Comparison of Adobe Analytics Extension and Web SDK Extension in Tags

Question

Is there documentation available which gives a good architectural comparison between the Adobe Analytics Extension and the Web SDK Extension in Tags? I am looking for something which not only shows the difference in the flow of data, but also describes the differences between the two methods. [e.g., Adobe Analytics can take ~30 minutes to process through to the Edge Network, and Web SDK will reach the Edge Network in ~1 minute].

VaniBhemarasetty · Accepted Answer

@pamfrei_c Here you go, this is an Adobe tech blog published by our product team

https://medium.com/adobetech/boosting-website-performance-with-adobe-experience-platform-web-sdk-and-edge-network-329fcf70fdf9

yuhuisg · Answer

In my experience, AA receives the data from the Edge network almost instantly. E.g. when using the Adobe Debugger extension in my browser, I can see the post-processed AA hits in the Edge log almost as soon as the Web SDK hit has been sent successfully.

If you're looking for down-to-the-millisecond data, then I think you'll need to approach Client Care or your Customer Success Manager to get that info. (Or @ericmatisoff1 might know too.) Usually, for the rest of us, the data flow is "fast enough".

Sign up

Login with SSO

Login to the community

Login with SSO

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded