Parse.ly Reviews & Product Details

Parse.ly is an analytics platform built for content and designed with the belief that the most successful companies are the ones with the best content. Winning in the digital content world, though, isn't easy. You need to create feedback loops and listen, though data, to what your audience is telling you. With 30 unique attention metrics, subscriber tracking, and audience segmentation, content creators, analysts, editors, marketers, and communications professionals can use Parse.ly to: - Grow their business and improve key metrics like reader engagement, conversions, and retention through data-driven insights. - Act on immediate real-time audience insights or analyze historical data to get a clear picture of the past and plan for the future. With a built-in personalization platform, product teams can use Parse.ly to create dynamic content experiences powered by data and personalized by users on their website and in their CMS or WCM. With our data pipeline platform, data scientists and engineers can use our enriched clickstream data to spend less time on data infrastructure and more time on data analysis and insights. Parse.ly works with 300+ enterprise companies using their trusted data infrastructure: - The #4 most widely installed premium web technology on high-traffic sites (according to BuiltWith). - Parse.ly is used by leading media and entertainment companies, DTC brands, Fortune 500 companies, B2B enterprise companies, and anyone who believes content can move their business forward.

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Parse.ly

Discussions

Parse.ly Community

Languages Supported

English

Solution Type

Best-of-Breed

Overview by

Alexander Dunner

Pricing

Pricing provided by Parse.ly.

Basic

$12,000.00

Per User Per Year

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User Insights

Average based on 149 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

1 month

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

Typical contract price

$0k - $0k

Per Year

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Verified User in Newspapers

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/4/2021

"Helpful in providing the basics on traffic"

4/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

I like the real-time nature of Parsely and it's ability to provide stats on a variety of sites, as well as the source of the traffic, such as on mobile or desktop screens. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

There are some sites that are not included in Parsely's data sourcing, such as Smart News, which is critical to my team's traffic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parse.ly solving and how is that benefiting you?

Parsely is helping my team understand where our content performs the best and at what times, which informs our publishing and content decisions. My team has learned that certain times work best for certain new stories, so we sometimes hold off on publishing something to wait for the appropriate time that will ring in the most page views. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Newspapers

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/4/2021

"What social media is hot, what's not"

5/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

Instant page view counts of stories and posted material. Cumulative page views of that material from days, months and years past. Rankings for the day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

Logins aren't always smooth even with saved passwords. Byline, credit lines lead to several calculations in the page views. Don't understand how the same author can have 50 views for one story one day and 50 for another the same day instead of just 100 total. Happens all the time on our Parse.ly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Justin B.

Founder & CEO

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/13/2020

"Top of the Line Content Analytics Dashboard"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

Parse.ly's ease of use is perfect for individuals who are not highly experienced with using all functions of Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics. It's the perfect companion for journalists, editors, and salespeople. The ability for writers to have access to all their metrics is invaluable. The ability for the sales organization to track branded content with such ease-of-use without involving a company's analytics team saves countless amounts of time. The ability for the social media and audience development teams to track which content on which social platform is performing the best is a lifesaver. Parse.ly also has useful API integrations that allow for optimized and personalized recommendation widgets. The API can also be used to personalize email newsletter creation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

Some people miss the reporting of real-time on-site concurrents which Parse.ly does not report. If you are an advanced analytics user and are used to applying segments, Parse.ly is limited here as well. Occasionally, there are some small reporting outages, but those are usually corrected retroactively in a short period of time. Implementation of Parse.ly on some of the new up-and-coming news apps and platforms takes time before Parse.ly integrates them into their tagging solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Parse.ly:

Take the opportunity to meet their great team. They are solid with customer response and training. With Parse.ly working with many of the top publishers in the industry, they also have great advice on how to help advance your own publication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parse.ly solving and how is that benefiting you?

