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Google Analytics vs Heap comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Google Analytics
Ranking in Web Analytics
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Cross-Channel Attribution Providers (1st)
Heap
Ranking in Web Analytics
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Web Analytics category, the mindshare of Google Analytics is 11.5%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Heap is 5.4%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Heap5.4%
Google Analytics11.5%
Other83.1%
Web Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Navcharan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistent Seo Manager at RTDS
Have improved decision-making with effective reporting
Several positive aspects about the product stand out as advantages. Valuable insights can be gained from the unsampled reports available in the product. The cloud type needs to be specified whether it's public, private, or hybrid. The overall rating for Google Analytics 360 is 9 out of 10, where 10 represents the best product.
JF
Engagement Manager at TheMathCompany
Provides actionable user behavior insights and improves feature prioritization decisions
I didn't encounter many components that were annoying. One main area of frustration was finding data. When wanting to find data about clicks on a specific UI feature, element, or button, sometimes the objects were not named in a descriptive way. That was our problem on the implementation side, not Heap's. I also found that the analytics dashboards in Heap couldn't be customized as much as desired. I couldn't adjust the charts in the widgets or the settings on each widget to the level wanted in either data granularity or physical size of the widget on the dashboard page. Additional flexibility in dashboard building and widget building would be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The customizable reporting feature is important in general, and it helps with making data-driven decisions."
"In my opinion, Google Analytics fulfills the role it plays in a good way."
"Tracking of the website visitors and web page analysis became an easy task."
"The User Explorer is a definite favorite because it allows us to pinpoint a user and check their entire journey through our website including all the events triggered and the pages visited."
"I previously used WebTrends, but Google Analytics was more appealing because it was easy to setup, and it was available online for free."
"Even though it's free, Google Analytics is packed with many of the same reports you'll find in high-priced solutions, especially concerning data relating to real-time visitor tracking."
"With Google Analytics, we obtain different metrics from all of the clients that enter our web environment."
"Google Analytics definitely provided a lot of data that is now available to everyone, and the easy to use interface and the ability to add custom segments allows everyone to carry out their own analysis and come up with insights."
"You can track customer behavior with your project, such as how the customer envisions, navigates, uses CPA, and every touch point on the website. You can plan to optimize the phases and the customer behavior of the journey."
"Heap has improved data-driven decisions, enabled faster issue discovery, increased conversions, and delivered overall better user experiences, which has impacted my organization and our product goals."
"After using Heap, I started understanding the complete user journey because of its great feature, the auto-capture, which captures everything from seeing the ad to closing the deal."
"Heap eliminates the guesswork of funnels, directly resulting in higher conversion rates and revenue."
"An immensely useful feature is the retention graphs with the ability to generate retention data for individual features."
"The initial setup process was straightforward."
"Heap has positively impacted my organization by improving patient experiences through different portals and applications, enabling patients to understand their surgeries and doctor prescriptions better."
"Heap enables one to easily track how customers use one's applications on both the web and mobile."
 

Cons

"The technical support from Google has room for improvement."
"An area where I would like to see improvement in Google Analytics is the auto-syncing of functions in Google Tag Manager into Goal tracking."
"There is a time lag of 4 hours for the tracking to get updated in the system."
"Not the right product if you need detailed click stream analysis or integration with your firm's customer segmentation."
"Beginner users access the live help section a lot, because of how confusing it is, so it would not be bad if the function was located within the administration section."
"Google stripped out search rankings with “not provided.” It upsets many who want to understand how well they are doing in searches."
"Sometimes, the statistics are not updated in real-time and it takes a little time. There are pages where it updates faster than others."
"The sampling of data is definitely a pain point since we don't have an actual understanding of the data."
"The product could benefit from more advanced UI features."
"Based on my experience, there's some room for improvement. The application is a bit slow. Also, I must read through old documentation when I need to check for new features. It's not very user-friendly. Once you're in the application, it's easy because it has many features. But for first-time users, you have to go through all the documents, which can be challenging."
"Their analytics could be more user-friendly."
"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has a problem because when you are collecting more and more data, it becomes more and more expensive, and the ten thousand free sessions can be burned really fast, after which it became expensive."
"It's pretty costly, and they use the common model of impressions."
"I would like to see improvements in Heap including more dashboard customization, better predictive analysis, mobile support, more AI insights, and greater reporting flexibility."
"Data privacy is crucial, as my organization has experienced real-time examples where thousands of patients' sensitive data have been compromised."
"It's more expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The installation cost is really low and does not require a team with a super performance to run."
"The solution is expensive."
"Heap's pricing can be heavy according to the usage and requirements for control billing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Insurance Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Real Estate/Law Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Google Analytics?
My general rating for Google Analytics 360 is nine out of ten, where ten is the best. This is the most important question regarding room for improvement. They could add new features or enhance exis...
What is your primary use case for Google Analytics?
For Google Analytics 360, I can describe a few use cases and their purposes.
What advice do you have for others considering Google Analytics?
Several positive aspects about the product stand out as advantages. Valuable insights can be gained from the unsampled reports available in the product. The cloud type needs to be specified whether...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Heap?
Regarding my experience with pricing, I am not entirely certain as another team manages that aspect, but I believe Heap provides a good licensing model. It has valid licensing for users across orga...
What needs improvement with Heap?
Heap can be improved, especially considering data privacy concerns, as patient data is sometimes shared with different staff members, and sensitive information should be protected. There must be an...
What advice do you have for others considering Heap?
I would rate Heap eight out of ten. I chose eight out of ten for Heap because, while it offers a different way of handling data, I compared it to one of the tools I used earlier called Amplitude, w...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Google Attribution 360, Google Analytics 360, GA4
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Air Show Buzz, AlfaStrakhovanie, Amari, Global Tech LED, Klarna, La Tienda, Nissan Motor Company, Rasmussen College, Shoes of Prey, Twiddy
Zendesk, Marketo, Ernst & Young, Salesforce
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