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Alternatives to Parse.ly

Chartbeat, Google Analytics, Firebase, Socket.IO, and Mixpanel are the most popular alternatives and competitors to Parse.ly.
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What is Parse.ly and what are its top alternatives?

It is a technology company that provides web analytics and content optimization software for online publishers.
Parse.ly is a tool in the Realtime Backend / API category of a tech stack.

Top Alternatives to Parse.ly

  • Chartbeat
    Chartbeat

    Chartbeat provides realtime analytics to Websites and blogs, and shows visitors, load times, and referring sites on a minute-by-minute basis. ...

  • Google Analytics
    Google Analytics

    Google Analytics lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your Flash, video, and social networking sites and applications. ...

  • Firebase
    Firebase

    Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds. ...

  • Socket.IO
    Socket.IO

    It enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication. It works on every platform, browser or device, focusing equally on reliability and speed. ...

  • Mixpanel
    Mixpanel

    Mixpanel helps companies build better products through data. With our powerful, self-serve product analytics solution, teams can easily analyze how and why people engage, convert, and retain to improve their user experience. ...

  • Quantcast
    Quantcast

    It is a digital marketing company that provides free audience demographics measurement and delivers real-time advertising. ...

  • Matomo
    Matomo

    It is a web analytics platform designed to give you the conclusive insights with our complete range of features. You can also evaluate the full user-experience of your visitor’s behaviour with its Conversion Optimization features, including Heatmaps, Sessions Recordings, Funnels, Goals, Form Analytics and A/B Testing. ...

  • Piwik
    Piwik

    Matomo (formerly Piwik) is a full-featured PHP MySQL software program that you download and install on your own webserver. At the end of the five-minute installation process, you will be given a JavaScript code. ...

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