Chartbeat
Chartbeat provides real-time and historical content analytics for digital publishers, editorial teams and enterprise media organizations.
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Chartbeat provides real-time and historical content analytics for digital publishers, editorial teams and enterprise media organizations.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 content recommendations. Analytics Pro includes Data Lab for custom dashboards, while Datastream sends real-time interaction data to a warehouse or through Snowflake Data Sharing. Integrations include Slack, Google Search Console, standard websites, Google AMP, Apple News and mobile apps, with APIs for custom tools. iOS and Android apps are available. Pricing is customized by website and native-app pageviews and is provided on request.
Good
- Real-time and historical content analytics
- 13 months of historical data
- Headline and image testing
- Custom dashboards through Data Lab
- API and warehouse data access
Watch out
- No free plan
- Pricing requires contacting sales
- Data retention is limited
- Testing supports up to ten images
Who it suits
It is aimed at digital newsrooms, publishers and enterprise media teams needing content performance, testing and audience analytics. Organizations can select suites based on their editorial and data requirements.
Verdict
Chartbeat combines newsroom dashboards with testing, reader-event tracking and data exports. Its paid, customized plans are suited to organizations that need publisher-focused analytics rather than a fixed self-serve package.
Plans and prices
From Chartbeat's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Everything in Essentials · all Performance Suites · single sign-on |
| Essentials | Priced on request | Real-time and historical analytics · 13 months of historical data · unlimited seats |
| Plus | Priced on request | Everything in Essentials · choice of one Performance Suite: Reader Experience, Testing, Benchmarking, or Analytics Pro |
| Premium | Priced on request | Everything in Essentials · choice of three Performance Suites: Reader Experience, Testing, Benchmarking, or Analytics Pro |
The facts
Each one read from Chartbeat's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Audience
- Chartbeat says it serves thousands of digital newsrooms in more than 60 countries.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Conversion funnels
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Data retention
- limitedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Event tracking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Historical data
- Chartbeat says it guarantees 13 months of historical data as standard.checked 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Metrics
- It measures engaged time, referral traffic, scroll depth, recirculation, and audience insights across authors, topics, and sections.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Newsroom tools
- Essentials includes a real-time dashboard, Big Board display, multi-site views, and historical analytics.checked 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Chartbeat provides real-time and historical content analytics for digital publishers, editorial teams, and enterprise media organizations.checked 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.checked 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Help Center offers documentation and support requests, and lists [email protected] as a contact address.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Testing
- The Testing suite supports live headline tests and homepage image tests for up to ten images.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2009checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
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