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Chartbeat
by Chartbeat
What Chartbeat is
Chartbeat provides real-time and historical content analytics for digital publishers, editorial teams, and enterprise media organizations. It measures engaged time, referral traffic, scroll depth, recirculation, and audience insights across authors, topics, and sections. Essentials includes a real-time dashboard, Big Board display, multi-site views, and historical analytics, with 13 months of historical data guaranteed as standard. The Testing suite supports live headline tests and homepage image tests for up to ten images. Reader Experience tracks subscriptions, registrations, newsletter sign-ups, donations, and downloads, and provides personalized recommendations. Analytics Pro adds Data Lab for custom dashboards, while Datastream can send real-time interaction data to a warehouse or Snowflake Data Sharing. Integrations include Slack, Google Search Console, websites, Google AMP, Apple News, and mobile apps. APIs can power custom tools, and mobile apps are available for iOS and Android. Chartbeat says it does not sell personal information, store visitor IP addresses, or set third-party cookies.
Who it suits
It is designed for digital newsrooms and media organizations that need audience, content, testing, and conversion analytics. Teams can use dashboards, integrations, APIs, or mobile apps.
What it does well
- Real-time and historical content analytics
- 13 months of historical data guaranteed
- Headline and homepage image testing
- Custom dashboards through Data Lab
- iOS and Android mobile apps
What to know first
- No free plan
- Pricing requires contacting sales
- Data retention is listed as limited
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Plus | Everything in Essentials · choice of one Performance Suite: Reader Experience, Testing, Benchmarking, or Analytics Pro | On request |
| Essentials | Real-time and historical analytics · 13 months of historical data · unlimited seats | On request |
| Enterprise | Everything in Essentials · all Performance Suites · single sign-on | On request |
| Premium | Everything in Essentials · choice of three Performance Suites: Reader Experience, Testing, Benchmarking, or Analytics Pro | On request |
As chartbeat.com lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Chartbeat covers newsroom measurement, testing, reader actions, and data delivery in one paid service. Its plan tiers differ by Performance Suite access, while pricing is customized to pageviews.
Facts from Chartbeat's own pages
- Analytics exports
- Analytics Pro includes Data Lab for custom dashboards, and Datastream can deliver real-time interaction data to a data warehouse or through Snowflake Data Sharing. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yes · chartbeat.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Audience
- Chartbeat says it serves thousands of digital newsrooms in more than 60 countries. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Conversion funnels
- Yes · chartbeat.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Data retention
- limited · chartbeat.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Event tracking
- Yes · chartbeat.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Founded
- 2009 · chartbeat.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- No · chartbeat.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, United States · chartbeat.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Historical data
- Chartbeat says it guarantees 13 months of historical data as standard. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include Slack, Google Search Console, standard websites, Google AMP, Apple News, and mobile apps; APIs can power custom tools. · help.chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Metrics
- It measures engaged time, referral traffic, scroll depth, recirculation, and audience insights across authors, topics, and sections. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- Chartbeat's mobile app is available for iOS and Android, and its native app integration supports traffic breakdowns and engagement data across both platforms. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Newsroom tools
- Essentials includes a real-time dashboard, Big Board display, multi-site views, and historical analytics. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Pricing limits
- Pricing is customized according to website and native app pageviews, and the pricing page directs prospective customers to contact sales rather than listing prices. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Chartbeat provides real-time and historical content analytics for digital publishers, editorial teams, and enterprise media organizations. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Reader experience
- The Reader Experience suite tracks conversion events such as subscriptions, registrations, newsletter sign-ups, donations, and downloads, and offers personalized content recommendations. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- Chartbeat says it does not sell personal information, does not store visitors’ IP addresses, and does not set third-party cookies. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Help Center offers documentation and support requests, and lists [email protected] as a contact address. · help.chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Testing
- The Testing suite supports live headline tests and homepage image tests for up to ten images. · chartbeat.com, 12 Oct 2026
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