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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 GoatCounter ifWebsite owners who want simple, privacy-focused analytics
Important considerations: Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted.
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| Attribute | Ackee | GoatCounter |
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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 lightweight, privacy-aware open-source web analytics service with cookieless visit counting, referrers, campaigns, browser and location reports, exports, and JavaScript-free tracking options. |
| Pricing | Free MIT-licensed software; budget separately for hosting, backups and maintenance. No vendor-hosted subscription is listed. | Hosted service is donation-supported and free for reasonable public use; self-hosting is free and open source |
| 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. | Website owners who want simple, privacy-focused analytics |
| Operator | Tobias Reich Independent project | Martin Tournoij Independent project |
| Company base | Usingen, Germany · European Union | Ireland · European Union |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | 1 maintainers · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 |
| Recent direction | operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability. | self-hosted expansion Recent official evidence shows a focus on self-hosted expansion. |
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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. | Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, GraphQL, Docker | Ghost, Hugo |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-27. |
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 | GoatCounter |
|---|---|---|
| Audience insights | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Not listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Not listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |