Visitor Analytics
06. February 2020
Note: this is an updated version of an older post on the topic of the best alternative to Google Analytics. As 2019 and the beginning of 2020 have brought many changes to the context in which web analytics tools operate, we felt it was necessary.
Google Analytics has been, by far, the most popular analytics platform for many years. And for good reason, as it offers a range of stats and data about website visitors, that are hard to match.
But as good as this service is, it should not be seen as the only solution to all the needs of a website owner or a small business.
Are there tools that are better than Google Analytics? Overall, probably not. But if you look closer, there are particular things that other website analytics tools can do better. And there are plenty of Google Analytics alternatives to choose from.
Internet privacy has been a major concern lately and Google services have been in the center of the debate for the last couple of years.
There are major movements advocating for more user privacy and more tools promising to offer completely anonymous services for internet browsing. Some are even promoting the idea of giving up on Google services altogether.
Legislation like GDPR and CCPA has translated this public concern for internet privacy into action. Under these laws, website owners all over the world have to be more careful with how they handle user data.
Google has been making efforts to also comply, but the fact that it uses data from one service to the other (like from Analytics to Ads or to Chrome and vice-versa) has led to significant problems for websites using their analytics tool.
We explained this in more detail, but the main problem is the fact that they are a third party that uses the data collected for their own purposes.
This means website owners have to ask users for a separate, distinct informed consent, before tracking their activity with Google Analytics.
In this context, many are looking for more privacy-compliant analytics tools, and Visitor Analytics is one of those tools. Visitor Analytics vs Google Analytics 1-0.
Analytics can help you grow your website traffic and your business. But first, you need to be able to understand it.
Most analytics tools offer the same set of basic statistics about your website, but they tend to be very detailed and complex. You need to go through tens of menu options, charts and drop-downs to declutter all the stats and get to what you were looking for.
Google Analytics surely falls into this category. There is a certification for it in the Google Academy, that people study for and then take an exam. There is also a distinct job/position for handling this data.
What about small businesses that want to handle website data on their own, without an employee or a subcontractor?
The best Google Analytics alternative for this, in our subjective opinion, is Visitor Analytics. It offers some of the most user-friendly graphs and menus, with a simple overview to show you where your website is doing well and where it isn’t. Visitor Analytics vs Google Analytics 2-0.
Since we first wrote this post, our tool has developed quite a bit and we offer a few features that other analytics don’t.
By comparison strictly to Google Analytics, there are at least two important extra features:
Visitor Analytics Vs. Google Analytics 3-0
The Google Analytics tracking code can be added to any website, but it takes a bit of technical knowledge to place it correctly.
Visitor Analytics is the same for most websites, but, as an extra, it offers automatic integrations with some of the most popular platforms, making it easier for users to install it on these platforms with one or two clicks.
Visitor Analytics for Wix is a one “Add app” click from the Wix Market
Soon, there will be more integrations here: Weebly, Shopify etc.
For any other type of website, you can find the Visitor Analytics tutorials here (or you can just drop us a line, and we will be there to help!)!
Visitor Analytics Vs. Google Analytics 4-0
Then we should ask whether Visitor Analytics is better than Google Analytics. If we stick to the aspects described above: yes.
But, obviously, the correct answer is that the choice depends a lot on what the website owner needs to get from the tool. GA offers many extra metrics and possibilities to combine these metrics.
So the final correct score would probably be at least a draw: Visitor Analytics Vs. Google Analytics 4-4
If you are a website owner looking for an alternative to Google Analytics or other complicated analytics tools, you are in the right place!
Visitor Analytics was created for entrepreneurs, bloggers and businesses who lack the time to learn new tools or to go through tens of pages. For website owners who want to see their performance through a friendly interface and a GDPR compliant app!
Initially, it may have been just an app for non-technical people. Now it is turning into an all-in-one tool for website analytics and management, with plenty of new features in the pipeline.
Visitor Analytics tracks all the activity on the website, while Google tracks all the activity across its products and services: in your Gmail, Drive, Adsense, Search, etc. This is the reason that you may get ads based on what you search, listen on YouTube or by using your Gmail account.
Unlike other analytics apps that are built on top of GA (they use the Google data, in a different interface), having our own tracking system enables us to build features that are not possible within GA.
GA can be a useful tool, but it takes some time to get used to it, and it depends on your business priorities.
Visitor Analytics is super easy to install, and there is no need for time to learn how to use it!
Your website statistics show up in your dashboard from the moment you installed the app, so no need to wait for hours or days to see the first numbers!
The menu is simple and the interface is color-coded: the stats are green if you have an increase, red for decrease and grey for the same data.
To be more specific, if you check the stats for today, we always compare them to your data from the previous day. So you know if your traffic is higher (or not) than yesterday without any extra click.
There are over 2M websites that trust us with their data. Here are just a few reviews from different markets that we are integrated with.
Gonzalo Mongrut wrote his thoughts when Visitor Analytics launched on Product Hunt:
These are some of the reviews that we have on the Wix Market:
Here is our first review on Wordpress:
Hopefully, this covers everything you need to know about the comparison between analytics services. Remember there is no best Google Analytics alternative.
There is just the best alternative for what you need, which can mean very different things for many website owners.
If you want to give Visitor Analytics a try, sign up here.
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