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What are the best alternatives?

by chishaku 10y ago

oldsj 10y ago
https://piwik.org https://piwik.org isn't bad, but last time I checked it was blocked in ublock origin just like GA
p0ppe 10y ago
https://piwik.org https://piwik.org seems to be the go-to open source solution.
Sir_Cmpwn 10y ago
piwik or just grep your nginx logs.
- rhizome 10y ago
  Grep? Is that something I need a sysadmin for? /s
- ddebernardy 10y ago
  Grep is unfortunately close to useless. It gives little to no insights on how long/deep a user stayed on a page, or where they went after that. Or what form fields are getting in the way of users from completing whatever you'd like them to do.
- IanCal 10y ago
  Quick plug for a log analyser: https://goaccess.io https://goaccess.io which I installed after realising it did all the things I actually wanted from GA (I don't actually need detailed user tracking)
buremba 10y ago
The long term solution is usually building an in-house analytics service but it's not easy and cheap. We're also developing a generic analytics platform that can be installed with one-click to your favorite cloud provider so that you can store your event data in your database and build an internal analytics service without coding. Check out: https://github.com/rakam-io/rakam https://github.com/rakam-io/rakam
travem 10y ago
For commercial sites a solution like Adobe marketing cloud (nee Omniture) is an option
Redsquare 10y ago
Snowplow
Elof 10y ago
Keen IO is a great alternative. Full disclosure, I'm a product manager at Keen. That said, we do help some of our customers move off of GA to gain more control and flexibility in their analytics
- thejosh 10y ago
  I last tried keen a few years ago, and really liked it. The one thing I didn't like, and stopped using it was the pricing , which looks like has now been updated to be more realistic. Definitely checking it out again now.
  - Elof 10y ago
    Thanks for the comment Josh. We just completely revamped our pricing. I'd love to get your feedback on what we've done, especially given your previous experience
robbiemitchell 10y ago
Heap Analytics -- https://heapanalytics.com https://heapanalytics.com And I run everything through Segment rather than embedding individual trackers directly. Segment either relays data to other services or loads required JS on page load.
isoos 10y ago
It is actually easy to implement GA-like functionality in JS, send the event data to the server, and process it e.g. daily. You can start slowly, e.g. track only clicks (make it sync), visit time and scroll (both async). Of course my homegrown analytics reporting is far from Google's, but at least I have found a great balance between getting useful usage data on my sites, and at the same time respecting the visitors' privacy.
analyticsNerd 10y ago
https://truestats.com https://truestats.com - this actually scores all your visitors on how likely they are bots.
joshyi 10y ago
https://goaccess.io https://goaccess.io — simply awesome

What are the best alternatives?

oldsj 10y ago

https://piwik.org https://piwik.org isn't bad, but last time I checked it was blocked in ublock origin just like GA

p0ppe 10y ago

https://piwik.org https://piwik.org seems to be the go-to open source solution.

Sir_Cmpwn 10y ago

piwik or just grep your nginx logs.

rhizome 10y ago
Grep? Is that something I need a sysadmin for? /s
ddebernardy 10y ago
Grep is unfortunately close to useless. It gives little to no insights on how long/deep a user stayed on a page, or where they went after that. Or what form fields are getting in the way of users from completing whatever you'd like them to do.
IanCal 10y ago
Quick plug for a log analyser: https://goaccess.io https://goaccess.io which I installed after realising it did all the things I actually wanted from GA (I don't actually need detailed user tracking)

buremba 10y ago

The long term solution is usually building an in-house analytics service but it's not easy and cheap. We're also developing a generic analytics platform that can be installed with one-click to your favorite cloud provider so that you can store your event data in your database and build an internal analytics service without coding. Check out: https://github.com/rakam-io/rakam https://github.com/rakam-io/rakam

travem 10y ago

For commercial sites a solution like Adobe marketing cloud (nee Omniture) is an option

Redsquare 10y ago

Snowplow

Elof 10y ago

Keen IO is a great alternative. Full disclosure, I'm a product manager at Keen. That said, we do help some of our customers move off of GA to gain more control and flexibility in their analytics

thejosh 10y ago
I last tried keen a few years ago, and really liked it. The one thing I didn't like, and stopped using it was the pricing , which looks like has now been updated to be more realistic. Definitely checking it out again now.
- Elof 10y ago
  Thanks for the comment Josh. We just completely revamped our pricing. I'd love to get your feedback on what we've done, especially given your previous experience

robbiemitchell 10y ago

Heap Analytics -- https://heapanalytics.com https://heapanalytics.com And I run everything through Segment rather than embedding individual trackers directly. Segment either relays data to other services or loads required JS on page load.

isoos 10y ago

It is actually easy to implement GA-like functionality in JS, send the event data to the server, and process it e.g. daily. You can start slowly, e.g. track only clicks (make it sync), visit time and scroll (both async). Of course my homegrown analytics reporting is far from Google's, but at least I have found a great balance between getting useful usage data on my sites, and at the same time respecting the visitors' privacy.

analyticsNerd 10y ago

https://truestats.com https://truestats.com - this actually scores all your visitors on how likely they are bots.

joshyi 10y ago

https://goaccess.io https://goaccess.io — simply awesome