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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 OpenPanel ifDevelopers, SaaS teams, and privacy-conscious businesses that want one open-source system for website and product analytics
Important considerations: Cloud has no permanent general free plan after its 30-day trial. Self-hosting requires a VPS, Docker-based services, database operations, upgrades, email configuration, security, and backups.
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| Attribute | Ackee | OpenPanel |
|---|---|---|
| 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 open-source web and product analytics platform combining cookieless traffic reporting, event analytics, custom dashboards, funnels, retention, revenue tracking, user profiles, session replay, A/B testing, and an optional AI assistant. |
| Pricing | Free MIT-licensed software; budget separately for hosting, backups and maintenance. No vendor-hosted subscription is listed. | 30-day cloud trial; cloud starts at $2.50/month for 5,000 events, $20/month for 100,000 events, and scales by event volume; AGPL self-hosting is free |
| 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, SaaS teams, and privacy-conscious businesses that want one open-source system for website and product analytics |
| Operator | Tobias Reich Independent project | OpenPanel AB Independent private company |
| Company base | Usingen, Germany · European Union | Stockholm, Sweden · European Union |
| 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. | Cloud has no permanent general free plan after its 30-day trial. Self-hosting requires a VPS, Docker-based services, database operations, upgrades, email configuration, security, and backups. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, GraphQL, Docker | JavaScript, React, Next.js, Vue, Swift, Kotlin, REST API |
| 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 | OpenPanel |
|---|---|---|
| A/B testing | Not listed | Listed |
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| App analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cohort analysis | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Not listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Listed |
| E-commerce 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 |
| Integrations | Not listed | Listed |
| Open source | 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 |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Listed |