When comparing Google Analytics vs Databox, the Slant community recommends Google Analytics for most people. In the question“What are the best analytics dashboard tools?” Google Analytics is ranked 2nd while Databox is ranked 14th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Well documented
Pro Free for most use cases
Google Analytics is free unless you need their premium service, which is $150,000 per year. However, it's only necessary for massively large enterprise size data sets.
Pro Intelligent Alerts
You can configure to be notified if certain things happen.
Pro Highly customizable
Pro Allows custom dashboards
Depending on the most important information to the user, the dashboard can be customized in order to put emphasis on certain metrics. This feature allows Google Analytics to satisfy users from a broad range of industries.
Pro Provides free training
Google provides free services that train users in each aspect of Google Analytics, especially when used in conjunction with AdWords.
Pro Awesome API
The API itself, tools, documentation, and abilities of the API are very powerful.
Pro Import data
Google Analytics allows users to update user information from other sources.
Pro Google Play analytics
Because it's a Google product, Google Analytics can tell you how users discovered your app through Google Play.
Pro Constantly releasing new features
Released more than once a week in 2014.
Pro Mobile web and Mobile app tracking possible
Pro Integrates with AdMob
Since Google owns AdMob, they can provide deep integration, and allow you to respond to data with marketing campaigns.
Pro Combine metrics from different data sources
Databox connects cloud services, spreadsheets, databases and custom integrations to organize all of your business KPIs in one place.
Pro Support multiple devices
The entire Databox experience is built to support multiple devices and platforms so that you can access your data at any time, from wherever you like:
• Databox mobile app
• Databox Apple Watch app
• Databox Datawall
• Databox Designer
• Databox for Slack
Pro API to add your own metrics to Databox
Supports pushing your own data even on the free plan.
Pro Alerts and scorecards
Sends alerts to give you a heads up when something important changes suddenly or when trends are emerging.
Pro Customizable mobile reports and office dashboards
Has a drag and drop editor, with which it's easy to create KPI dashboards. It's also really easy to use, no coding required.
Cons
Con Heavy users get sampled reporting
If you send a lot of data Google starts sampling the data it uses for your reports.
Con User-based analytics is lacking
Google Analytics tracks visitor actions, their user action tracking is still very basic. It has started supporting user ID, but in a very basic way.