
      Confusing UX/UI
    • 8
      Super complex
    • 6
      Very hard to build out funnels
    • 4
      Poor web performance metrics
    • 3
      Very easy to confuse the user of the analytics
    • 2
      Time spent on page isn't accurate out of the box
    • 2
      Hard to export data

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    What is Fathom Analytics?

    Fathom tracks users on a website (without collecting personal data) and give you a non-nerdy breakdown of your top content and top referrers. It does so with user-centric rights and privacy, and without selling, sharing or giving away the data you collect. It's a simple and easy to use for website owners at any technical level.

    What is Google Analytics?

    Google Analytics lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your Flash, video, and social networking sites and applications.

    What is Piwik?

    Matomo (formerly Piwik) is a full-featured PHP MySQL software program that you download and install on your own webserver. At the end of the five-minute installation process, you will be given a JavaScript code.

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      What are some alternatives to Fathom Analytics, Google Analytics, and Piwik?
      Fathom
      Fathom is an easy to use management reporting and financial analysis tool, which helps you to assess business performance, monitor trends and identify improvement opportunities.
      Mixpanel
      Mixpanel helps companies build better products through data. With our powerful, self-serve product analytics solution, teams can easily analyze how and why people engage, convert, and retain to improve their user experience.
      Matomo
      It is a web analytics platform designed to give you the conclusive insights with our complete range of features. You can also evaluate the full user-experience of your visitor’s behaviour with its Conversion Optimization features, including Heatmaps, Sessions Recordings, Funnels, Goals, Form Analytics and A/B Testing.
      Clicky
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      Databricks
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