Google Tag Manager vs Mixpanel

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Google Tag Manager vs Mixpanel: What are the differences?

Developers describe Google Tag Manager as "Quickly and easily update tags and code snippets on your website or mobile app". Tag Manager gives you the ability to add and update your own tags for conversion tracking, site analytics, remarketing, and more. There are nearly endless ways to track user behavior across your sites and apps, and the intuitive design lets you change tags whenever you want. 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 Tag Manager belongs to "Analytics Integrator" category of the tech stack, while Mixpanel can be primarily classified under "Funnel Analysis Analytics".

According to the StackShare community, Mixpanel has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1841 company stacks & 197 developers stacks; compared to Google Tag Manager, which is listed in 432 company stacks and 73 developer stacks.

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Pros of Google Tag Manager
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      Great visualization ui
    • 108
      Easy integration
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      Great funnel funcionality
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      Free
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      A wide range of tools
    • 15
      Powerful Graph Search
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      Responsive Customer Support
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      Nice reporting

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    Cons of Google Tag Manager
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        Messaging (notification, email) features are weak
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        Paid plans can get expensive
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        Limited dashboard capabilities

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      What is Google Tag Manager?

      Tag Manager gives you the ability to add and update your own tags for conversion tracking, site analytics, remarketing, and more. There are nearly endless ways to track user behavior across your sites and apps, and the intuitive design lets you change tags whenever you want.

      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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