Very good, but a bit limited

  • I use Monster Insights on several sites. It’s great for getting a quick, clear report on basic Analytics information.

    I understand that the author needs to make money, but the limitations seem odd.

    Everything that is “pay only”, I can easily see by going to my Google Analytics account.

    I’d be happy to pay for the plug-in if it provided functionality that I couldn’t find for free elsewhere (e.g., better reports, public display of specific stats, etc.).

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  • Plugin Author chriscct7

    (@chriscct7)

    Hi there,
    Google limits what we can display by quota, so most of the limitations you’re seeing aren’t coming from us necessarily, it’s coming from that limitation being imposed on us

    -Chris

    Thread Starter Blaze Miskulin

    (@blazemiskulin)

    The limits I’m referring to are the 3 “upgrade to pro” boxes under the overview. I can understand limitations from Google. However, you’re offering this information on the pro version, so you must have access to it.

    The “top posts/pages”, for example, is a very important stat. The free version could show the top five only.

    “New vs. Returning” could, in the free version, show a simple pie chart.

    “Device Breakdown” could, in the free version, show the top device only.

    All of these could then offer more details when upgrading to pro.

    The biggest benefit I see from Monster Insights is that you present the stats in a much cleaner and efficient format. That’s why I use you (since, obviously, I can get much more info directly from Google).

    You have a great plugin and I recommend it clients (or just install the free version for them). But a little more “tease” would be good.

    Most of the clients I work with have Google Analytics accounts, but they don’t utilize them (which is frustrating). And they’re not always willing to give me access to their Google account (including linking).

    If MI could “tease” a little more, I could convince clients to “pay for this plugin, so you don’t have to give me access to Google”.

    More money for you, more data for marketing people like me. Win-win.

    Plugin Author chriscct7

    (@chriscct7)

    We have access to the API for it, but in order to provide/use it that requires quota regardless of how detailed the data is.

    We limit some of them to Pro because with fewer people using Pro, we can afford to spend more quota on them.

    -Chris

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by chriscct7.
    Thread Starter Blaze Miskulin

    (@blazemiskulin)

    Understood.

    Thank you for explaining.

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