I agree Nick there should be no limitations for use of free Analytics tools. Apparently if you choose the share option you lose access to some tools including benchmarking and their PPC Conversion Optimizer tool. I haven’t looked into either of these tools but it seems if your goal is to have companies using the free tools in-house then you should offer the tools with no limitations.

I was sharing data. I’ve just turned that off now to see what happens. The data is still mixed up in the account – even checking from my laptop at home now. Looks like a bug somewhere in the system.

I’ve mentioned this a few places and generally people say GA is free, so you get what you pay for. I agree with this to a point but Google is trying to push GA for companies, same as their mail and office services. That was definitely the impression I got at their SES London session. They are also offering a Analytics Professional qualification to marketing companies, in the same way as their Adwords qualifications. If your going to make these steps you either have to get the product up to par or offer a paid/professional option.