Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7510345

7 8 12 years ago

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Guys, we are currently using Google Analytics Events to track clicks and conversions, but the events report are quite limited and confusing.

Do you have anything to recommend that does a good job on this? Both free or paid are very welcome.

fabiandesimone• 12 years ago

You should check your GA installation as it should work properly.

However, give Mixpanel and Kissmetrics a try (they both offer free tiers and are fantastic tools)

raviparikh• 12 years ago

Kissmetrics doesn't offer a free tier (they have a 14 day free trial but after that all customers have to commit to an annual contract). Mixpanel does have a free tier.

Full disclosure – I'm a founder at Heap, which is a competitor to both of these products. We do offer a free tier as well.

alexhomer1• 12 years ago

For email you should check out Toutapp, which has worked out really well for us.

GA is what we use for our site though

shamsulbuddy• 12 years ago

Check for heapanalytics.com ..awesome eventing framework

ASquare• 12 years ago

Definitely check out Mixpanel.

With respect to GA reports being confusing - while that may be the case, I wonder how much of that is an education issue.

If you haven't checked them out yet, Justin Cutroni has quite a few helpful posts on Event tracking: http://cutroni.com/blog/category/event-tracking/

Hope that's helpful.

lbr• 12 years ago

http://looker.com/ - up and coming. I've used google analytics and mixpanel. Google analytics is pretty basic.

Looker is really powerful and only marginally harder to use than mixpanel. Mixpanel is slightly easier to use, but much less powerful and flexible.

filipedeschamps• 12 years ago

Guys, perfect suggestions, thanks.

Looks like all of them share the same solution, but not the same approach. The one that I'm really impressed is Heap Analytics.

ahtomski• 12 years ago

GoSquared offers event tracking and has a ridiculously simple API to integrate with. No free plans but I think they still have a 14 day trial. Mixpanel is awesome for any kind of phone apps (in addition to regular web funnels).

Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions?

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