Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
Add tool
Google Analytics vs Google Webmasters: What are the differences?
Google Analytics: Enterprise-class web analytics. Google Analytics lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your Flash, video, and social networking sites and applications; Google Webmasters: *A suite of Google SEO tools *. It is a free service that helps you evaluate and maintain your website's performance in search results . It gives you at a glance data about all important SEO aspects of a site, such as keywords, links, crawl errors, etc.
Google Analytics can be classified as a tool in the "General Analytics" category, while Google Webmasters is grouped under "SEO as a Service".
According to the StackShare community, Google Analytics has a broader approval, being mentioned in 18000 company stacks & 10536 developers stacks; compared to Google Webmasters, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.
Get Advice from developers at your company using StackShare Enterprise. Sign up for StackShare Enterprise.
Learn MorePros of Google Analytics
Pros of Google Webmasters
Pros of Google Analytics
- Free1.5K
- Easy setup926
- Data visualization890
- Real-time stats698
- Comprehensive feature set405
- Goals tracking181
- Powerful funnel conversion reporting154
- Customizable reports138
- Custom events try83
- Elastic api53
- Updated regulary14
- Interactive Documentation8
- Google play3
- Industry Standard2
- Walkman music video playlist2
- Advanced ecommerce2
- Medium / Channel data split1
- Easy to integrate1
- Financial Management Challenges -2015h1
- Lifesaver1
- Irina1
Pros of Google Webmasters
Be the first to leave a pro
Sign up to add or upvote prosMake informed product decisions
Cons of Google Analytics
Cons of Google Webmasters
Cons of Google Analytics
- Confusing UX/UI11
- Super complex8
- Very hard to build out funnels6
- Poor web performance metrics4
- Very easy to confuse the user of the analytics3
- Time spent on page isn't accurate out of the box2
Cons of Google Webmasters
Be the first to leave a con
Sign up to add or upvote consMake informed product decisions
What is Google Analytics?
Google Analytics lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your Flash, video, and social networking sites and applications.
What is Google Webmasters?
It is a free service that helps you evaluate and maintain your website's performance in search results . It gives you at a glance data about all important SEO aspects of a site, such as keywords, links, crawl errors, etc.
Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
What companies use Google Analytics?
What companies use Google Webmasters?
What companies use Google Analytics?
What companies use Google Webmasters?
See which teams inside your own company are using Google Analytics or Google Webmasters.
Sign up for StackShare EnterpriseLearn MoreSign up to get full access to all the companiesMake informed product decisions
What tools integrate with Google Analytics?
What tools integrate with Google Webmasters?
What tools integrate with Google Analytics?
What tools integrate with Google Webmasters?
Sign up to get full access to all the tool integrationsMake informed product decisions
Blog Posts
+25 10
6756
+22 13
8705
+47 54
72325
+31 28
36777
+30 27
18331
+43 18
5236
+33 20
2084
+42 53
21867
What are some alternatives to Google Analytics and Google Webmasters?
Mixpanel
Mixpanel helps companies build better products through data. With our powerful, self-serve product analytics solution, teams can easily analyze how and why people engage, convert, and retain to improve their user experience.
Piwik
Matomo (formerly Piwik) is a full-featured PHP MySQL software program that you download and install on your own webserver. At the end of the five-minute installation process, you will be given a JavaScript code.
Google Tag Manager
Tag Manager gives you the ability to add and update your own tags for conversion tracking, site analytics, remarketing, and more. There are nearly endless ways to track user behavior across your sites and apps, and the intuitive design lets you change tags whenever you want.
Amplitude
Amplitude provides scalable mobile analytics that helps companies leverage data to create explosive user growth. Anyone in the company can use Amplitude to pinpoint the most valuable behavioral patterns within hours.
Heap
Heap automatically captures every user action in your app and lets you measure it all. Clicks, taps, swipes, form submissions, page views, and more. Track events and segment users instantly. No pushing code. No waiting for data to trickle in.