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Google Analytics vs Tealium Customer Data Hub comparison

 

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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
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Web Analytics (4th)
Tealium Customer Data Hub
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Tag Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Marketing Applications solutions, they serve different purposes. Google Analytics is designed for Web Analytics and holds a mindshare of 12.2%, up 9.9% compared to last year.
Tealium Customer Data Hub, on the other hand, focuses on Tag Management, holds 26.6% mindshare, down 37.1% since last year.
Web Analytics
Tag Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1276785 - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides valuable insight into user behavior and integrates well with G Suite
The sampling of data is definitely a pain point since we don't have an actual understanding of the data. Since the tool is free, I believe Google is optimizing costs by sampling data and providing us with a fairly accurate view of our site analytics. The mobile aspect of Google Analytics is quite complex to integrate using their SDKs. The web is much easier to integrate with a simple script to add in the header. I would love to see an auto event capture mechanism, like Mixpanel or Heap, so that the setting up of the analytics becomes easier.
Eric Blickley - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides out-of-the-box connectors that save time, and the pricing is fair and transparent
The marketplace for APIs is valuable. It saves the client from having to do custom developments to connect Tealium to something like Salesforce or Facebook. Tealium provides out-of-the-box connectors that take 5 minutes to configure. It saves time and works very well. The vendor listens to the customers. If new features are needed, they update the solution. If a particular connector isn't available, they add it pretty quickly. The vast amount of native connectors that Tealium has in its marketplace is valuable to us. Tealium iQ, Tealium EventStream, and Tealium AudienceStream interact seamlessly. We saw the product's benefits immediately. Our match rates were lower than five percent, and they went to over 55% overnight. The results were immediate. Now, my clients are primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. We're able to load pertinent first-party data into the customer data platform. When visitors are on the website, we can send personalized communications in real-time.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With Google Analytics, we obtain different metrics from all of the clients that enter our web environment."
"As an SEO and digital marketing professional, the two features I have found the most valuable about Google Analytics are the Acquisition tracking and the Goal tracking."
"It is packed with many of the same reports you'll find in high-priced solutions, especially concerning data relating to real-time visitor tracking."
"Our organization has improved because we have solid data that we can use to analyze the impact of our public policies."
"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."
"It's a nice tool, and the data from Tealium is more appropriate compared to other tag management tools."
"We can create our segments and users in a field. Creating segments in Tealium using AudienceStream is easier than using any other filter."
"Tealium's ease of use and multiple out-of-the-box integrations set it apart from other tools."
"The product is super easy for anyone to learn."
"The best thing about Tealium is that we can customize the tracking features."
"The product's deployment phase is really easy."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The tool offers a wide variety of extension stacks."
 

Cons

"They can improve their Android app."
"If you do not use JavaScript, you will be invisible to Google Analytics. If you have the option of JavaScript disabled in your browsers, you will be invisible to the data, since the tool will not be able to register you."
"The sampling of data is definitely a pain point since we don't have an actual understanding of the data."
"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."
"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."
"Sometimes, the statistics are not updated in real-time and it takes a little time. There are pages where it updates faster than others."
"Tealium lags is in the tag templates."
"Tealium AudienceStream does not support concurrent development."
"Some areas need attention in terms of improvements for the Tealium Customer Data Hub. For example, audience sizing could be improved because it can only process up to one lakh users per day when trying to get a historical audience. Improvements are also needed in areas like dashboarding. Although they have introduced new features like Audience Insights, there's still room for enhancement."
"It would be good if the tool had a console inside it to help meet complex requirements."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"Sometimes, the extensions do not load properly before and after events."
"The solution's documentation could be vastly improved to make life easier for people using it on a regular basis."
"Sometimes, the trace ID does not work properly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The installation cost is really low and does not require a team with a super performance to run."
"The tool's price is somewhere in the middle, meaning it is not too expensive and not too cheap either. The pricing model comes with flexibility."
"It's not as expensive as other tools."
"The price is based on event volume."
"Tealium Customer Data Hub is an expensive solution, but it is not more expensive than Adobe."
"Tealium's pricing can be expensive compared to others, but it's worth the investment due to its extensive features and capabilities."
"In Tealium, there is something called events, and the pricing is dependent on the event. You will be charged only if you have active data flowing it in and out."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Insurance Company
9%
Educational Organization
9%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tealium Customer Data Hub?
In Tealium, there is something called events, and the pricing is dependent on the event. You will be charged only if you have active data flowing it in and out. We try to do the development that my...
What needs improvement with Tealium Customer Data Hub?
Everything in Tealium is pre-built, and it is customizable to play around with the data. The data that I get has little room to be enriched or modified. A little bit of coding would be helpful, esp...
What is your primary use case for Tealium Customer Data Hub?
My company is into CDP tools. Based on user behavior, my company chooses the next best action that needs to be done. All the data my company has, even before we had Adobe or some other different sy...
 

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Sample Customers

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