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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 Glassbox ifLarge, regulated, and high-traffic organizations that need broad digital journey evidence, replay, technical diagnostics, and flexible deployment
Important considerations: There is no public entry price or self-service free plan. Scope, replay sampling, session volume, retention, modules, and cloud, hybrid, or on-premises deployment are determined during sales packaging.
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| Attribute | Ackee | Glassbox |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | An enterprise digital experience intelligence platform for web and mobile that combines tagless interaction capture, customer journey and product analytics, session replay, interaction maps, funnels, performance and error analysis, voice-of-customer tools, and AI assistance. |
| Pricing | Free MIT-licensed software; budget separately for hosting, backups and maintenance. No vendor-hosted subscription is listed. | Custom pricing based on the selected package, web or app session volume, and retention period; packages target production operations, marketing and business, or product teams |
| 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. | Large, regulated, and high-traffic organizations that need broad digital journey evidence, replay, technical diagnostics, and flexible deployment |
| Operator | Tobias Reich Independent project | Glassbox Ltd. Subsidiary of Alicorn Venture Partners |
| Company base | Usingen, Germany · European Union | Petah Tikva, Israel · Other region |
| 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. | operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability. |
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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. | There is no public entry price or self-service free plan. Scope, replay sampling, session volume, retention, modules, and cloud, hybrid, or on-premises deployment are determined during sales packaging. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, GraphQL, Docker | Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack, AppDynamics, New Relic, Splunk |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-09. |
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 | Glassbox |
|---|---|---|
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| App analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Not listed |
| Cross-device tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Not listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Listed |
| Enterprise | Not listed | Listed |
| Error tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Not listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Not listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Not listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Not listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Not listed |
| Retention analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| User feedback | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |