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by lbriner 1096 days ago
I'm not sure what analytics systems you are referring to but most do not use an iframe. In most cases you embed some Javascript and depending on what you want, you might get a simple POST with some data about the page or you might have something more like Hotjar where a lot of telemetry is sent in order to understand much more about your app like where people move their mouse or how long they spend before clicking.

My advice is the same as it would be with everything: Add value to your product in the best/unique way that you can and leave the other stuff to other people who are really good at theirs. I don't know very much about analytics so I won't waste time building a system. I am, however, very good at architecture and hosting systems so I will invest my time making those things better.

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Thanks for the reply @Ibriner! - you're right, there's usually an iframe and a javascript option with tools like PowerBI/Looker etc. Still the problem of inflexibility remains with any third-party tool I've found.

On the topic of sticking to the things you're good at. Would you be interested in a solution that allowed you all the flexibility to build a fully-native-looking experience for your customers whilst handling things like building components, localisation, and all of the boring bits for you?