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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 Smartlook ifExisting Smartlook customers planning a move to another web or mobile behavior analytics platform
Important considerations: Paid support ends August 31, 2027. Export required data before your paid plan expires: historical data does not migrate to Splunk automatically. The platform and remaining data are scheduled for removal on September 30, 2027.
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| Attribute | Ackee | Smartlook |
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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 web and mobile behavior analytics product with session recordings, heatmaps, funnels, events, and crash reports. Smartlook reached end of sale on May 31, 2026 and is no longer available to new customers. |
| Pricing | Free MIT-licensed software; budget separately for hosting, backups and maintenance. No vendor-hosted subscription is listed. | No new subscriptions since May 31, 2026. Renewals and expansions end August 31, 2026. |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for | Developers and website owners who need simple traffic and event reporting on infrastructure they control. | Existing Smartlook customers planning a move to another web or mobile behavior analytics platform |
| Operator | Tobias Reich Independent project | Smartlook, s.r.o. Subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| Company base | Usingen, Germany · European Union | Brno, Czechia · 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. | platform integration Recent official evidence shows a focus on platform integration. |
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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. | Paid support ends August 31, 2027. Export required data before your paid plan expires: historical data does not migrate to Splunk automatically. The platform and remaining data are scheduled for removal on September 30, 2027. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, GraphQL, Docker | Shopify, WordPress |
| 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 | Smartlook |
|---|---|---|
| App analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Not listed |
| Cross-device tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Not listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Not listed |
| Error tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Not listed |
| Funnels | 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 | Not listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |