So we all know Urchin, AWStats, and Webtrends

nevetS · #1 Apr 25th 2005, 2:52 pm

There are a lot of stats modules out there. Urchin by far is the cleanest, but at $895 or $495 a month for 100K page views it's too expensive for me.

What stats packages have you used that you find valuable? I don't mind spending some money, and urchin is probably on the horizon for me, but $900 has so many more uses for me than web stats.

I use AWStats, and I like it better than webtrends, but the thing I liked about urchin was click-paths, a cleaner interface, and a crazy-easy setup. I'm not necessarily opposed to an offline viewing mechanism that would require me to download my raw stats files.

**digitalpoint** · #2 Apr 25th 2005, 2:54 pm

The $895 Urchin package lets you do 100 sites. Buy Urchin and "rent" some of the slots to other people.

nevetS · #3 Apr 25th 2005, 3:00 pm

There's a definite thought! That's why your the big fish around here

dct · #4 Apr 25th 2005, 3:21 pm

I would certainly be interested in chipping in for a slot or 3, I assume it's within their terms due to the fact Shawn suggested it. Is it worth seeing how many other members may want to take part in this.

SEbasic · #5 Apr 25th 2005, 3:22 pm

I may be interested...

nevetS · #6 Apr 25th 2005, 3:42 pm

Well, lets see...

Broken down, it would cost 9 bucks a slot.

Take into account that people are taking a risk - since who knows how long I'll be around. (My servers been up for a few years now and I have no intention of going anywhere, but nobody REALLY knows me). Also you have to take into account that there's no way I'll even find fifty takers.

I'd be willing to do it if 10 people will pony up 45 bucks for up to 5 slots - which isn't a great deal, but I don't want to deal with 95 different users either.

If anybody is interested, please PM me and when 10 people sign up I'll collect money and make the purchase. Conversely, if someone wants to do it cheaper... let me know so I can sign up.

asing · #7 Apr 25th 2005, 4:11 pm

or you could put your sites on a [$99] server at ev1 and get urchin for free...

http://www.ev1servers.net/english/su...chin/index.asp

Juls · #8 Apr 25th 2005, 4:44 pm

ya the ev1 solution is much better. i have urchin through them. :-) i even got an extra thrown in accidently, now it is too late for them to take it away from me. ;-)

**digitalpoint** · #9 Apr 25th 2005, 4:45 pm

Personally, I wish they would just hurry up with Urchin 6... it's so nice, I can barely wait.

SEbasic · #10 Apr 25th 2005, 5:00 pm

Have you seen it?

**digitalpoint** · #11 Apr 25th 2005, 5:10 pm

Yep, I have...

SEbasic · #12 Apr 25th 2005, 5:12 pm

Haha... Damn.

tflight · #13 Aug 17th 2005, 5:56 pm

Shawn, do you have any information as to when Urchin 6 software might be released. I'm just about ready to purchase Urchin but I don't want to purchase Urchin 5 right now if Urchin 6 is coming out real soon. (Unless of course I knew that I'd be eligible for an upgrade.)

**Crazy_Rob** · #14 Aug 17th 2005, 6:30 pm

Urchin 6 is available for $199/month.

my3cents · #15 Aug 17th 2005, 6:37 pm

I remember back in the day (1999 or 2000) I bought a full version of urchin for like $79. Times haved changed....=)

tflight · #16 Aug 17th 2005, 7:08 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy_Rob

Urchin 6 is available for $199/month.

Urchin 6 software, not urchin 6 on demand. Urchin 6 software has not yet been released and is still on version 5.

nevetS · #17 Aug 17th 2005, 8:22 pm

I talked with the urchin guys at SES. Urchin 6 should be out towards the end of this year.

Nitin M · #18 Aug 17th 2005, 8:29 pm

Quote:

The $895 Urchin package lets you do 100 sites. Buy Urchin and "rent" some of the slots to other people.

But it is 100 sites on 1 server, isn't it? I have spare slots on several servers that I would loan/give out but I don't think the 100 sites can span multiple servers.

<EDIT>Nevermind. Just noticed how old this thread was :P </EDIT>

nevetS · #19 Aug 17th 2005, 9:54 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nitin M

But it is 100 sites on 1 server, isn't it? I have spare slots on several servers that I would loan/give out but I don't think the 100 sites can span multiple servers.

<EDIT>Nevermind. Just noticed how old this thread was :P </EDIT>

Urchin has built in functionality to ftp the files from a different server. It will only analyze one log file per configured site though - so if you are doing different logs for a single site, it will take up as many slots as you have log files.

SEbasic · #20 Aug 18th 2005, 1:02 am

The next version is meant to be incredible (Our Google rep told me as they are bound to).

I think someone is going to come down and give me a walkthrough in the next week or two...

I'm really looking forward to seeing it.