Google Analytics vs Heap

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Google Analytics vs Heap: 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; Heap: Automatically capture every user action in your app and measure it all. 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.

Google Analytics belongs to "General Analytics" category of the tech stack, while Heap can be primarily classified under "Funnel Analysis Analytics".

Some of the features offered by Google Analytics are:

  • Analysis Tools- Google Analytics is built on a powerful, easy to use, reporting platform, so you can decide what data you want to view and customize your reports, with just a few clicks.
  • Content Analytics- Content reports help you understand which parts of your website are performing well, which pages are most popular so you can create a better experience for your customers.
  • Social Analytics- The web is a social place and Google Analytics measures success of your social media programs. You can analyze how visitors interact with sharing features on your site (like the Google +1 button) and engage with your content across social platforms.

On the other hand, Heap provides the following key features:

  • Define analytics events using a simple, point 'n' click interface. People with zero coding knowledge can start tracking events and generating important metrics instantly
  • Automatically capture every user action in your iOS or web app and measure it all. Clicks, taps, swipes, form submissions, page views, and more
  • All analysis is automatically retroactive, so there's no need to wait days for data to accumulate. You can rely on each report to include everything from day one.

"Free" is the top reason why over 1476 developers like Google Analytics, while over 33 developers mention "Automatically capture every user action" as the leading cause for choosing Heap.

According to the StackShare community, Google Analytics has a broader approval, being mentioned in 15336 company stacks & 2438 developers stacks; compared to Heap, which is listed in 113 company stacks and 10 developer stacks.

Decisions about Google Analytics and Heap
Dennis Paulus
Founder, Software Engineer & Product Manager at BlazingMedia · | 7 upvotes · 16.8K views

We have integrated Panelbear on our Website, rather than Google Analytics, because it is way more respecting of the User's Privacy. Whilst Google Analytics gives us in-depth information on virtually everything, we don't even need that much. Panelbear keeps it simple and in addition to that, displays the data well structured in a simple and intuitive dashboard

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Pros of Google Analytics
Pros of Heap
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    Free
  • 925
    Easy setup
  • 889
    Data visualization
  • 697
    Real-time stats
  • 404
    Comprehensive feature set
  • 180
    Goals tracking
  • 154
    Powerful funnel conversion reporting
  • 137
    Customizable reports
  • 83
    Custom events try
  • 53
    Elastic api
  • 13
    Updated regulary
  • 8
    Interactive Documentation
  • 3
    Google play
  • 2
    Advanced ecommerce
  • 2
    Industry Standard
  • 2
    Walkman music video playlist
  • 1
    Medium / Channel data split
  • 1
    Easy to integrate
  • 1
    Financial Management Challenges -2015h
  • 1
    Lifesaver
  • 36
    Automatically capture every user action
  • 23
    No code required
  • 21
    Free Plan
  • 14
    Real-time insights
  • 11
    Track custom events
  • 10
    Define user segments
  • 7
    Define active users
  • 2
    Fun to use
  • 2
    Redshift integration

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Cons of Google Analytics
Cons of Heap
  • 10
    Confusing UX/UI
  • 7
    Super complex
  • 6
    Very hard to build out funnels
  • 3
    Poor web performance metrics
  • 2
    Very easy to confuse the user of the analytics
  • 2
    Time spent on page isn't accurate out of the box
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    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 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.

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