What is Google Analytics?
Google Analytics is a platform that collects data from your websites and apps to create reports that provide insights into your business. It is the go-to platform for millions of website and app owners seeking to gain a deeper understanding of their website and app performance. With Google Analytics, you can fine-tune your digital strategy, optimize your campaigns, and take your online presence to new heights, and get a complete understanding of your customers across devices and platforms. Google Analytics gives you the tools, free of charge, to understand the customer journey and improve marketing ROI.
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90 Likeliness to Recommend
98 Plan to Renew
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89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Google Analytics?
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Helps Innovate
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Google Analytics Reviews
Valera V.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
Great for what it delivers
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Google Analytics from other similar products?
It offers seamless integration with your website (and quick setup too)
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
You can go VERY granular with reporting
What do you dislike most about this product?
It's not super intuitive and requires some prior training to unlock its full capabilities
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
There are practically no drawbacks to Google Analytics. The concern is Data Visualization capabilities, but you can connect to Data Studio, and your problem should be solved. GA is an industry-leading software--and for a good reason.
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
Cons
- Commodity Features
Joshua A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
A Powerful, Cost-effective Tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Google Analytics from other similar products?
It provide tracking features that can track a user behavior across websites and apps, helping businesses gain insights into demographics, and user actions.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its ability to provide valuable insights into customer behavior, helping businesses optimize their ads effectively.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It can be challenging for beginners to grasp at first.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Learn extensively about the product and its various features. Understanding them thoroughly will greatly help improve your productivity.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Ashish J.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted May 2025
Powerful web analytics, but not plug-and-play
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Google Analytics from other similar products?
The depth of tracking, range of integrations, and the fact that it’s still free for most businesses make it incredibly hard to beat
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Google Analytics gives us a detailed view into how people are actually using our site — from where they're coming from to what actions they're taking before converting. Being able to track the entire user journey helps us make smarter decisions about content, marketing, and design. It’s an essential tool for understanding what’s working and what’s not
What do you dislike most about this product?
GA4’s interface is not intuitive at all. It feels like too much changed too fast, and many users are still catching upBe ready to invest time into setup and training. You’ll only get value from GA if you configure it to match your goals and keep it maintained
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Be ready to invest time into setup and training. You’ll only get value from GA if you configure it to match your goals and keep it maintained
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Helps Innovate
