Ok......we decided both RevStats and Stats Remote were sweet programs...They both do what I asked...with both doing added things.
I would recommend to use both if you can afford them.
Basic funtions
They both track my sponsers...even multiple accounts with a particular sponser.
They both have problems with ccbill once you combine the accounts....once you combine them within ccbill for their gret stats tracking both combine all the stats.
They both have ridiculous stats on a particular program at times...but both are pretty accurate with all of them on recent stats
stasremote does better if you want to track up to the moment stats
revstats does better if you want to track individual sites you are sending traffic to (stats remeote lumps all the account stats together though a single click within the software logs you in to that sponser for a more complete breakdown)
revstats is available any place any times...no matter where you log in from
stats remote is a little more secure in this as your log-ins to your sponser are stored locally..you have to trust revstats as they hold all your log-ins info online....for those worried about this it is a definate plus for statsemote.
stats remote you can INSTALL on any machine, but ONLY ONE machine can access the stats at any given time
Big deficit we believe (more on that later)
Stats remote does give you a constant presence checking your stats every 15 min as a minimun...Rev Stats daily
Stats Remote runs in your system tray so you can see constant updates...RevStats runs online so you have to log in to see the stats
Stats remote will give you a breakdown day by day if you want as a default...Rev Stats from what I can see will only give you a period breakdown
RevStats will give you a breakdown of every site you promote within a certain sponser....statsremote lumps them together...a HUGE plus for RevStats
You can log in to check your combined stats from any computer...a huge plus again
you have to log in online to RevStats to get your current stats...Stats Remote as I said is is on your box and does that automatically
There is a lot more, but mainly they are separate programs, both are only indicators in no way totally accurate...but very useful tools...but not ones to base your bank accounts on
Overall as far as functions in our opinion StatRemote edges out RevStats...though RevStats ability to breakdown a sponser b;ows StatsRemotes inability to do that away
Use both if you can, and log in often to your sponsers to make sure exactly what is going on...these are only tools to generally judge traffic
So finally our decision and why we made it
RevStats for now and add StatsRemote we can
On every front StatsRemote edged out RevStats in tradeoffs...except one
We need multiple access to our stats...at present there are 3 of us, and if we grow as hoped perhaps 6
With RevStats anyone of us can log in and check the stats
Under the agreement with StatsRemote we have to buy a license for every concurrent user...having to shut down the application on one machine for another machine to access the stats removes most of the advantages of the software.
Group pricing I was offered was to pay for three accesses to the same info for the price of two is a significant increase over the cost of RevStats....monthly.....and being more prohibative with EVERY added user.
So though we actually like stats remote better we are going with RevStats
If you are only on one computer...have one user checking your stats....then I most definately suggest you use Stats Remote if you can only afford one...it is sweet!
But I had to decline JB's offer on icq as it was ridiculous to me to have to pay at least double to check the exact same stats
I myself cannot see the pricing for running software on different machines that only access the same info as anyway fair. JB I thank you for coming to the board.....and even though I do not feel your offer was fair.
If i wanted to run different stats...sure charge me for that, but it seems you want to be bill gates jr