When comparing Alexa vs EventHub, 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 Provides information about competitors
Alexa, in addition to on-site metrics, provides traffic, engagement and reputation data about other sites.
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
Cons
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).
Con Abandoned
Hasn't been updated in over 2 years.