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Catalog capabilities may require a paid plan, add-on or hosted edition. “Not listed” means unverified here, not unavailable. Confirm the exact edition, usage limits and privacy settings.
Starting prices use different billing periods and usage units. Compare the same traffic, events, retention and seats.
Choose Ackee ifDevelopers and website owners who need simple traffic and event reporting on infrastructure they control.
Important considerations: Current releases require Node.js 24 or newer and MongoDB. Your team owns upgrades, availability and security; evaluate its aggregate reports against your funnel and replay requirements.
Choose Countly ifDevelopers and product teams who need cross-platform analytics
Important considerations: Flex includes Advanced Analytics; Adaptivity and Intelligence are paid add-ons. Funnels, retention, crash analysis and AI are in Intelligence. Lite is a narrower edition; review its license and branding terms before deployment.
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| Attribute | Ackee | Countly |
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| Overview | A small, self-hosted web analytics tool with cookieless traffic statistics, custom actions and a GraphQL API. You run the Node.js application and MongoDB database. | A privacy-focused product analytics platform offered in self-hosted and private-cloud editions, covering web, mobile, desktop, journeys, feedback, messaging, and AI-assisted analysis. |
| Pricing | Free MIT-licensed software; budget separately for hosting, backups and maintenance. No vendor-hosted subscription is listed. | Self-hosted Countly Lite is free. Private-cloud Flex starts at $175/month with a 14-day trial; Enterprise is self-hosted with custom annual pricing. |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted and hosted options |
| Best for | Developers and website owners who need simple traffic and event reporting on infrastructure they control. | Developers and product teams who need cross-platform analytics |
| Operator | Tobias Reich Independent project | Countly Ltd Independent private company |
| Company base | Usingen, Germany · European Union | London, United Kingdom · United Kingdom |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. |
| Recent direction | operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability. | product analytics Recent official evidence shows a focus on product analytics. |
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| Important considerations | Current releases require Node.js 24 or newer and MongoDB. Your team owns upgrades, availability and security; evaluate its aggregate reports against your funnel and replay requirements. | Flex includes Advanced Analytics; Adaptivity and Intelligence are paid add-ons. Funnels, retention, crash analysis and AI are in Intelligence. Lite is a narrower edition; review its license and branding terms before deployment. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, GraphQL, Docker | Segment, Zapier |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. |
This matrix shows capabilities recorded in our catalog. Not listed means we have not confirmed the capability here. Check the linked vendor sources for plan, deployment, and usage limits.
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| Attribute | Ackee | Countly |
|---|---|---|
| App analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Not listed |
| Custom reports | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Not listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Not listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Error tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Not listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Listed |
| Personalization | Not listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Not listed | Listed |
| Retention analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Revenue tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Listed |
| User feedback | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |