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Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions?

Guys, we are currently using Google Analytics Events to track clicks and conversions, but the events report are quite limited and confusing.

Do you have anything to recommend that does a good job on this? Both free or paid are very welcome.

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Re:Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions? by fabiandesimone on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @02:18PM (#7510476)
You should check your GA installation as it should work properly.

However, give Mixpanel and Kissmetrics a try (they both offer free tiers and are fantastic tools)

Re:Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions? by raviparikh on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @03:37PM (#7511080)
Kissmetrics doesn't offer a free tier (they have a 14 day free trial but after that all customers have to commit to an annual contract). Mixpanel does have a free tier.

Full disclosure – I'm a founder at Heap, which is a competitor to both of these products. We do offer a free tier as well.

Re:Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions? by shamsulbuddy on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @03:26PM (#7511015)
Check for heapanalytics.com ..awesome eventing framework
Re:Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions? by filipedeschamps on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @09:34PM (#7520333)
Guys, perfect suggestions, thanks.

Looks like all of them share the same solution, but not the same approach. The one that I'm really impressed is Heap Analytics.

Re:Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions? by ASquare on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @10:19PM (#7513160)
Definitely check out Mixpanel.

With respect to GA reports being confusing - while that may be the case, I wonder how much of that is an education issue.

If you haven't checked them out yet, Justin Cutroni has quite a few helpful posts on Event tracking: http://cutroni.com/blog/category/event-tracking/

Hope that's helpful.

Re:Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions? by lbr on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @07:32PM (#7519821)
http://looker.com/ - up and coming. I've used google analytics and mixpanel. Google analytics is pretty basic.

Looker is really powerful and only marginally harder to use than mixpanel. Mixpanel is slightly easier to use, but much less powerful and flexible.

Re:Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions? by alexhomer1 on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @03:05PM (#7510870)
For email you should check out Toutapp, which has worked out really well for us.

GA is what we use for our site though

Re:Ask HN: tool to measure clicks/events/conversions? by ahtomski on Thursday April 03, 2014 @11:38AM (#7523554)
GoSquared offers event tracking and has a ridiculously simple API to integrate with. No free plans but I think they still have a 14 day trial. Mixpanel is awesome for any kind of phone apps (in addition to regular web funnels).