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Anna F.

Freelance Writer

Newspapers

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/11/2016

"Godd basic traffic reports that are emailed to you"

4.5/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

I like the basic click counter which you get for free. You can make your stats public by using the free dynamic widget. You can even have traffic reports sent to you regularly (daily, weekly, monthly). Other than that the tool is pretty basic. I use it for my hobby blogspot blog. The public statcount works well for attracting advertisers. The free email reports save time and you can always install Google Analytics or Piwik to dig deeper from time to time. I use daily alerts because they allow me to quickly spot a good trend in case any of my blog posts get picked up by social media. The email alerts help to quickly spot traffic boosts to help my content spread even more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

It's hard to find faults with a free tool that is supposed to be quite basic. It does its job well but for indepth reports you'll need to use additional software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering StatCounter:

The free version makes it easy to test the tool. So give it a try! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is StatCounter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Saves time monitoring traffic fluctuations. Public stats counter is what I am using it for but it only works if you have something impressive to show! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Events Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/30/2017

"Statcounter"

5/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

It shows every visit to your url and the duration of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

It doesnt always tell you exactly who is on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Maria L.

Waitress

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/21/2016

"Statistics analyst "

3/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

How organized the results are which makes it easy to interpret Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

It just takes some time and practice to get used to it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Michael L.

Marc Hershman Marine Policy Fellow at the Washington State Department of Ecology

Environmental Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/27/2016

"Questionable Value"

1.5/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

StatCounter presents analytic information in a fairly intuitive and user friendly manner (easy to quickly skim information and know how things are going on your website). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

The tool is a bit of a hassle to install on different pages, and generally doesn't seem to offer anything that google analytics lacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering StatCounter:

I would definitely evaluate your alternatives (namely google analytics) before selecting StatCounter. I can't help but question its value, and the time it takes to setup initially is a fairly significant obstacle (especially if you are managing a website with numerous pages). At the end of the day, google analytics does pretty much the same thing without the setup time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is StatCounter solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use StatCounter to track information about attendance to a website I manage for my work, including how they find the website, what pages, they visit, their navigation paths, the amount of time spent on different pages, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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lavanya s.

GATE 2016

Biotechnology

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/20/2016

"accurate page views and analytics"

4/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

StatCounter picks up on visitors even if the JavaScript is turned off. Another decent feature is that it sometimes shows the IP address of the visitor which can come in handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

Free option on Statcounter is limited as compared to its major competitor, google analytics, which is completely free. The free version also has a cap on no. of visitors shown. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/25/2016

"A great alternative tool for web analytics"

4/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

As a SEO and SEM analyst, on a daily basis, I have to track websites and provide reports to my clients that paid for that service. The first thing that you might have in mind would be a solution like Google Analytics, which is good, but sometimes you just need to double track or to get more info and cross-compare the results from different platforms. That were StatCounter comes very handy, not only is has most of the features available on Google Analytics but it's also free and you can always upgrade your account for a more complete version. This is great for non technical users, users with basic technical skills regarding web development like myself and for web developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

The user interface could be a little more fresh, it kinda looks like it's a tool from 1998 but in the end it's more important than functionality than the look of the tool.

Besides that, it's a shame that you have to upgrade your account to a paid plan in order to use the StatCounter API which the web developers will always ask you for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering StatCounter:

Since I'm a basic / medium technical skilled user I would say there's not much to know. If you have worked with CMS platforms or with web tools like Google Analytics in the past then you should be fine. If now, you can always get the help of a web developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is StatCounter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Since I'm a SEO and SEM analyst, I have to keep track of many websites. I have used this solution combined with a couple more available to track and generate reports for myself and my clients.

It's a big plus the fact that this tool, sometimes and if properly used, can give you additional info than the one you would find by merly using Google Analytics for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/21/2016

"A good alternative for web anayltics"

3/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

First of all, it's not the same you are used to, like the solutions provided by Google,

They have a decent JavaScript support and you can find some stuff for it on GitHub.

In general terms the fact that is another web tracking tool is good, since you can have a combination of StatCounter and maybe Google Analytics and a couple more, just so you can get more relevant data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

The web solution seems to be kinda abandoned, it has been the same for years literally, and the support section, still has integrations with platforms that in my opinion nobody uses.

It can be good for the people that still uses the platforms listed on the install guides section but they are missing newer cms platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering StatCounter:

Using this tool does not require much technical knowledge, if you know how to add a javascript block to an html page you should be fine.

Don't expect much from them, it's just a tracking tool, that's what they promise, that's what it does.

If you want real time tracking and experiments better choose a Google solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is StatCounter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Every website should have some basic traffic tracking in order to allow you to take decisions, so I have been using a combination between Google Analytics, Quantcast and StatCounter to get as much data as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Education Management

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/11/2017

"Stat Counter Review"

4/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

I love that StatCounter gives me the analytics I need every month to make strategic decisions for my blog. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

Nothing - I love everything about StatCounter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Religious Institutions

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/25/2016

"Good Starting Point"

4/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

Very informational in information provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

The log cap before it starts charging you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/17/2016

"Understanding your website traffic made easy"

4/5

What do you like best about StatCounter?

With StatCounter it has become very easy to keep track of your website traffic. We easily monitor daily hits to our site - understand the demographics of these users, like what's the customers age, where he is coming from, how long did he spend on the site etc. Best part is you can even monitor is this behavior has changed over time.

As a company, we create automated dashboards which give us an overall picture at a day to day level. We can even assign permission to various employees to access particular reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about StatCounter?

Its sometimes though for a non-numbers guy to use the tool easily. Also, if they give more features to the free version - it is welcome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering StatCounter:

If you recently launched your start up and not able to understand traffic attributes of your website - StatCounter is the software to go for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is StatCounter solving and how is that benefiting you?

One major problem we had was to understand where the users are moving after they exit from our site. With StatCounter, for those users who exit our site immediately - we came to know which sites the users are going to, and could figure out the lacking on our site and fill that gap quickly. This particular feature has given ample inputs to our product team so they can satisfy the customers better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.