| Features/Softwares |
AWStats |
Analog |
Webalizer |
HitBox |
| Version - Date |
6.5 - April 2004 |
6.0 - December 2004 |
2.01-10 - April 2002 |
NA |
| Language |
Perl |
C |
C |
Embedded HTML tag |
| Available on all platforms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NA |
| Sources available |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Price/Licence |
Free/GPL |
Free/GPL |
Free/GPL |
Free with adverts/Proprietary |
| Works with Apache combined (XLF/ELF) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NA |
| Works with Apache common (CLF) log format |
Just some features |
Just some features |
Just some features |
NA |
| Works with IIS (W3C) log format |
Yes |
Yes |
Need a patch |
NA |
| Works with personalized log format |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
NA |
| Analyze Web/Ftp/Mail log files |
Yes/Yes/Yes |
Yes/No/No |
Yes/No/No |
NA/No/No |
| Update of statistics from |
command line (CLI) and/or
a browser (CGI) |
command line (CLI) and/or
a browser (CGI) |
command line |
NA |
| Internal reverse DNS lookup |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NA |
| DNS cache file |
Static and dynamic |
Static or dynamic |
Static or dynamic |
NA |
| Process logs spitted by load balancing systems |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Report number of "human" visits |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Report unique "human" visitors |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Report session duration |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Not ordered records tolerance and reorder for visits |
Yes |
Visits not supported |
No |
? |
| Statistics for visits are based on |
Pages ***** |
Not supported |
Pages ***** |
Pages ***** |
| Statistics for unique visitors are based on |
Pages ***** |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Pages ***** |
| Report countries |
From IP location
or domain name |
Domain name |
Domain name |
? |
| Report regions (US and Canada states) |
Need Maxmind Regions database |
No |
No |
No |
| Report cities and major countries regions |
Need Maxmind Cities database |
No |
No |
No |
| Report ISP |
Need Maxmind ISP database |
No |
No |
No |
| Report Organizations name |
Need Maxmind Organizations database |
No |
No |
No |
| Report hosts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Report WhoIs informations on hosts |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Report authenticated users |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Report/Filter robots (nb detected) |
Yes/Yes (335**) |
Yes / Yes (8**) |
No/No |
No/No |
| Report/Filter worms (nb of families detected) |
Yes/Yes (5) |
No / No |
No/No |
No/No |
| Report rush hours |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Report days of week |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Report most often viewed pages |
Yes
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Report entry pages |
Yes
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Report exit pages |
Yes
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Not ordered records tolerance and reorder for entry/exit pages |
Yes |
Entry/Exit not supported |
No |
? |
| Detection of CGI pages as pages (and not just hits) |
Yes |
Only if prog ends by a defined value |
Only if prog ends by a defined value |
Yes |
| Report pages by directory |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Report pages with last access time/average size |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/No |
No/No |
No/No |
| Dynamic filter on hosts/pages/referers report |
Yes/Yes/Yes |
No/No/No |
No/No/No |
No/No/No |
| Report web compression statistics (mod_gzip,mod_deflate) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Report file types |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Report by file size |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Report OS (nb detected) |
Yes (35) |
Yes (29) |
No (0) |
? |
| Report browsers (nb detected) |
Yes (104*) |
Yes (9*) |
Yes (4*) |
Yes (<20*) |
| Report details of browsers versions |
Major and minor versions |
Major versions by default,
minor with SUBBROW option |
Major an minor versions |
Major and minor versions |
| Report screen sizes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Report tech supported by browser for Java/Flash/PDF |
Yes/Yes/Yes |
No/No/No |
No/No/No |
No/No/No |
| Report audio format supported by browser for Real/QuickTime/Mediaplayer |
Yes/Yes/Yes |
No/No/No |
No/No/No |
No/No/No |
| Report search engines used (nb detected) |
Yes (116***) |
Yes (24) |
No (0) |
Yes (<20 ***) |
| Report keywords/keyphrases used on search engines (nb detected) |
Yes/Yes (112***) |
Yes/No (29***) |
No/Yes (14***) |
Yes/No (<20***) |
| Report external refering web page with/without query |
Yes/Yes |
No/No |
No/Yes |
Yes/No |
| Report HTTP Errors |
Yes
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Report 404 Errors |
Nb + List last date/referer
|
Nb only |
Nb only |
No |
| Report 'Add to favorites' statistics |
Yes
|
No |
No |
No |
Other personalized reports for
miscellanous/marketing purpose |
Yes
|
No |
No |
No |
| Daily statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Monthly statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Yearly statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Benchmark with no DNS lookup in lines/seconds
(full features enabled, with XLF format, cygwin Perl 5.8, Athlon 1Ghz) |
5200**** |
39000**** |
12000**** |
NA
No program to run |
Benchmark with DNS lookup in lines/seconds
(full features enabled, with XLF format, cygwin Perl 5.8, Athlon 1Ghz) |
80**** |
80**** |
80**** |
NA
No program to run |
| Analyzed data save format (to use with third tools) |
Structured text file or XML |
Text files with OUTPUT option |
Flat text file |
Not possible |
| Export statistics to PDF |
Experimental |
No |
No |
No |
| Graphical statistics in one page / several / or frames |
Yes/Yes/Yes |
Yes/No/No |
Yes/Yes/No |
No/Yes/Yes |
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