| SurfStats Website Analytics |
SurfStatsLive |
| Client- or Server-based
Installation. |
Server-based Installation. |
| Runs on Microsoft
Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, 2003, Vista, 2008 and XP.
Log files can be read from most types of web servers. |
Runs on Windows 2000/2003/2008
Server only, although log files can be read from most types
of web servers. |
| On-demand interactive
and scheduled web site statistics report generation through
SurfStats Website Analytics application and SurfStats Scheduler. |
On-demand interactive
web site statistics report generation through web browser
accessing SurfStatsLive Real-Time Reporting Server on a
Virtual Web Server. |
| No user authentication.
Interactive and scheduled running of application. |
User authentication
system.
- Three user levels.
- Authenticates SurfStatsLive users and Profile Administrators.
- Authenticate Server Administrators on Windows user
database (SAM) or Windows domain.
|
| Site profiles identify
web site specifics like name and location of log files,
filters, home page URL, language, theme, GMT offset etc. |
Site profiles identify
web site specifics like name and location of log files,
filters, home page URL, language, theme, GMT offset etc.
Site profile also stores SurfStatsLive users' (end users')
login credentials (username and password). |
| On-demand or scheduled
collection of log files, update of site profile databases
and generation of reports in one step. |
Scheduled collection
of log files and update of site profile databases in one
step (performed by SurfStatsLive Merging Service on Server).
Report generation interactively done when requested by end-user
with web browser. |
| Scans IIS Metabase
with IIS Import Wizard. Treats IIS Metabase as read-only. |
Scans IIS Metabase
on SurfStatsLive Server and other content web servers upon
Server Administrator's request. Treats IIS Metabase as read-only. |
| Collection of log
files from file folders and FTP Servers. |
Collection of log
files from file folders only. |
| Interactive and scheduled
report output to screen, folder, FTP Server and e-mail. |
Interactive report
output to screen (in web browser). |
| Grouping of site
profiles (on screen only). |
Grouping of site
profiles in profile groups and categorizing of profile groups. |
| Licensing per machine
(client or server). Unlimited site profiles with Professional
and Enterprise Edition. |
Licensing per server
and number of log sources. Log source packs increase number
of site profiles available in quantities of 100. |
