Ask HN: Which analytics solution do you recommend?
Am trying to decide the analytics solution (client side) I should use for my startup thats about to be launched. A bunch of options seem to be available - Clicky, Mixpanel, Crazyegg, Google Analytics, Chartbeat, reinvigorate.net.
Which one would you recommend and why? Should I use just one solution or a combination? Any other solution(s) I should consider?
Can you also recommend best practices for a key-value store based server side analytics platform?
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I highly recommend Avinash Kaushik's blog - http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/ and mixergy interview - http://mixergy.com/analytics-avinash-kaushik-interview/.
A key point he made in his interview was that tools should just be 10% of the cost of your analytics, the people should be 90%. He might help you make a more informed decision.
Google Analytics, Quantcast, and Chartbeat are a good start.
Google Analytics gives you the ability to slice and dice your visitors. Quantcast gives you demographics. And Chartbeat gives you real-time tracking with historical playback.
Between the three of them, you can discern almost any information you'd want to know about your visitors short of business logic tracking.
Observer offers real time analytics as well as the most important parts of the any analytics solution.
http://observerapp.com/
That's what I use for my sites now