What's your favorite website analytics software?

[itsdonny]

Right now I'm using statcounter on my websites to get basic info on how people found my site. Is there a better way to go. I would like to have my own software set up on my server that I could access. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Don

[davebarnes]

http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ is considered to be quite good. Free.

http://www.webtrends.com/ is excellent. Expensive at $3K and up.

http://www.analog.cx/ is free.

http://www.weblogexpert.com is only $75 USD.

[itsdonny]

Thanks Dave, that's helpful.

Don

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by davebarnes

http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ is considered to be quite good. Free.

I prefer and use it. :)

[WebGeek182]

Yes, Awstats is great and already on most Apache servers especially if they use cPanel. I like to use it coupled with a client side program such as Google Analytics or Hitslink. Google Analytics provides all the necessary info, but it's a bit clunky to use, in my opinion, but it's free so that is a benefit. If you have the budget to upgrade to Hitslink, I recommend it. (It has a 30-day free trial so you could compare side-by-side for no cost). It has better custom reports and can export to PDF, csv, or whatever, and they can be automatically emailed to you. Here are the links for Google Analytics and Hitslink.

[dharrison]

I use eXTReMe Tracking which are pretty good and for a small cost either monthly, quarterly or yearly.

Alternatively try Google Analytics (which I will shortly be adding to my site) and doesn't cost anything.

HTH