| Overview |
Google's mainstream analytics platform for web and app measurement, built around GA4 events, attribution, advertising integrations, and BigQuery-connected reporting for larger deployments. | A real-time behavior analytics suite offering session recordings, dynamic heatmaps, conversion funnels, live chat, and surveys—all features included in every plan. |
| Pricing |
GA4 standard is free; Google Analytics 360 is enterprise-priced via Google sales | 7-day free trial; Build costs $39/month or $32/month billed yearly; Grow, Expand, Scale, and custom Enterprise tiers raise session limits |
| Deployment |
Vendor-hosted cloud | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for |
All website owners, from small businesses to enterprises | SMBs and e-commerce teams needing qualitative and real-time visitor insights |
| Operator |
Google LLC Subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. | Lucky Orange, LLC Independent private company |
| Company base |
Mountain View, United States · United States | Overland Park, United States · United States |
| Organization scale |
190,820 employees · parent company, as of 31 Dec 2025 | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. |
| Recent direction |
marketing attribution Recent official evidence shows a focus on marketing attribution. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
| Key features |
- Web and app event analytics
- Real-time reports
- E-commerce measurement
- Advertising attribution
- Audience building
- Explorations and funnels
- BigQuery export
- Google Ads integration
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- Session replay
- Dynamic heatmaps
- Conversion funnels
- Page and form analytics
- Live chat
- Surveys and announcements
- Live visitor view
- Custom segmentation
- Discovery AI add-on
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| Important considerations |
GA4 has a steep reporting and consent-configuration learning curve; Analytics 360 pricing is not public and standard properties have lower limits. | There is no permanent free plan; pricing scales with monthly sessions, while longer storage and Discovery AI can cost extra. |
| Integrations |
Google Ads, BigQuery, Shopify | Shopify, WordPress, HubSpot, Zapier, BigCommerce |
| Fact check |
We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. |
We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. |