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Primary purpose | Score individual pages | Explain past user behavior | Assess checkout risk before scaling |
Tests real checkout path | ![]() No | ![]() No | ![]() Yes |
Evaluates checkout reachability | ![]() No | Indirect (after failures) | ![]() Yes |
Detects runtime / JS errors | Limited | After users are affected | ![]() Yes (during snapshot) |
Requires live traffic | ![]() No | ![]() Yes | ![]() No |
Works without historical data | ![]() Yes | ![]() No | ![]() Yes |
Timing of insight | Pre-launch (page-level only) | After damage is done | Before scaling traffic |
Output | Performance score | Reports & recordings | OK / WARNING / CRITICAL |
Decision-grade for scaling ads | ![]() No | ![]() No | ![]() Yes |