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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

    Fullstory

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AFullstory’s behavioral data platform helps technology leaders make better, more informed decisions by injecting digital behavioral data into their analytics stack. The technology's behavioral data transforms digital visit into actionable insights.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe AnalyticsFullstory
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Business
    Contact Sales
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe AnalyticsFullstory
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe AnalyticsFullstory
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    Fullstory
    Chose Fullstory
    I like the ability to see what is actually happening rather than just the data!
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    142 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    66 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    110 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    46 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    142 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    68 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    77 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    Features
    Adobe AnalyticsFullstory
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Adobe Analytics and Fullstory
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Fullstory
    -
    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
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Adobe Analytics and Fullstory
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Fullstory
    6.2
    19 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.917 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.913 Ratings
    Mobile App Analytics00 Ratings6.412 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Adobe Analytics and Fullstory
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Fullstory
    9.2
    49 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Heatmap tool00 Ratings9.937 Ratings
    Click analytics00 Ratings9.044 Ratings
    Scroll maps00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Form fill analysis00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    Conversion tracking00 Ratings9.928 Ratings
    Goal tracking00 Ratings7.923 Ratings
    Funnel Analysis00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Session Recording and Replay00 Ratings10.048 Ratings
    User Segmentation00 Ratings10.043 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Adobe AnalyticsFullstory
    Small Businesses
    StatCounter
    Score9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Siteimprove
    Score10 out of 10
    Contentsquare
    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Chartbeat
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Glassbox
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe AnalyticsFullstory
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (184 ratings)
    10.0
    (72 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (43 ratings)
    9.7
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (35 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.6
    (41 ratings)
    8.3
    (61 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    7.5
    (56 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe AnalyticsFullstory
    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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    Fullstory
    It was extremely useful in identifying places in our product where things weren't functioning, or where it looked like action was available to the end user but in reality, it was not and therefore caused lots of confusion. It doesn't help as much in other scenarios to see what catches a user's Eye or where they go if they leave our application as well as an actual in-person interview would help with eye-tracking software.
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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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    Fullstory
    • Tracks users' online experiences from start to finish.
    • Makes it easy to share a customer's experiences with the rest of my team.
    • Allows me to use different methods to find evidence of a customer's experience.
    • Shows page insights via segmentation that help me know where to improve my site.
    • Tracks error clicks and dead clicks for quick insights into site improvements.
    • Integrates with HelpScout for easy access to customer problem-solving.
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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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    Fullstory
    • The ramp-up time to learn the entire product can take a little while. There are just so many absolutely wonderful tools and different ways to look at the same type of information that it can take a new user a few weeks to understand and then more time to master. However, FullStory has a ton of training resources to help with that! A lot of my own teammates have taught themselves FullStory through those training resources.
    • The UX of the product is totally wonderful, but there are tiny things that make getting to certain parts of the product slightly more challenging (like clicking into a modal in a modal). Sometimes buttons or links are placed out of my field of view, but those are minor things I notice because I work in UX.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Fullstory
    It's been a phenomenal tool for us; every department that uses it has found something new and unexpected that it can do that they're really excited about. Even if we *only* used it for bug triage, it would be worth our time and money. The fact that we can use it for so many other things as well--gauging how customers interact and use our site, identifying UI problems, etc.--is above and beyond
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Fullstory
    Because everything seems to be easy to find and it doesn't take long at all to learn how to use the product
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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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    Fullstory
    We've never had issues with availability
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    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
    Incentivized
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    Fullstory
    It seems the performance is really good and always loads quickly
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    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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    Fullstory
    They have been overall pretty responsive and proactive. The tool is pretty straightforward to use. Most of the questions we have had to work with them on our how to use new features or adjust our integration to ensure we are gathering all the data from all of our tools.
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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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    Fullstory
    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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    Fullstory
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Fullstory
    To successfully implement FullStory, it is important to plan your implementation carefully by defining your goals and user segments. You should also use tags and filters to analyze your user data, train your team to use FullStory effectively, and use FullStory in conjunction with other analytics tools to get a more complete picture of your user's behavior. By following these tips, you can gain valuable insights into your users' behavior and experiences, and use this information to improve your website or application.
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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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    Fullstory
    Smartlook is software that records users on a website
    and mobile app. Finding useful information within thousands of recordings is
    made quick and easy with features that help you accomplish this. I have chosen FullStory because it is easier to use and has more advanced features compared to Smartlook.
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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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    Fullstory
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Fullstory
    Full story was easy to scale with the growth of our teams and organisation
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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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    Fullstory
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Fullstory
    • Triage for front end bugs - FullStory can sometimes help you spot a bug in action much more quickly than trying to recreate it on your own
    • Observing customers use new features and understanding why a new feature may be performing better or worse than expected
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Analytics Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Alert Builder in Adobe Analytics.Screenshot of an Analysis Workspace Training Tutorial in Adobe AnalyticsScreenshot of attribution in Adobe AnalyticsScreenshot of the Segment Builder in Adobe AnalyticsScreenshot of anomaly detection in Adobe AnalyticsScreenshot of the Alert Builder in Adobe Analytics

    Fullstory Screenshots

    Screenshot of AI-generated Summaries used to Take Action More QuicklyScreenshot of a Visualization of Behavioral Data with Custom DashboardsScreenshot of Ready-made for AI Behavioral Data Straight to the organization's Data EcosystemScreenshot of Fullstory's Session Replay, Combined with Dev ToolsScreenshot of Mobile App Behavioral Data