Google Analytics vs Mixpanel

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Google Analytics vs Mixpanel: What are the differences?

Developers describe Google Analytics 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. On the other hand, Mixpanel is detailed as "Actions speak louder than page views". Mixpanel is an advanced analytics service that helps improve web and mobile applications by tracking how users interact & engage with them.

Google Analytics belongs to "General Analytics" category of the tech stack, while Mixpanel can be primarily classified under "Funnel Analysis Analytics".

Some of the features offered by Google Analytics are:

  • 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.

On the other hand, Mixpanel provides the following key features:

  • Build complex queries without writing SQL.- Segmentation allows you to do incredibly powerful data analysis. Answer complex questions such as “Show me the age breakdown of people who are male, from the United States, and viewed the pricing page” with just a few mouse clicks.
  • Segmentation actually understands your data. When you send a number, date, or list of items our interface will automatically figure out how to use it.
  • Instead of just a simple average, which only gives you a small part of the information you need, Segmentation automatically determines the perfect bucket size to give you a powerful visualization of the numeric distribution.

"Free", "Easy setup" and "Data visualization" are the key factors why developers consider Google Analytics; whereas "Great visualization ui", "Easy integration " and "Great funnel funcionality" are the primary reasons why Mixpanel is favored.

According to the StackShare community, Google Analytics has a broader approval, being mentioned in 15339 company stacks & 2443 developers stacks; compared to Mixpanel, which is listed in 1841 company stacks and 196 developer stacks.

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Pros of Google Analytics
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    Free
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    Easy setup
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    Data visualization
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    Real-time stats
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    Comprehensive feature set
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    Goals tracking
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    Powerful funnel conversion reporting
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    Customizable reports
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    Custom events try
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    Elastic api
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    Updated regulary
  • 8
    Interactive Documentation
  • 4
    Google play
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    Walkman music video playlist
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    Industry Standard
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    Advanced ecommerce
  • 2
    Irina
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    Easy to integrate
  • 2
    Financial Management Challenges -2015h
  • 2
    Medium / Channel data split
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    Lifesaver
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    Great visualization ui
  • 108
    Easy integration
  • 78
    Great funnel funcionality
  • 58
    Free
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    A wide range of tools
  • 15
    Powerful Graph Search
  • 11
    Responsive Customer Support
  • 2
    Nice reporting

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Cons of Google Analytics
Cons of Mixpanel
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    Confusing UX/UI
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    Super complex
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    Very hard to build out funnels
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    Poor web performance metrics
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    Very easy to confuse the user of the analytics
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    Time spent on page isn't accurate out of the box
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    Messaging (notification, email) features are weak
  • 2
    Paid plans can get expensive
  • 1
    Limited dashboard capabilities

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What is Google Analytics?

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

What is 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.

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