Parse.ly allows me to identify trending stories, patterns with our audience. It allows us to hold the editorial team accountable to both the amount of articles written and the traffic from those articles. I have been the executive sponsor and used Parse.ly in multiple large organizations. Consistently, each time I have been able to grow traffic and increase editorial output by using the analytics that come from the Parse.ly dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Online Media

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/25/2021

"Pretty good"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

The real-time nature of it. We get instant feedback on everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

I wish it went back further so I could see more historical numbers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Parse.ly:

Use a variety of different programs like this to see how they compare. It's user friendly for the most part and you can move quickly from one part of the site to another. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parse.ly solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can't think of many issues. I have a better idea of when to tweak a headline with the data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Denis G.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/20/2020

"Parse.ly Data analysis and optimization."

4/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

It is very nice the system seems extensive and Parse.ly maintains constant communication with our database, in addition to also performing as a marketing and analysis software, it seems to me that the analytical system is very strategic and works in an incredible way, the ability to connect to the company can be very broad , and that goes directly to the base and to the marketing area to optimize the company, definitely the analytics system is incredible because it is not only possible to monitor but also to eliminate garbage and duplicate data, it seems to me a very complete system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

I have no point or drawback regarding the system, however he could indicate that the APIs with which it works works very well although they are very fast, it is tedious to constantly update this service and a good API can be expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Parse.ly:

I recommend the Parse.ly system, it has been very pleasant in interaction with other users, it has allowed the company to bring many more people, for this reason I like it because the tools are interesting, it is simple and I allow our website to have more relevance in the web browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parse.ly solving and how is that benefiting you?

Seeing the increase in company traffic, such as: sales, web, and especially new data, now with Parse.ly we are much more optimal and we can find our website in a more attractive and optimal way, I must indicate that the system Parse.ly is very similar to Google analytics, the analysis is very noticeable showing the balance of visits and sales in a general way, so we are happy because it maintains our web system and optimal marketing. The tools are nice and very well matched to the business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Media Production

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/4/2021

"Parse.ly review"

4/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

It's easy to manage and navigate

Can see where web traffic is coming from

Can see what is doing well on other sites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

I think it should say if there are new readers or users reading a story. Then it would be easier to see where web traffic is coming from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Laureen A.

journalist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/26/2021

"I love it"

5/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

It's very easy to see the pages views which is important in my job and also easy to navigate on the phone Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

What I like the least is that I have sometimes troubles to find my articles when I just write the name of the person mentioned in the article Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Newspapers

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/8/2021

"I love Parse.ly"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

It seems to me the best way to measure the audience of the newspaper in which I work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

Overall I am delighted with the app, so I have nothing bad to say. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Declan C.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/31/2020

"Simple and optimizing tools."

4/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

This is a platform that enables audience developers to understand the appropriate content that attracts website visitors. It provides you with ideal tools and functions to optimize your work and achieve the best results, such as an API panel and data pipeline to engage the audience. Its interface is clean and organized, you can navigate without problems and it is easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

Our results have been good and the experience satisfactory, however this platform has some minor flaws and errors, and is not as solid as Google or Adobe Analytics, if they improve this Parse.ly could offer a better performance to the user, this will not it means it's bad. But it can be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Parse.ly:

It is an important tool to know in real time what our readers want, also if we provide the appropriate content or not. You will have the ability to change or adapt on the fly, this is very useful and it is not so easy to track without the help of Parse.ly, also your work team trains a constant work flow, something very important to increase the performance and productivity of All the team. Fully recommended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parse.ly solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use this platform mainly as an analysis tool for the news organization to see all the data about the content of the websites, also the business intelligence and advertising teams use it for newsrooms of all levels, administrative editors, superiors and reporters. Provides tools to track traffic in real time, as well as a map where users go from the beginning. Our work team obtained greater work fluency and time savings, something that is very valuable to us since we can channel it in other areas. We are happy with the results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Norbert P.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/27/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Analyze visitor numbers"

4/5

What do you like best about Parse.ly?

The tool offers good API integrations and makes it easy for us to monitor traffic well. The reports are very detailed and help us to get a good overview of the incoming and outgoing traffic. We can see exactly if we are reaching our desired target group. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parse.ly?

The tool offers extensions but there are connection problems with google analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.