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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Analytics

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AAdobe acquired Omniture in 2009 and re-branded the platform as SiteCatalyst. It is now part of Adobe Marketing Cloud along with other products such as social marketing, test and targeting, and tag management. SiteCatalyst is one of the leading vendors in the web analytics category and is particularly strong in combining web analytics with other digital marketing capabilities like audience management and data management. Adobe Analytics also includes predictive marketing capabilities that help…N/A

    Adobe Experience Platform Launch

    Score5.1 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Experience Platform Launch is a new "next-gen" tag management solution. Like Adobe's other tag management product, Dynamic Tag Manager, Launch is based on the acquisition of Satellite from Search Discovery in 2013. But Launch is built to facilitate a more open, integrated marketing technology stack. Launch plays nicely with Adobe and non-Adobe products. It includes an open API and a catalog of extensions (like an app store of pre-built integrations to other platforms) so that data can flow…N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Launch
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Launch
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Launch
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe is more real time than the others. It is more customizable than the other competition. Though it does have a learning curve, I feel it gives the best understanding of the real actions and data from the customers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Google Analytics is free [there is a premium version] while Adobe has no free tier.

    I find Adobe Analytics much easier to navigate and create reports in than Google - I find Google Analytics rather confusing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe is much more robust. Google is easier to use out of the box but has many limitations. Adobe is much more development-friendly and customizable. If you are a small company with a small developer team, Google Analytics may be the better platform, only because of the …
    Incentivized
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch stacks up incredibly well against Google Tag Manager. With an extensive, powerful extension library it is far, far easier to implement Adobe Analytics and Adobe Target in Adobe Experience Platform Launch, and doing so via any other method …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    I love it's functions that it offers throughout the customer journey touchpoints and the flexibility it provides. It's easy to operate once you get to know the software. Highly recommend trying this out.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    It's is easy to connect data of launch with analytics and then use it for targeting personalized content.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    142 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    110 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    142 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    77 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Launch
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Adobe Analytics and Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Conversion Tracking8.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bounce Rate Measurement8.212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting8.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event Tracking8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time9.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards8.212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Adobe Analytics and Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    7.8
    12 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Adobe Analytics and Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    7.8
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Tag library00 Ratings8.513 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping00 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags00 Ratings7.714 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring00 Ratings7.512 Ratings
    Page load times00 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging00 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Library of JavaScript extensions00 Ratings7.413 Ratings
    Data Management & Integrity
    Comparison of Data Management & Integrity features of Adobe Analytics and Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    8.0
    14 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Event tracking00 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Mobile event tracking00 Ratings7.711 Ratings
    Data distribution management00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Universal data layer00 Ratings8.513 Ratings
    Automated error checking00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Launch
    Small Businesses
    StatCounter
    Score9 out of 10
    Google Tag Manager
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Siteimprove
    Score10 out of 10
    Google Tag Manager
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Chartbeat
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Launch
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (184 ratings)
    8.6
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (43 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (35 ratings)
    8.3
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.6
    (41 ratings)
    7.0
    (13 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Launch
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Maybe for a small company with small products for their thing, Adobe may be bit of an implementation too much for them, but when it comes to companies like us, like a life sciences or large enterprises and even small enterprises, but with more products, more analysis that they need to make their marketing experience better, maybe Adobe product is the best suitable.
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    Adobe
    It's great for reporting and putting data in one place. Building real-time profiles can help a business run better by understanding what is going on with its customers. I do not believe this would be as necessary for small businesses but would be good to implement with growth. I also wouldn't recommend this if you weren't going to put the work into fully utilizing their features.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • It summarizes large complex data better than any other analytics solution I've dealt with without the need for sampling, gives the right level of detail, does the right level of breakdowns, aggregation. I consistently not only use Adobe Analytics, but I use other data sets and compare against Adobe Analytics. And as I go into Adobe Analytics and compare, as long as I've done the query right and the other systems, they're very, very close. And if anything, with a lot of Adobe's newer products, they've gotten more accurate over time. So that's basically, you asked me what I liked about it. I like that it's accurate. I like that I don't have to do a lot of explaining. There's enough explaining in the world of web analytics to have to go back and explain why data's problematic. And so like I said, provided that the implementation is correct, it's a very easy conversation. Even if people may not like the answer.
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    Adobe
    • Easy and intuitive interface
    • Having different environments for development and testing
    • Simple integration of other tools by using the built-in connectors
    • Vast pallet of options to use as trigger and actions of the rules
    • Great flexibility for the user
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Support. I mentioned this earlier and we don't know what we don't know. Researching the massive amounts of documentation isn't realistic with bandwidth constraints, and our rep getting frustrated with us when we go through what we are seeing is disappointing.
