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Ask HN: Which analytics solution do you recommend?
Am trying to decide the analytics solution (client side) I should use for my startup thats about to be launched. A bunch of options seem to be available - Clicky, Mixpanel, Crazyegg, Google Analytics, Chartbeat, reinvigorate.net.
Which one would you recommend and why? Should I use just one solution or a combination? Any other solution(s) I should consider?
Can you also recommend best practices for a key-value store based server side analytics platform?
- herewego 16y agoGoogle Analytics, Quantcast, and Chartbeat are a good start. Google Analytics gives you the ability to slice and dice your visitors. Quantcast gives you demographics. And Chartbeat gives you real-time tracking with historical playback. Between the three of them, you can discern almost any information you'd want to know about your visitors short of business logic tracking.
- Luecke 16y agoObserver offers real time analytics as well as the most important parts of the any analytics solution. http://observerapp.com/ http://observerapp.com/ That's what I use for my sites now
- revorad 16y agoI highly recommend Avinash Kaushik's blog - http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/ http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/ and mixergy interview - http://mixergy.com/analytics-avinash-kaushik-interview/ http://mixergy.com/analytics-avinash-kaushik-interview/. A key point he made in his interview was that tools should just be 10% of the cost of your analytics, the people should be 90%. He might help you make a more informed decision.