GA and GTM, Don’t be Confused Anymore

For many novices, GA and GTM are often distinguished, and they do not know what they are used for. The differences between them are explained in this section.

GA——Google Analytics 

The full name of GA is Google Analytics.

GA is a website analysis tool. As long as a piece of js code is deployed on the page, a lot of data can be collected and presented to you in reports of various dimensions.

The GA login page is: https://analytics.google.com/

GA’s page report looks like this:

More information about Google Analytics can be found at www.

If you want to look at the data, you need to look at the report, you want to analyze, use Google Analytics.

GTM——Google Tag Manager

The full name of GTM is Google Tag Manager.

GTM is a Tag Manager System, which is mainly suitable for managing third-party tracking codes, such as Google Analytics tracking codes, Facebook Pixel, and ad technology company codes.

The GTM login page is: http://www.google.com/tagmanager/

The GTM page looks like this:

If you want to manage third-party code and tags, then use GTM.

The reality is that these two products are often combined, using GTM instead of GA tracking code, doing event tracking, setting custom dimensions, etc.

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