Alexa Internet (discontinued) vs. StatCounter

I recommend Alexa for small businesses where you don't need much customization. Otherwise, I think big companies should implement their own tools.

Incentivized

Free services provide a wonderful resource for people on tight budgets. If willing to put forth work in data managing/analysis and If basic high traffic information or drilling down specific users in low traffic situations is needed, then StatCounter may fit your needs. If automation and low overhead are a high priority then some more expensive packages can provide the same and more information with less hassle. Because StatCounter is free, there is low risk to see if StatCounter works in your specific usage scenario.

• It is easy to navigate through Amazon Developer
• Even for a non coder, it is very thorough and easy to go through setting up steps
• Testing for Alexa is also awesome since you can use simulated websites for it instead of buying the actual device

Incentivized

• I can visit my site in real time showing pages visited and the duration of the visit.
• It shows very detailed data on where visitors came from.
• I could monitor the performance of campaigns in real-time as visitors came to my site from a promotion.

Incentivized

• Metrics aren't as accurate as Google Analytics
• Would like a more detailed drill down of site visitor geography
• Site keyword functionality not as robust as SimilarWeb

Incentivized

• For the free version data logging is limited to two weeks, which requires manual pulling of the data (CSV or excel formats) on a regular basis which can become tedious.
• For offline graphing/presentations, data must be re synthesized/visualized. This typical requires someone manual manipulation the data or develop scripts or coding to improve the collection of the data for offline presentation and records.
• Lacks some of the pretty visuals that can be seen in competitors such as Google Analytics.
• Lacks user specific in depth tracking across multiple services (mailchimp, google etc), like more fully featured platforms (Kissmetrics) are able to provide.

I have not had any issues with malfunctions when using statcounter, so that would lead me to continue using the program. I would like to see more social media measuring tools, but again, we don't use the program to dig really deep. We're just looking to figure out who is reading what articles on our website are the most liked. And it helps lead our editorial team in the right direction.

I never have to call tech support and never get frustrated because I can't get the information that I need.

It is easy and user-friendly.

Incentivized

We used to use Compete until it changed what it does entirely. Alexa was the best option after we did research. It is more granular in the numbers it provides too, which is good for what we do.

Incentivized

Statcounter excels with the simplicity and efficiency of the analytics. You can see exactly what's going on on your sites without the need to dig into complex google analytics data.

Incentivized

• Page analytics helps to engage more traffic.
• Conversion to adaptation ratio helps to identify potential traffic.
• Daily targeted user helps to analyze regular customers.
• Long term visitors helps to analyze the time spent on our website.

Incentivized

• It's been great to track positive reactions to changes in our website and new product offerings
• Also a great way to roughly estimate the demand and customer base for your products
• Also identifies what areas of the website could be improved base on low traffic

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