{"id":42898,"date":"2019-05-29T13:08:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T18:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=42898"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:25:39","slug":"choose-the-best-analytics-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/analytics\/choose-the-best-analytics-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Analytics Software &#8211; Factors to Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We cover many web analytics software in our Support Center. Just like the content management system (CMS) you choose, the <em>best<\/em> web analytics app for you depends on multiple factors. Below are some factors and comparisons between the following tools we\u2019ve covered to help you decide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/analytics\/install-clicky-analytics\/\">Clicky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/google-tools\/creating-google-analytics-account\/\">Google Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/plugins\/matomo-analytics\/\">Matomo (formerly Piwik)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/analytics\/setup-open-web-analytics\/\">Open Web Analytics (OWA)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\"><strong>Remember:<\/strong> We\u2019ll update this article as we cover more analytics tools.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"#pricing\" type=\"button\">Pricing<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"#support\" type=\"button\">Support<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"#stats\" type=\"button\">Stats<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"#scalability\" type=\"button\">Scalability<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"#maintenance\" type=\"button\">Maintenance<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-info\" href=\"#ease-of-use\" type=\"button\">Ease of Use \/ Screenshots<\/a> <a name=\"pricing\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Pricing<\/h2>\n<p>Although this sometimes depends on the version of a service, this is usually the first thing we want to know about a new product. <em>Is it free? Is it a one-time, monthly, or annual subscription?<\/em> All analytics tools we\u2019ve covered have a free option which should suffice for most users. Clicky has more features and stores analytics longer per subscription plans and Matomo has paid plugins for some premium features.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"support\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Support<\/h2>\n<p>They all have documentation and easy-to-find email support options for direct questions. <strong>Google<\/strong> and <strong>Matomo<\/strong> have forum communities as well. <strong>Open Web Analytics<\/strong> uses the Github Issues and Wiki sections for bug reports and documentation respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"stats\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Basic or In-Depth Stats<\/h2>\n<p>How much info do you want on visitors? Do you want to track location, IP address, device type and version, and time on a page? They all do that. But if you want more \u2013 <em>expected age range, gender, trends, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) settings<\/em> \u2013 you should check out <strong>Matomo<\/strong> and <strong>Google<\/strong>. <strong>Matomo<\/strong> adds plugins with new features regularly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> For deeper segmentation development options, also check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/plugins\/mixpanel\/\">Mixpanel<\/a><\/strong>. We\u2019ve covered integrating Mixpanel with WordPress and Drupal.<\/p>\n<h3>General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)<\/h3>\n<p>Do you need to comply with GDPR? Each analytics app has documentation on compliance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clicky quickly explains how it\u2019s GDPR compliant.<\/li>\n<li>Google has an entire section explaining the topic.<\/li>\n<li>Matomo has an opt-out function and other plugins for GDPR compliance.<\/li>\n<li>Open Web Analytics has little documentation but can be compliant with a few clicks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Real-time Data<\/h3>\n<p>All except <strong>Open Web Analytics<\/strong> have real-time stats views. <strong>Clicky<\/strong> has an elegant full-screen <strong>big screen<\/strong> option for monitoring.<\/p>\n<h3>Length for Archived Tracked Data<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Clicky<\/strong> free plan only stores the last 3,000 daily page views a day for the last 3 months. All others have no limit.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"scalability\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Scalability<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Google<\/strong> has a long list of features and integrations available upen setup. <strong>Matomo<\/strong> has a long list of downloadable plugins to customize it as you learn more about your audience. <strong>Open Web Analytics<\/strong> has four preinstalled modules.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"maintenance\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>External Web Service or Self-maintained<\/h2>\n<h3>External Web Service<\/h3>\n<h4>Clicky, Google<\/h4>\n<table class=\"article_table\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Pros<\/th>\n<th>Cons<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Doesn\u2019t rely on your website server resources<\/td>\n<td>May need to pay for more features and data storage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Downtime less likely as all users using it via central location and interface<\/td>\n<td>Less customization for user interface<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Don\u2019t need to worry about security other than login credentials<\/td>\n<td>If service discontinues, no way to continue using it or export data to another app<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Self-Maintained<\/h3>\n<h4>Matomo, Open Web Analytics<\/h4>\n<table class=\"article_table\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Pros<\/th>\n<th>Cons<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>More customization as they\u2019re all open source<\/td>\n<td>Must maintain upgrades<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Can develop own tools, processes, and cron jobs<\/td>\n<td>Server downtime affects analytics app<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Can continue using if developer team discontinues development<\/td>\n<td>Must monitor security yourself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a name=\"ease-of-use\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Ease of Use<\/h2>\n<p>It takes time to learn some user interfaces and each affects your productivity. <strong>Matomo<\/strong> is very customizable via coding and plugins. <strong>Open Web Analytics<\/strong> is customizable with coding.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some screenshots of the web analytics web applications we\u2019ve covered.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 80px; overflow: hidden; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/clicky-analytics-websites-overview-1024x449.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/clicky-analytics-websites-overview-1024x449.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/clicky-analytics-websites-overview-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/clicky-analytics-websites-overview-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/clicky-analytics-websites-overview-1536x673.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/clicky-analytics-websites-overview.png 1625w\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wordpress-matomo-dashboard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wordpress-matomo-dashboard.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wordpress-matomo-dashboard-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wordpress-matomo-dashboard-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wordpress-matomo-dashboard-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wordpress-matomo-dashboard-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1484\" height=\"1047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/owa-reports.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/owa-reports.png 1484w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/owa-reports-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/owa-reports-1024x722.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/owa-reports-768x542.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mixpanel-insights-1.png\" alt=\"Mixpanel Insights Report\" class=\"wp-image-65796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mixpanel-insights-1.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mixpanel-insights-1-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mixpanel-insights-1-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mixpanel-insights-1-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mixpanel-insights-1-1536x1064.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1908\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goaccess-dashboard-visitors-requests.png\" alt=\"GoAccess Dashboard Visitors and Requests panels\" class=\"wp-image-57687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goaccess-dashboard-visitors-requests.png 1908w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goaccess-dashboard-visitors-requests-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goaccess-dashboard-visitors-requests-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goaccess-dashboard-visitors-requests-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goaccess-dashboard-visitors-requests-1536x791.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 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