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What is the best real-time web analytics tool or service?

Looking for a good solution for a real-time web analytics service or tool. Google Analytics seems to be decent but does not have real-time support which makes it less desirable. Technology » Internet » Analytics

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Has a "spy" page to see what users are doing on your site in real-time (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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Twitter analytics is a great feature as it is a common source of traffic in today's social media space (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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+3.0

Shows Twitter (tweets) and Blog comments mentioning the site (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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Traffic and uptime alert are very good. Traffic alerts highlight average, max, and min. Uptime alerts show when the site is slow. (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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Has a Java based desktop application with nice UI (User Experience)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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"Click-to-Chat" functionality could be really helpful for certain sites to communicate with their visitors (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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Current promotions offer the service for $5/month (normally $10/mo). $5 is worth it for a startup to get real-time info. (Cost)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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$30 for each site is good pricing (Cost)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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+3.0

self-hosted so your data isn't out their on the internet (Security)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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+1.0

Has downtime alerts (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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Simple to use (User Experience)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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Shows if the visitors are reading, writing, or idle. Not sure how it figures out "reading", maybe it tracks scrolling. (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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Email and SMS alerts are very helpful and makes you stop staring at the page. (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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You have the ability to use "white label" version if you don't want your traffic on the internet somewhere. (Security)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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Tracks Ajax and Flash events (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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iPhone and other mobile device compatibility (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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Graph graphics look very nice (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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Supports cookie-based filters (remove your own traffic) (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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No support for online business goals and conversions (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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-3.0

Doesn't support stats for non HTML pages such as PDF, Images, Flash, etc. (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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$30 per months seems a bit high, given there are cheaper if not free alternatives (Cost)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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Clicky site seems sluggish at times (User Experience)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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Can't track error pages (Features)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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$10 extra per month for PageAlarm feature (Cost)

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by richesh, 1 year, 0 months ago
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Self-hosting solutions require you to have a server available, this can be costly if you don't have a spare server to host it on (Cost)

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by richesh, 1 year, 1 month ago
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richesh

richesh member since Sep 21, 2008

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Best Option Pick:	Clicky
Options Suggested:	Mint, VisiStat, Woopra, Clicky, Chartbeat
Criteria Suggested:	Security, Setup, User Experience, Features
Reasons Suggested:	26 (avg points: 2.2/5.0)
Ratings:	25

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