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Re: Ask HN : Please Suggest a Real Time Web Analytics Tool

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Mint has not let me down: http://haveamint.com It's a self-hosted solution, and you can see how people are coming in via referrals, SERPs, etc. in real-time.

We use Mint and GA. GA for goals and long-term trend planning and all that stuff; Mint purely to see the source of traffic spikes and search keywords that are driving traffic. I've been told that there's good stuff in Peppermill, but haven't been bothered to investigate. (Avinish is pretty insistent that you don't try to track the same stuff with different programs, otherwise you'll go mad trying to reconcile.)

Re: Ask HN : Please Suggest a Real Time Web Analytics Tool

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I would stick with Clicky. If your traffic is under 100,000 pageviews / day, I haven't found a better one.

The founders are very responsive and there's a good community built around it. I use their REST API to actually integrate popularity into my site. Works great.

Sign up here: http://getclicky.com/27959

Re: Ask HN : Please Suggest a Real Time Web Analytics Tool

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You basically have four real options for real time analytics, and they all either cost money, or are in beta and soon will cost money.

1. Chartbeat. $10/month. Pretty slick, honestly, especially if you only care about "right now".

2. Woopra. Free while in private beta. Getting accepted into the beta typically takes several weeks. Used to see tons of complaints about bugs and inaccurate stats. Seems to be less of an issue these days.

3. Mint. $30 per site. Self hosted / installed. Plugin system to add custom functionality.

4. Clicky. My personal favorite. Over 100,000 sites use it, so it must be at least pretty good, right?

Disclaimer: I made Clicky.

Re: Ask HN : Please Suggest a Real Time Web Analytics Tool

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Mint has not let me down: http://haveamint.com It's a self-hosted solution, and you can see how people are coming in via referrals, SERPs, etc. in real-time.

Echoing that. I have 6 Mint licenses, and have recommended it to several clients. It's good stuff.
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