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One of the most commonly asked questions in this forum is "what stats package do you recommend?". Whilst Webmasterworld is NOT the place for people to make specific recommendations, there comes a point where the question gets asked so many times that it needs a stock answer.
If you use a package or two, this thread allows you (in a very unbiased way) add to this list. Please always using the following syntax for an unbiased comparison:
Package name?:
Target user Personal/small biz/med biz/big biz)?:
Price range for target user?:
Logfile based or Tagging based?:
Reads compressed logfiles?:
Sits on server / third party server / local your PC?:
Reporting formats? (HTML, Email, CSV, WORD...):
Tracks daily unique visitors as well as page views?:
Gives geographic data?:
Graphical or text based reporting?:
Tracks Spiders?:
Tracks conversion data for PPC campaigns?
Tracks conversion data for natural search?
Allows custom visitor type filters?
Allows revision of spider definitions filters?
Bid management module?
Unusual Extras?
If you don't know one or more of the answers - simply put Don't know. I'll try to edit entries when people send me corrections! On the edit front, I mat have to edit this thread a bit more than normal if people start to abuse it, but in 2005 everyone was very helpful.
Starting things off, here's a few:
Package name?: MakeMeTop Analytics
Target user Personal/small biz/med biz/big biz)?: Medium and Large
Price range for target user?: From $300 per month for .5 million tracking calls.
Logfile based or Tagging based?: Tagging based
Reads compressed logfiles?: I don't think so
Sits on server / third party server / local your PC?: 3rd Party server.
Reporting formats? (HTML, Email, CSV, WORD...): HTML, e-mail, CSV, Word, Excel and on-line.
Tracks daily unique visitors as well as page views?: Yes
Gives geographic data?: Yes
Graphical or text based reporting?: Both
Tracks Spiders?: Yes
Tracks conversion data for PPC campaigns? Yes
Tracks conversion data for natural search? Yes
Allows custom visitor type filters? YES
Allows revision of spider definitions filters? Don't Know
Bid Management Module? Yes - as a core element
Unusual Extras? A full interface is provided for SEM agencies to allow them to assign client logins for reporting. Allows weighting of referrals to allow revenue from a sale to be shared or apportioned amongst referrals.
Package name?: Indextools
Target user Personal/small biz/med biz/big biz)?: Two versions e-business for small businesses to Emterprise for large
Price range for target user?: From $50 a month (E-business) or $250 a month (Enterprise).
Logfile based or Tagging based?: Tagging
Sits on server / third party server / local your PC?: Third party server
Reporting formats? (HTML, Email, CSV, WORD...): HTML, with csv and scheduled email exports
Tracks daily unique visitors as well as page views?: Yes
Gives geographic data?: yes
Graphical or text based reporting?: Graphical
Tracks Spiders?: Not very well
Tracks conversion data for PPC campaigns? Yes
Tracks conversion data for natural search? Yes
Allows custom visitor type filters? Yes
Allows revision of spider definitions filters? No
Bid Management Module?: Yes
Unusual Extras? Allows user logins, good reseller white label, has a path explorer plugin and dashboards. Also - the data is (pretty much) real time.
Please add any other packages here using the same syntax. Thanks for sharing!
[edited by: Receptional at 4:21 pm (utc) on Oct. 23, 2007]
[edited by: Receptional at 7:41 pm (utc) on Oct. 29, 2007]
[edit reason] Corrected product name [/edit]
