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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 Crazy Egg ifMarketers, CRO teams, and site owners who want heatmaps, replay, feedback, and testing in one service
Important considerations: No permanent free plan. Tracked pageviews, heatmap reports, recording quotas and retention differ by tier. Starter stores recordings for six months; higher plans list two years. Larger custom Enterprise plans are also available.
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| Attribute | Ackee | Crazy Egg |
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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 website optimization suite combining web analytics, live activity, heatmaps, session recordings, error tracking, funnels, surveys, A/B testing, conversion tools, and AI-assisted analysis. |
| Pricing | Free MIT-licensed software; budget separately for hosting, backups and maintenance. No vendor-hosted subscription is listed. | Starter $29/month: 5,000 tracked pageviews and 50 recordings; Plus $99, Pro $249 and Enterprise $599/month. All prices require annual billing; a free trial is available. |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for | Developers and website owners who need simple traffic and event reporting on infrastructure they control. | Marketers, CRO teams, and site owners who want heatmaps, replay, feedback, and testing in one service |
| Operator | Tobias Reich Independent project | Crazy Egg, Inc. Independent private company |
| Company base | Usingen, Germany · European Union | Redwood City, United States · United States |
| 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. | experimentation and optimization Recent official evidence shows a focus on experimentation and optimization. |
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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. | No permanent free plan. Tracked pageviews, heatmap reports, recording quotas and retention differ by tier. Starter stores recordings for six months; higher plans list two years. Larger custom Enterprise plans are also available. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, GraphQL, Docker | Google Analytics 4, Shopify, WordPress, Google Tag Manager |
| 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 | Crazy Egg |
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| A/B testing | Not listed | Listed |
| AI insights | 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 |
| Enterprise | Not listed | Listed |
| Error tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Not listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Not listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Not listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Not listed |
| Personalization | Not listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Not listed |
| Real-time data | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Not listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| Surveys | Not listed | Listed |
| User feedback | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |