Mixpanel and Chartbeat start charging for analytics at a relatively low level of usage. Money, smartly applied, can solve a lot of scaling issues. While I've

Mixpanel and Chartbeat start charging for analytics at a relatively low level of usage. Money, smartly applied, can solve a lot of scaling issues. While I've got no doubt that Google could make their analytics product real-time, they've probably done the cost-benefit analysis and decided it wasn't worthwhile. Real-time analytics are just eye candy for the twitchy unless you're able to make real-time changes based on those analytics, and the vast majority of analytics users aren't nearly so nimble.