When comparing EventHub vs Alexa, the Slant community recommends EventHub for most people. In the question“What are the best analytics tools for a SaaS web applications?” EventHub is ranked 10th while Alexa is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose EventHub is:
Requires only downloading and executing a jar file.
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Pros
Pro Simple deployment
Requires only downloading and executing a jar file.
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under MIT.
Pro A/B testing tool
Pro Cohort analysis
Pro Funnel analysis
Pro Provides information about competitors
Alexa, in addition to on-site metrics, provides traffic, engagement and reputation data about other sites.
Cons
Con Abandoned
Hasn't been updated in over 2 years.
Con Unknown ranking accuracy
Alexa's ranking is based on users that have installed one of their browser extensions and sites that have installed a tracking script. It's unknown what kind of users are installing the extensions and how big is the sample size (Alexa claims it to be millions).