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CloudSponge vs Google Analytics: What are the differences?
Developers describe CloudSponge as "Import address books from Linkedin, Facebook, Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, Gmail, AOL, Outlook and Mac OS X Address Book". CloudSponge imports address books from Linkedin, Facebook, Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, Gmail, AOL, Outlook and Mac OS X Address Book. Use these addresses to Invite Friends, Find Friends, or whatever application you need. It can easily be plugged into your website in less than 5 minutes using our simple copy/paste HTML widget. For more advanced applications, we also have our Address Book API available. On the other hand, Google Analytics is detailed as "Enterprise-class web analytics". Google Analytics lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your Flash, video, and social networking sites and applications.
CloudSponge and Google Analytics are primarily classified as "Contact Management" and "General Analytics" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by CloudSponge are:
- Contact importer for all major webmail and desktop address books
- Gmail, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Outlook.com, Mac Address Book, Outlook, AOL, Plaxo
- REST API
On the other hand, Google Analytics provides the following key features:
- Analysis Tools- Google Analytics is built on a powerful, easy to use, reporting platform, so you can decide what data you want to view and customize your reports, with just a few clicks.
- Content Analytics- Content reports help you understand which parts of your website are performing well, which pages are most popular so you can create a better experience for your customers.
- Social Analytics- The web is a social place and Google Analytics measures success of your social media programs. You can analyze how visitors interact with sharing features on your site (like the Google +1 button) and engage with your content across social platforms.
Pros of CloudSponge
Pros of Google Analytics
- Free1.5K
- Easy setup926
- Data visualization890
- Real-time stats698
- Comprehensive feature set405
- Goals tracking181
- Powerful funnel conversion reporting154
- Customizable reports138
- Custom events try83
- Elastic api53
- Updated regulary14
- Interactive Documentation8
- Google play3
- Industry Standard2
- Walkman music video playlist2
- Advanced ecommerce2
- Medium / Channel data split1
- Easy to integrate1
- Financial Management Challenges -2015h1
- Lifesaver1
- Irina1
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Cons of CloudSponge
Cons of Google Analytics
- Confusing UX/UI11
- Super complex8
- Very hard to build out funnels6
- Poor web performance metrics4
- Very easy to confuse the user of the analytics3
- Time spent on page isn't accurate out of the box2