    • Education. More please, and designed more towards the "business side". I get with the many many many different implementations (every company is different!), that it's tough, but even a basic of the basics would be nice for situations that everyone is looking at, like the engagement with the merchandising on the home page (or any certain page).
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    Adobe
    • The right amount of video tutorials.
    • While using Luma for learning purposes, it's hard because we do not have access to edit the script at the code end. If this is shown how we can extract data while we are learning it makes people learn faster.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    We've found multiple uses for Adobe Analytics in our organization. Each department analyzes the data they need and creates actionables based off of that data. For E-Commerce, we're constantly using data to analyze user engagement, website performance and evaluate ROI.
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    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Adobe
    Sometimes the processing times are very long. I have had reports or dashboards time out multiple times during presentations. It could be improved. It is understandable since there is a huge data set that the tool is processing before showing anything, however for a company that large they should invest in optimizing processing times.
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    Adobe
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch is a difficult product to learn but once learnt, easy to jump from beginner to experienced level user very quickly. Every area of the product seems designed for the user, which translates to it being very usable and flexible. Product settings are always where you expect them to be, which makes things a lot easier to get used to!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I do not ever recall a time when Adobe Analytics was unavailable to me to use in the 8 or so years I have been an end user of the product. My most-used day-to-day analytics tool Parse.ly however, generally has a multiple hours planned offline maintenance every two to four weeks, and sometimes has issues collecting realtime analytics that last anywhere between 15 minutes to an hour, and happen anywhere between 1 to 5 times a month.
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    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Adobe
    Again, no issues here. Performance within the day updates hourly. other reports are updated overnight and available to access by the next morning. Pages load quickly, the site navigates easily and the UX is quite straightforward to get command over. On this front, I give Adobe kudos for building a great experience to work within
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    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Adobe
    I barely see any communication from Adobe Analytics. The content on the web is also not that great or easy to read. I would recommend a better communication about the product and the new addons information to come to its user by a better mean.
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    Adobe
    They are quick to respond and are part of the reason why this resource is such a great tool. I am able to get the response and feedback I need with any issue or when trying to learn how to use a new tool properly. Really grateful for their responsiveness
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    It was a one-day training several years ago that cost the organization several thousand dollars. There were only about 10 people in the training class. Adobe tried to cram so much information into that one-day class that none of our users felt like they really learned anything helpful from the experience. Follow-up training is too expensive
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    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Adobe
    The online training for Adobe SiteCatalyst consists of short product videos. These are ok, but only go so far. For a while Adobe charged a fee for this, but recently made these available for free. There are many great blog posts that help users learn how to apply the product as well.
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    Adobe
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    One of the benefits and obstacles to successfully using Adobe Analytics is a great / more accurate implementation, make sure your analytics group is intimate with the details of the implementation and that the requirements are driven by the business.
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    Adobe
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Google Analytics comes across more of a reporting tool whereas Adobe Analytics is more of an Enterprise level analytics tool. Contentsquare provides some traffic and flow capabilities but not to the same level as Adobe Analytics. However, Contentsquare's major advantage is its Zoning (Heatmapping), Impact Quantification and Find 'n' Fix modules; none of which are knowingly available in Adobe Analytics.
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    Adobe
    I was not actively involved in the process of actually buying the tool. What I know is that Adobe Experience Platform Launch covered "the majority of our tickbox." Moreover, our responsible people really enjoyed the discussions with the people from adobe and were reassured that what we need can and will be delivered on the agreed dates.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    Adobe Analytics is relatively affordable compared to other tools, given it provides a range of flexible variables to use that I have not found in any other tools so far. It is worth investing in if your company is medium or large-sized and brings a steady flow of revenue. For small companies, it can be overpriced.
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    Adobe
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    Scalability
    Adobe
    My organization uses Adobe Analytics across a multitude of brand portfolios. Each brand has multiple websites, mobile apps and some even have connected TV apps/channels on Roku and similar devices. Adobe can handle the multitude of properties that have simple, small(ish) websites and the larger brand properties that include web, mobile and connected TVs/OTT devices.
    Each of those larger brands has multiple categories and channels to keep track of. We can see the data by channel/device or aggregate all the data together. This gives our executive teams the full picture and the departmental teams the view they need to see their own performance.
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    Adobe
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    Professional Services
    Adobe
    The professional services team is one of the best teams for complex adobe analytics implementations, especially for clients having multiple website and mobile applications. However, the cost of professional services is a bit high which makes few clients opt out of it, but for large scale implementations they are very helpful
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    Adobe
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Adobe Analytics impacts nearly every aspect of a billion plus dollar revenue eCommerce business. From measuring the impact of new build features to marketing campaigns.
    • We are saving substantial money and resource effort by consolidating all of our properties to Adobe Analytics from alternative solutions, at which point we will finally be able to report on Total Digital, rather than disparate reports.
    • We support experimentation on every platform and the performance is only known through Adobe Analytics tagging.
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    Adobe
    • Improves ROI by allowing better data metrics to see what works/ doesn't work.
    • Increases productivity or number of emails sent out and drafted.
    • Decreases the amount of time it takes to draft emails and programs.
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