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How vertical SaaS teams use retention analytics to spot churn early
customer retention software
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
auto-capture events
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
Usermaven
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

13 Google Analytics limitations you should be aware of
Google Analytics alternative

13 Google Analytics limitations you should be aware of

Starting July 1st, 2023, Universal Analytics (UA) stopped processing hits, including standard properties in accounts containing 360 properties. Businesses that use UA are left with no option other than migrating to an alternate analytics solution. While Google came up with a more advanced version of UA, called Google Analytics 4 (GA4), to replace it, the […]

By Usermaven

Jan 30, 2026

10 powerful Google Analytics alternatives (GA4 alternatives)
Fathom alternative
Google Analytics alternative

10 powerful Google Analytics alternatives (GA4 alternatives)

Ever since Google announced GA4, everyone’s been talking about alternatives.  Before you get overwhelmed, let’s see why you must jump ship from GA4. But wait a minute!  This blog will be your guide, helping you decide: Can you really stick with GA4?  Yes, you can stick with GA4 if you are ready to compromise on: […]

By Mahnoor Shahid

Jan 27, 2026

Conversion tracking: How to track, attribute, and optimize what really works
Attribution analysis
conversion dashboard

Conversion tracking: How to track, attribute, and optimize what really works

If you’re running paid ads, sending traffic to landing pages, or optimizing product funnels, you can’t afford to guess what’s working. That’s where conversion tracking comes in. Conversion tracking shows you which clicks, campaigns, and user journeys actually lead to valuable actions, like purchases, demo bookings, or signups. Without it, you’re left with traffic numbers […]

By Arslan Jadoon

Jan 21, 2026

The value of scroll depth and how to track it
how to track scroll depth
metrics

The value of scroll depth and how to track it

Most website visitors don’t read a page from top to bottom.  They skim, pause, scroll, and leave often without clicking anything. What matters isn’t just who lands on your page, but how far they actually engage with it along their customer journey. This is where understanding the value of scroll depth becomes critical. Scroll depth […]

By Imrana Essa

Jan 20, 2026

Usermaven highlights 2025: A year in review
SaaS analytics
Usermaven

Usermaven highlights 2025: A year in review

At Usermaven, we spent 2025 doing one thing exceptionally well: listening closely to our users and fixing what actually mattered. Every quarter came with something new. We shipped features, fixed gaps, and made changes that genuinely improved how our customers use Usermaven. And the best part? We did it together. You told us what you […]

By Esha Shabbir

Jan 20, 2026

15 CRO metrics worth tracking (and what each one tells you)
conversion rate optimization
Website analytics

15 CRO metrics worth tracking (and what each one tells you)

A SaaS website can look “fine” and still leave money on the table. The pages are polished, the product is solid, the offer makes sense, but the flow from visit to signup (or demo) isn’t as smooth as it could be. This is where CRO metrics help. They make performance visible. They show which pages […]

By Esha Shabbir

Jan 4, 2026