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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 VWO ifCRO teams, UX researchers, agencies optimizing user experiences
Important considerations: VWO is a multi-product suite; capabilities and MTU allowances depend on the selected products and sales-assisted tier.
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| Attribute | Ackee | VWO |
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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 conversion optimization and digital experience platform offering A/B testing, heatmaps, surveys, feature flagging, and personalization across web and mobile. |
| Pricing | Free MIT-licensed software; budget separately for hosting, backups and maintenance. No vendor-hosted subscription is listed. | Growth, Pro, and Enterprise packages use sales-assisted, usage-based pricing; VWO also offers free product exploration |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for | Developers and website owners who need simple traffic and event reporting on infrastructure they control. | CRO teams, UX researchers, agencies optimizing user experiences |
| Operator | Tobias Reich Independent project | Wingify Software Private Limited Subsidiary of Everstone Capital |
| Company base | Usingen, Germany · European Union | Delhi, India · Other region |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | at least 450 employees · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 |
| Recent direction | operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability. | suite consolidation Recent official evidence shows a focus on suite consolidation. |
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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. | VWO is a multi-product suite; capabilities and MTU allowances depend on the selected products and sales-assisted tier. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, GraphQL, Docker | Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Segment |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. |
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 | VWO |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Personalization | Not listed | Listed |
| Polls | Not listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Not listed |
| Real-time data | Not listed | Listed |
| Revenue tracking | 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 |