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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

    Heap

    Score7.9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Heap is a web analytics platform captures every user interaction on web iOS with no extra code. The tool allows you to track events and set up funnels to understand user flow and dropoff. It also provides visualization tools to track trends over time.

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    Pricing
    Adobe AnalyticsHeap
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Up to 10k sessions/month
    Growth
    Starting at $3,600 annually
    Up to 300k sessions/year
    Pro
    Contact Heap Sales
    Custom sessions per month and unlimited projects
    Premier
    Contact Heap Sales
    Custom sessions per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe AnalyticsHeap
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—Heap pricing is based on session volume. A session is a period of activity from a single user on your app or website. It can include many pageviews or events.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe AnalyticsHeap
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    The best way to describe Adobe Analytics is that it's the enterprise-level of analytics platforms, in every sense of the word. From the sales process, through to the cost to purchase and implement, the need for ongoing training, and the fact that it really takes an Analytics …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Analytics
    Adobe Analytics has a more modern and friendlier user interface and it's easier to use for me. Google analytics has better compatibility with other Google products
    Incentivized
    Heap
    Chose Heap
    For me, Heap is much simpler to utilize. I've previously used Google and Adobe Analytics but switched to Heap because it provide better features and is easy to integrate. Without a specialist's assistance, I am able to construct dashboards and am convinced that they are useable …
    Incentivized
    Chose Heap
    Heap is much easier for me to use. With Adobe Analytics, I needed to work exclusively with a product analyst whose whole job is working in Adobe Analytics. I can create dashboards without help from a specialist and feel confident that they are functional, actionable, and usable …
    Incentivized
    Chose Heap
    The only tool that compares is Adobe Analytics. I can't say enough good things about Heap's ease of use and ability to enable business users.
    Incentivized
    Chose Heap
    For web analytics, I prefer Heap over some of its competitors like Adobe Analytics, Looker, or Google Analytics, primarily because I find it more intuitive to use. For mobile, I actually prefer Amplitude as I'm not sure that has been a priority for Heap (yet) and Amplitude does …
    Incentivized
    Chose Heap
    I have worked with Adobe Analytics before using Heap. I think Heap is better at getting your hand on quicker comparisons [than] Adobe. However, Adobe does have more analytical power compared to Heap.
    Incentivized
    Chose Heap
    Alas, Heap was selected before I got here, but I will say that its chief virtue is ease of implementation. Adobe Analytics is the ultimate workhorse of web analytics and I could make it do absolutely anything I needed it to. Ad Hoc Analysis allowed me enough drill downs, …
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    Chose Heap
    What really stood out was the auto capture functionality and the ability to do as many custom reporting as we can, and it had very comparable features to a lot of other user analytics tools, but we liked how clean it was at pulling in data as well. definitely recommend for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Heap
    From a startup perspective, Heap is one of the best and fastest ways to go from 0 analytics to nearly all of what one would need with the least amount of effort. It's faster and easier to implement than many above and it's better suited for quick quantifiable analytics that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Heap
    It's the only tool our mobile team uses
    Incentivized
    Chose Heap
    While Heap is more expensive than the free version of Google Analytics, we find that the cost is well worth it for the unlocks it provides to our product management and analytics team to regularly modify tracking and build reporting.
    Incentivized
    Chose Heap
    So far Heap is better. Adobe is old and clunky, Mixpanel is similar in a lot of ways but I do like the user interface better.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    95%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    149 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    215 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    77 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    121 Answers
    Features
    Adobe AnalyticsHeap
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Adobe Analytics and Heap
    Feature
    Adobe Analytics
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Heap
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    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
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    Adobe AnalyticsHeap
    Small Businesses
    StatCounter
    Score9 out of 10
    Mixpanel
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Siteimprove
    Score10 out of 10
    Gainsight PX
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Chartbeat
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Gainsight PX
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe AnalyticsHeap
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (184 ratings)
    8.1
    (232 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (43 ratings)
    9.3
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (35 ratings)
    8.9
    (64 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.4
    (61 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.6
    (41 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe AnalyticsHeap
    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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    Heap
    Scenarios when Heap was well suited: It is when a user claims that he encountered a bug without giving us the details of the error message. Scenarios where it is less appropriate: Its when we try to capture user interaction in our mobile app
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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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    Heap
    • Realtime interactions which are captured automatically is a unique feature which no other product offers.
    • Low code implementation is a big plus for marketing teams, as there is less dependency on engineering
    • Detailed customer behaviours can be studied with captured replay sessions
    • Due to all the above points - it helped to improve customer experience
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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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    Heap
    • I think Heap can improve its onboarding; I would love to see some info that is helpful for someone who isn't in Heap every single day.
    • Sharing dashboards can be tricky, it feels like a huge learning curve that I already have forgotten how to do.
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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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    Heap
    It's a great platform. I'm glad that one of our product managers introduced it because it has allowed us to create all kinds of new functionality. We're not only able to create a better product experience from our communications because of Heap, but we're also able to generate all kinds of helpful analysis.
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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.
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    Heap
    On a scale from 1-10, I find Heap to be incredibly user-friendly and easy to use. I enjoyed the training videos available and was quickly able to pick up how to create events and reports to track user interactions on our product. I would recommend Heap for its usability first and foremost.
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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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    Heap
    I've never run into any issues with Heap's availability, Heap is always there when I need it. I haven't run into any issues like application errors or unplanned outages during my 2+ years of using Heap. Each and every time I log in to Heap I have a completely functional experience
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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
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    Heap
    Heap doesn't affect page load times considerably nor has a large impact [on] our overall score, as far as page loading times inside of the tool its pretty reliable to retrieve data as much as "instant" that it can be the delay seems to be on data getting tracked into the servers to be read but it's not significant.
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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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    Heap
    Heap support has allowed us to troubleshoot and test a lot of different items. Their support team is always helpful and friendly, even when we come to them with the most complicated questions. I think this greatly improves the value proposition of the product because their support team is knowledgable and friendly.
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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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    Heap
    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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    Heap
    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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    Heap
    The implementation was smooth and easy. The Heap team helped us with implementation and it went great! Within a few weeks, we were fully up and running and utilizing the platform to its full capability. This is an additional thing that has made this platform so great and we couldn't recommend it enough.
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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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    Heap
    Heap offers a ton of functionality on a single platform.It also has an smart data science layer to offers suggestions for next steps in the analysis, allowing us to explore alternative paths we may not think to take. The low-code option for updating data is appealing, and there is a lot of automation with minimal engineering effort.
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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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    Heap
    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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    Heap
    The most challenging part of using Heap in a growing organization is the naming and structure in which reports and dashboards are organized. I work within the marketing department and our Heap leader internally works within the IT/Product department, which makes it challenging because we often don't speak the same language, so the learning curve has been steep without any specific use-case examples to leverage online.
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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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    Heap
    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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    Heap
    • It has helped us make decisions on what products to scope for our MVP based on the usage data.
    • It's allowed us to measure success with our beta product.
    • It's helped us view our conversion rates in an easy and usable manner.
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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

    Heap Screenshots

    Screenshot of Dashboard in Heap (Use to get Product or User Behavior Insights)Screenshot of Effort Analysis provides the first-ever quantitative measurement of user friction, capturing the difficulty users face when moving through every step of every user flow across the digital experience.Screenshot of Heap Illuminate looks for the most common events between two steps in a funnel and generates a Top Events table that displays how well paths including different events convert to the next step so you can understand how that behavior is helping or hurting conversion.Screenshot of From Top Events you can choose an event and use Path Comparison to fork your funnel and see how the selected behavior impacts conversion downstream.