WebTrendsLive Personal Edition discontinued

Free Personal Edition shuts down Sept 30, 2002

[onlineleben]

Hi all,
first of all, greetings from Germany and thanks a lot for providing these nice forums. Have learned quite a lot during my time lurking around and hope I can give something back over time.
Just received a mail this morning from the WebtrendsLive Team about them discontinuing the free Personal Edition on September 30, 2002.
All logged Personal Site data will be deleted by then. The alternative is an upgrade to the 35$/month eBusiness Edition, which is something out of the question for most smaller and hobby sites.

With the free service being discontinued, what alternatives for online logging are there? Many use Hitbox, but I haven't seen anyone reviewing it being really happy. Is it similar in report structure to what I am used from WTLive PE? And how speedy is their update cycle (WTLive used 30 minute steps)?
Any other suggestions to try out?

[bill]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld onlineleben!

I can't remember the exact date, but when WTL moved to its reduced tracking reports for free accounts I removed it from every site I used it on. The stats were so limited they were hardly worth the code on the page. I'm not surprised they moved to a full pay system.

As far as alternatives are concerned I'd suggest you look thru this forum. Most recently we had a discussion about free trackers here: Free web-based statistics [webmasterworld.com]

[biggles]

A cheaper paid alternative to WebTrends Live that I use is Hitslinks. It's cheaper because it has lower price break points - with WTL you pay $35 p month for 0 - 50,000 page views p month. Then $0.65 / per thousand Page Views beyond the first 50,000

With Hitslink the pricing starts at $9.95 p month for 0 - 1,000 page views. Next price band is 1,001 - 10,000 @ $19.95 p month and so on.

Beyond 50,000 page views p month the prices are pretty similar. If you work with multiple sites you can consolidate billing with Hitslinks which reduces prices quite a bit for me.

Still, not as good as free. ;)