Alternative to Google Analytics?

In the past I used AWStats, along with some other log tools, but have been giving GA a run and I rather like it. However I don’t like the idea of Google having its fingers in my pocket at all time by not only providing traffic, PPC income, but also having stats as well.

So I would really love something as good as quality that is web based as it. It if be Open Source, server installed scripts, or paid for http tools I’m interested in recommendations.

 

google analytics is free dude....just check it once more.....

 

you can use www.getclicky.com it is based on Google api but if your website gets good traffic you will have to subscribe to premium , i have been using it for a few weeks and its good

 

google analytics is incredible, at a great price.... if you're willing to spend for comparable stats, go with webtrends

 

http://www.statcounter.com/ is a very good service too

 

Thanks guys Ill check them out!

subzero27, I know!

 

Yes, stat counter is the next best thing compared to Google Analytics, but GA is better.

 

I have a few gripes about analytics, overall its the best I've seen but there's a few things I'd like to modify

Does anyone know of a consulting firm that can do a custom analytics package?

PM me if you do.

 

you can also try addfreestats.com as an alternative to google analitics

 

Yeah, I got confused with l3vi's post for a minute? lol. GA is so far the best but it's not as up-to-the-minute as I would like it to be.

 

i recommend statcounter here...

 

histats.com is also good but with less features than ga

 

I am trying histats seems okay and free

 

I use both statcounter and analytics.
Statcounter has the advantage that you can see the exact referring urls and the data is updated real time. But the log is limited to last 500 pageviews.

 

statcounter is a A+. i'm planning to switch to statcounter as well.

 

Same here.. I've been using this tools for quite sometimes and I am very satisfied with the outcome.

 

ive looked and looked and nothing really compairs to Google Analytics.

Ive used sitemeter/statcounter and both of them are okay, but they dont deliever what I want. Saying that applications like haveamint.com is quite good but there is some issues with that software and I dont feel comfortable using it.

Trying to find another stats program I came accross this just now. http://www.d4wstats.com/web-stats-pro

It looks good. If your worried aboug google having its finger in your stats you should be concerned with other companies doing the exact same thing! So you should be looking for something that is installed and hosted by yourself.

Pierce

 

you can try out analytics, statcounter, sitemeter, etc all these are free to use, they also have paid upgrades if you have larger sites

 

hmm my forum does 1,000,000 page views a month, for sitemeter thats.. a whole $299/month!!!!

GA is free, it works and it doesnt ask for money!

 

i used to install free statcounter, free extremetracker, and free sitemeter. but now i removed all of them and replace with google analytics. ga has a tons of feature such as comparison in a range of date, map overlays, and many more