Glassbox vs Open Web Analytics comparison

Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose Glassbox if

Large, regulated, and high-traffic organizations that need broad digital journey evidence, replay, technical diagnostics, and flexible deployment

Capabilities only listed for Glassbox

GDPR compliant App analytics Funnels Error tracking Audience insights Session recordings User feedback AI insights Cross-device tracking Enterprise

Important considerations: There is no public entry price or self-service free plan. Scope, replay sampling, session volume, retention, modules, and cloud, hybrid, or on-premises deployment are determined during sales packaging.

Choose Open Web Analytics if

Tech-savvy users who want a free, self-hosted analytics solution

Capabilities only listed for Open Web Analytics

Open source Real-time data E-commerce tracking Revenue tracking

Important considerations: Community-maintained software requires self-hosting and technical upkeep; official product documentation and release communication are less active than major alternatives.

Shared capabilities

Self-hosted Event tracking Behavior analytics User segments Heatmaps Goals Data ownership Data export Integrations Custom reports Retention analytics

Attribute	Glassbox	Open Web Analytics
Overview	An enterprise digital experience intelligence platform for web and mobile that combines tagless interaction capture, customer journey and product analytics, session replay, interaction maps, funnels, performance and error analysis, voice-of-customer tools, and AI assistance.	A GPL-licensed, self-hosted web analytics framework with pageview and event tracking, conversion goals, funnels, segmentation, click heatmaps, visitor paths, and WordPress support.
Pricing	Custom pricing based on the selected package, web or app session volume, and retention period; packages target production operations, marketing and business, or product teams	Free, open source
Deployment	Self-hosted and hosted options	Self-hosted
Best for	Large, regulated, and high-traffic organizations that need broad digital journey evidence, replay, technical diagnostics, and flexible deployment	Tech-savvy users who want a free, self-hosted analytics solution
Operator	Glassbox Ltd. Subsidiary of Alicorn Venture Partners	Open Web Analytics project Independent project
Company base	Petah Tikva, Israel · Other region	Distributed organization
Organization scale	No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.	No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.
Recent direction	operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability.	operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability.
Key features	Web and mobile analytics Tagless interaction capture Customer journey analytics Session replay Interaction maps and heatmaps Funnel analysis Performance and error analysis Product analytics Voice of customer and silent feedback AI insights assistant	Self-hosted GPL software Pageview and event tracking Conversion goals and funnels Visitor segmentation Click heatmaps Visitor paths Ecommerce tracking WordPress integration
Important considerations	There is no public entry price or self-service free plan. Scope, replay sampling, session volume, retention, modules, and cloud, hybrid, or on-premises deployment are determined during sales packaging.	Community-maintained software requires self-hosting and technical upkeep; official product documentation and release communication are less active than major alternatives.
Integrations	Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack, AppDynamics, New Relic, Splunk	WordPress
Fact check	We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-09.	We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08.

Capability matrix

This matrix shows capabilities recorded in our catalog. Not listed means we have not confirmed the capability here. Check the linked vendor sources for plan, deployment, and usage limits.

Attribute	Glassbox	Open Web Analytics
AI insights	Listed	Not listed
App analytics	Listed	Not listed
Audience insights	Listed	Not listed
Behavior analytics	Listed	Listed
Cross-device tracking	Listed	Not listed
Custom reports	Listed	Listed
Data export	Listed	Listed
Data ownership	Listed	Listed
E-commerce tracking	Not listed	Listed
Enterprise	Listed	Not listed
Error tracking	Listed	Not listed
Event tracking	Listed	Listed
Funnels	Listed	Not listed
GDPR compliant	Listed	Not listed
Goals	Listed	Listed
Heatmaps	Listed	Listed
Integrations	Listed	Listed
Open source	Not listed	Listed
Real-time data	Not listed	Listed
Retention analytics	Listed	Listed
Revenue tracking	Not listed	Listed
Self-hosted	Listed	Listed
Session recordings	Listed	Not listed
User feedback	Listed	Not listed
User segments	Listed	Listed

Full details: Glassbox Full details: Open Web Analytics