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It stops short of the openness of a self-hosted tool with unrestricted schema access — everything ultimately routes through Google's event model and infrastructure.","Google's infrastructure handles enormous traffic volumes reliably, but the tracking script is considerably heavier than purpose-built lightweight alternatives, and high-traffic properties can encounter sampling in ad hoc exploration reports unless the account is upgraded to GA360 for unsampled data.","Google Analytics is the dominant web and app analytics platform by a wide margin, used by the large majority of websites globally and treated as the default choice by marketers, agencies, and stakeholders. 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The split stack gives you more control over each layer and lets you swap either side independently; Bubble gives you a simpler mental model and fewer moving parts. If the app's logic is complex and the frontend needs pixel-perfect design, Webflow + Xano is the better fit. If speed to a working product matters more than architectural flexibility, Bubble wins.",{"question":271,"answer":272},"How much can I rely on the plugin marketplace?","Bubble's core features (database, workflows, user management, responsive design) are maintained by the Bubble team and receive regular updates. Plugins are mostly community-built and vary widely in quality and maintenance cadence. A workflow that depends on an unmaintained plugin can break silently when Bubble updates its runtime, and there is no equivalent of pinning a dependency version the way you would in a code-based stack. Build critical business logic with Bubble's native workflow actions where possible, and treat plugins as convenience layers you could replace if needed.",{"question":274,"answer":275},"Can I move the app to a different stack later if it outgrows Bubble?","Partially, and not easily. Bubble lets you export your database tables as CSV, so the data itself is portable. The UI, workflows, and business logic exist only inside Bubble's proprietary format and cannot be exported as code; migrating to a code-based stack like Next.js + Postgres or Supabase + React means rebuilding the app from scratch using the exported data as a starting point. 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