All comparisons
Checked 21 October 2026
Globatics vs Google Analytics 4
GA4 is free, everywhere and deeply tied to Google Ads, Search Console and BigQuery. It is built for reports you read later: Google documents realtime as “a few minutes” with no service level, intraday data in 2 to 6 hours and daily data after 12 hours or more. Globatics is built the other way round: live first, with the history computed from the same stream.
Choose GA4 if
- You run Google Ads and need conversions and audiences synced back to them.
- You want free BigQuery export of raw events and an ecosystem every agency already knows.
- You need app and web measured in one Google property.
Choose Globatics if
- You want to see visitors as they arrive, follow one, and replay a launch on the map.
- You want cookieless measurement by default instead of a consent-dependent tag.
- You want an AI analyst that works offline and a built-in MCP server, on your own server; with a Claude key, Ask answers in the language you ask in.
Side by side
- Live view
- GlobaticsYes: 3D dotted globe, live feed and live panelsGA4Partly: Realtime report with a city bubble mapsource
- Freshness
- GlobaticsYes: Pushed over SSE; latency shown in a badgeGA4Partly: Realtime “a few minutes”, no SLO; intraday 2–6 h; daily 12 h+source
- “Right now” window
- GlobaticsYes: 60 s presence, plus 5 and 30 min, all labelledGA4Yes: Last 5 and 30 minutessource
- Follow one visitor live
- GlobaticsYes: Camera locks on, journey streams liveGA4Partly: User snapshot of one active usersource
- Replay on the map
- GlobaticsYes: Any range up to 7 days, 1× to 3,600×GA4No: No map replay
- Cookieless by default
- GlobaticsYes: Daily salt; persistence is opt-inGA4No: Cookie-based; needs consent in the EUsource
- Funnels and journeys
- GlobaticsYes: Funnels with a live step count, journeysGA4Yes: Explorations: funnel and path
- Revenue
- GlobaticsYes: Event revenue by channel, page, country, AIGA4Yes: Ecommerce reports
- Rage, dead and error clicks
- GlobaticsYes: Included, shown liveGA4No: Not tracked
- AI-assistant channel
- GlobaticsYes: Per assistant, with conversion and revenueGA4Yes: “AI Assistant” channel since 13 May 2026source
- In-app AI
- GlobaticsYes: Ask, live narrator, insights; works offline, Claude optionalGA4Partly: Analytics Advisor: beta, English onlysource
- MCP server
- GlobaticsYes: Built in, read-only, API-key authGA4Partly: Official server, experimental, runs locallysource
- Anomaly alerts
- GlobaticsYes: On by default, unlimited, webhooksGA4Yes: Insights and custom alerts
- Self-host
- GlobaticsYes: One app, one PostgreSQL database, no feature gatesGA4No: Google-hosted only
- Entry price
- GlobaticsYes: Free to self-host; Cloud free while in betaGA4Yes: Free; GA4 360 has no public price
| Capability | Globatics | GA4 |
|---|---|---|
| Live view | Yes: 3D dotted globe, live feed and live panels | Partly: Realtime report with a city bubble mapsource |
| Freshness | Yes: Pushed over SSE; latency shown in a badge | Partly: Realtime “a few minutes”, no SLO; intraday 2–6 h; daily 12 h+source |
| “Right now” window | Yes: 60 s presence, plus 5 and 30 min, all labelled | Yes: Last 5 and 30 minutessource |
| Follow one visitor live | Yes: Camera locks on, journey streams live | Partly: User snapshot of one active usersource |
| Replay on the map | Yes: Any range up to 7 days, 1× to 3,600× | No: No map replay |
| Cookieless by default | Yes: Daily salt; persistence is opt-in | No: Cookie-based; needs consent in the EUsource |
| Funnels and journeys | Yes: Funnels with a live step count, journeys | Yes: Explorations: funnel and path |
| Revenue | Yes: Event revenue by channel, page, country, AI | Yes: Ecommerce reports |
| Rage, dead and error clicks | Yes: Included, shown live | No: Not tracked |
| AI-assistant channel | Yes: Per assistant, with conversion and revenue | Yes: “AI Assistant” channel since 13 May 2026source |
| In-app AI | Yes: Ask, live narrator, insights; works offline, Claude optional | Partly: Analytics Advisor: beta, English onlysource |
| MCP server | Yes: Built in, read-only, API-key auth | Partly: Official server, experimental, runs locallysource |
| Anomaly alerts | Yes: On by default, unlimited, webhooks | Yes: Insights and custom alerts |
| Self-host | Yes: One app, one PostgreSQL database, no feature gates | No: Google-hosted only |
| Entry price | Yes: Free to self-host; Cloud free while in beta | Yes: Free; GA4 360 has no public price |
● Yes◐ Partly or on a higher plan○ No
Switching from GA4
- Run both side by side for a few weeks: the Globatics tag doesn’t conflict with gtag.js or GTM.
- Numbers will differ: GA4 drops visitors who refuse cookies and models the gap, while Globatics counts cookieless visits with a daily salt.
- Keep UTM tagging as it is. Globatics reads the same five UTM parameters and also gclid and other click ids.
Sources
All checked on 21 October 2026. Products change; the source is the authority.