When comparing Google Analytics vs Woopra, 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 Woopra is ranked 11th.
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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 Comprehensive user profiles for every user
Tracking user data in real-time and follow the flow of their behavior.
Pro Supports multi-path funnels
The funnel system on Woopra lets you set multiple paths for your users to reach a goal. This is incredibly useful to get a better idea of all the paths the users are taking to complete a given goal. Other tools such as Kissmetrics and Mixpanel only let you set one path per funnel.
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.