| 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 privacy-focused website intelligence suite with cookieless analytics, session recordings, heatmaps, funnels, polls, surveys, company reveal, and AI-assisted reporting. |
| Pricing |
GA4 standard is free; Google Analytics 360 is enterprise-priced via Google sales | 30-day unlimited trial, then Free Forever; Starter starts at $2.99/month or $2.39/month billed yearly, with higher self-serve and custom tiers |
| Deployment |
Vendor-hosted cloud | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for |
All website owners, from small businesses to enterprises | Businesses that prioritize data privacy and need advanced analytics tools |
| Operator |
Google LLC Subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. | Visitor Analytics GmbH Independent private company |
| Company base |
Mountain View, United States · United States | Berg, Germany · European Union |
| 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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- Cookieless tracking
- Session recordings
- Heatmaps
- Conversion funnels
- Polls
- Surveys
- Real-time analytics
- Data export
- GDPR compliant
- CCPA compliant
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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. | Free and low-cost tiers have small pageview, event, replay, heatmap, funnel, poll, and survey allowances. |
| Integrations |
Google Ads, BigQuery, Shopify | WordPress, Wix, TYPO3 |
| 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. |