Google Analytics Vs Piwik
Most of them know about Google analytics. For those who don’t know “Google analytics is a free website tracker from Google”. Using Google analytics you can track your visitors and other related details.
Piwik is something similar to Google analytics but it is open source.
Piwik aims to be an open source alternative to Google Analytics. – From Piwik.org website.
Is it possible for Piwik to overtake Google Analytics? What is your thought? I don’t think it can! Because I have the following reasons,
1. Installing Piwik is not as easy as Google analytics and requires programming knowledge
2. Statistics is stored in our server which will consume bandwidth and space
Google Analytics or Piwik? What you recommend? Add your comments!
Labels: Google Analytics, Piwik
posted by Matt @ 12:53 PM
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10 Comments:
Hi Pratheep,
From ur blog, just now came to know abt piwik...
i too have same opinion.. can u brief abt installation as google analytics installtion code is very simple to install
also we can use google analytics for other things such as blogs, googlepages etc.. in case of piwik ??? no-no?
Google Analytics is good. Full stop. Nothing to doubt about:
- It is free
- It has a good interface
- It is really easy to understand
- It is really easy to install
- It runs on Google servers (not your traffic)
What is good about Piwik:
- It is free as well
- It has a pretty nice and configurable interface
- It pretty easy to install, even if it is not as easy as Google Analytics
- The data is stored on your OWN server: you control the data, you can do further analysis (click paths, etc.) and you can connect analytics data with other data.
- You can access raw data
I think Piwik will not overtake Google Analytics, as not everyone will want to install software (or can).
However, if you need access to the raw data, if you do not want to give Google all your data, etc. Piwik looks like a really good alternative.
I think it will gain loads of users within the next months.
Praharika,
You are correct, piwik is for those who have their own website and not for bloggers and Google pages.
Franz,
Thanks for your detailed comment. I agree with Praharika, what is your opinion.
Pratheep
Just installed piwik, install was simple if you are use to setting up applications like wordpress etc. I currently have both Goog Analytics and Piwik installed on the site. I know this is redundant but I am needed the Api to provide stats for a multi user site and google is just not their with the API. Where is the google API without installing the CAKE? So far Piwik seems to work great.
For me it's like comparing an own car with a rental car. Sure, the rental one as a build-in gps and some other features, but it is not your own. And you have to pay for it also.
What most people forget is that you have to pay for Google Analytics, too. Not with money but with your rights.
What would you say if your rental car company would send you snailmail with ads about places you have been? Or sell your personal data? Or gas stations decide their price for gas in dependency of your route?
No, thanks. I prefer my own car :-)
Good thought!
But it depends on how much you can spend to buy or own a car.
Pratheep
As already said, piwik is good for those who need raw data and flexibility. Some programming skills are not bad but not necessary.
Installing piwik is really easy - as easy as wordpress. If you are running your own server (or virtual server, something else than ready-to-go blogger.com) piwik is good choice.
Both are free (free as in no money involved) but there is huge difference with rights. With piwik you can do whatever you wish. You can delete your data. With Google Analytics google OWNS everything.
Owning the content (Analytics data)? of-course I agree with Joku. Thanks Joke, it is a matter of privacy issue.
Can anyone tell me how much space it occupies post installation and how much space it consumes every month (lets say a website with 500+ visits per day)?
I think focusing on ease of installation is a bit short sited.
I'm mostly concerned about accuracy. While I just found out about Piwik 5 minutes ago, I'm curious if it is any way more accurate than Analytics due to the fact that Analytics is 100% dependent on javascript. (I'm making the bold assumption that Piwik is php based.)
Brandon
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