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This doesn't come even close to the type of data you can get from Google Analytics. It's nice as a free/open source service, but the power just isn't there. Eve

This doesn't come even close to the type of data you can get from Google Analytics. It's nice as a free/open source service, but the power just isn't there. Even piwik/matomo is vastly inferior to what kind of data you can track and visualize in Google Analytics.

_4leaf_ 8y ago
This is the issue I've found with every open source product. I'm perfectly happy to pay for an analytics product, so the best I've been able to find is adobe Omniture. Unfortunately that's a 30 - 100k price tag. There is definitely a market for a powerful analytics platform at a reasonable price.
- michaelmior 8y ago
  Since it sounds like you've tried a good number of options, what do you think about Mixpanel? We used it at the startup I used to work at and I mostly enjoyed it although we didn't go to deep.
  - iampims 8y ago
    mixpanel is neat but gets very expensive very quickly.
- mwexler 8y ago
  You should look at Snowplow (https://snowplowanalytics.com/ https://snowplowanalytics.com/) which offers a good amount of power and can be self hosted or run at AWS, and is fully open source. That being said, Adobe's product has truly "enterprise" scale, governance, and industry integration across many regions, and if you have that need, few products can really get you there.
- omarchowdhury 8y ago
  What did you find that Adobe Omniture could do that that GA couldn't?
- gorkemcetin 8y ago
  Have you looked at Countly [1]? [1] https://count.ly https://count.ly
spdustin 8y ago
Can you expand on how much Matomo is missing compared to GA?
dvko 8y ago
You're right - but that is also kind of the point. Personally I run an online business and I don't even come close to needing (or using) all the data that Google Analytics provides. I think that for your average "offline" business, just throwing Google Analytics at it is major overkill. It may even cause the website owner to simply not look at their stats just because they don't know what to look for exactly.

_4leaf_ 8y ago

This is the issue I've found with every open source product. I'm perfectly happy to pay for an analytics product, so the best I've been able to find is adobe Omniture. Unfortunately that's a 30 - 100k price tag. There is definitely a market for a powerful analytics platform at a reasonable price.

michaelmior 8y ago
Since it sounds like you've tried a good number of options, what do you think about Mixpanel? We used it at the startup I used to work at and I mostly enjoyed it although we didn't go to deep.
- iampims 8y ago
  mixpanel is neat but gets very expensive very quickly.
mwexler 8y ago
You should look at Snowplow (https://snowplowanalytics.com/ https://snowplowanalytics.com/) which offers a good amount of power and can be self hosted or run at AWS, and is fully open source. That being said, Adobe's product has truly "enterprise" scale, governance, and industry integration across many regions, and if you have that need, few products can really get you there.
omarchowdhury 8y ago
What did you find that Adobe Omniture could do that that GA couldn't?
gorkemcetin 8y ago
Have you looked at Countly [1]? [1] https://count.ly https://count.ly

spdustin 8y ago

Can you expand on how much Matomo is missing compared to GA?

dvko 8y ago

You're right - but that is also kind of the point. Personally I run an online business and I don't even come close to needing (or using) all the data that Google Analytics provides. I think that for your average "offline" business, just throwing Google Analytics at it is major overkill. It may even cause the website owner to simply not look at their stats just because they don't know what to look for exactly.