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How vertical SaaS teams use retention analytics to spot churn early
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customer retention tools

How vertical SaaS teams use retention analytics to spot churn early

Vertical SaaS lives and dies by two numbers: how many customers you add, and how many you keep. Most teams fixate on growth, but in 2026, retention is where the real pressure sits. Acquisition costs continue to rise, competition in service-based software keeps tightening, and churn erodes margins faster than most dashboards admit. If you […]

By Usermaven

Feb 3, 2026

10 best event tracking tools for SaaS and websites
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custom event tracking tool

10 best event tracking tools for SaaS and websites

Every successful SaaS product understands user behavior at the action level. Event tracking tools make this possible by capturing how users interact with features, flows, and key moments across the product. With so many event analytics tools available, the difference often comes down to how quickly you can get reliable data and how easily teams […]

By Imrana Essa

Feb 2, 2026

Server-side tracking: A simple guide for beginners
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Website analytics

Server-side tracking: A simple guide for beginners

Third-party cookies are fading out, and browsers are increasingly limiting tracking by default. But you still need a reliable way to capture what happens on your site, such as pageviews, signups, and purchases. Server-side tracking keeps it simple: instead of sending tracking events straight from the browser to your tools, you capture key events on […]

By Esha Shabbir

Jan 30, 2026

Heap vs. Mixpanel vs. Usermaven – A practical comparison
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SaaS analytics

Heap vs. Mixpanel vs. Usermaven – A practical comparison

Choosing the right analytics platform can feel overwhelming, especially when each tool promises to be the best. But let’s be honest – some platforms come with their own challenges. Heap’s “capture everything” approach sounds great in theory, but it can quickly lead to data overload, making it hard to find the insights you actually need. […]

By Mahnoor Shahid

Jan 28, 2026

15 digital marketing metrics and KPIs to track in 2026
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Website analytics

15 digital marketing metrics and KPIs to track in 2026

Do you know that 64.2 zettabytes of data originated, used, duplicated, and stored globally in 2020 from various activities? And over the next six years up to 2026, global data creation is projected to grow to more than 180 zettabytes. That is a lot of data! But have you ever considered that your online business […]

By Usermaven

Dec 1, 2025

Reporting vs. analytics: Key differences you should know
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Usermaven

Reporting vs. analytics: Key differences you should know

Have you ever opened a report and wondered, “What exactly am I supposed to do with this?” You’ve got the numbers, the charts, but they don’t exactly tell you where to go next. That’s the classic gap between reporting and analytics. Reporting gives you the basics: what happened, the numbers, the charts. Analytics takes it […]

By Esha Shabbir

Nov 17, 2025

Zero party data: A transparent approach to customer insights
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Usermaven

Zero party data: A transparent approach to customer insights

Data privacy. It’s all anyone seems to talk about these days. As a marketer, that can feel like a big hurdle, right? You’re aiming to deliver an exceptional customer experience, but you also don’t want to overstep. Here’s the thing: there is a way to connect with your customers and respect their privacy. And that’s where […]

By Esha Shabbir

Oct 29, 2025

Leveraging quantitative data analysis for SaaS growth
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Usermaven

Leveraging quantitative data analysis for SaaS growth

Ever felt overwhelmed by numbers? You’re not alone.  For many, diving into quantitative data can feel like trying to read a foreign language. It’s packed with graphs, percentages, and seemingly endless rows of figures, and let’s be honest, it can get a bit… intimidating. But here’s the thing: it doesn’t have to be. Once you […]

By Esha Shabbir

Oct 27, 2025

Why data management is crucial for developing a successful AI strategy
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AI strategy

Why data management is crucial for developing a successful AI strategy

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to shape the future of business operations, the need for a well-defined AI strategy development process becomes more critical.  AI’s ability to transform industries depends on its effective implementation, and to do that successfully, businesses must first understand the importance of data.  The foundation of any AI strategy lies in […]

By Usermaven

Sep 15, 2025