Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.
Developers and product teams who need cross-platform analytics
Important considerations: Countly Lite is a narrower community edition; managed Flex add-ons and the full self-hosted Enterprise suite can materially change scope and cost.
Businesses and organizations that want full data ownership and privacy compliance
Important considerations: On-Premise is free at the core but advanced plugins, support, hosting, maintenance, and infrastructure can add cost.
| Attribute | Countly | Matomo |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | A privacy-focused product analytics platform offered in self-hosted and private-cloud editions, covering web, mobile, desktop, journeys, feedback, messaging, and AI-assisted analysis. | A privacy-focused analytics suite available in self-hosted and cloud editions, designed for organizations that need full data ownership, governance controls, and extensible analytics across websites and apps. |
| Pricing | Countly Lite is free and self-hosted; private-cloud Flex is free up to 500 MAU and paid Flex starts at $40/month; Enterprise is custom | Self-hosted open source; Matomo Cloud pricing is traffic-based via its public calculator, with enterprise support and add-ons priced separately |
| Deployment | Self-hosted and hosted options | Self-hosted and hosted options |
| Best for | Developers and product teams who need cross-platform analytics | Businesses and organizations that want full data ownership and privacy compliance |
| Operator | Countly Ltd Independent private company | InnoCraft Limited Independent private company |
| Company base | London, United Kingdom · United Kingdom | Auckland, New Zealand · Other region |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. |
| Recent direction | product analytics Recent official evidence shows a focus on product analytics. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
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| Important considerations | Countly Lite is a narrower community edition; managed Flex add-ons and the full self-hosted Enterprise suite can materially change scope and cost. | On-Premise is free at the core but advanced plugins, support, hosting, maintenance, and infrastructure can add cost. |
| Integrations | Segment, Zapier | WordPress, Magento, Google Tag Manager |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. | 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.
| Attribute | Countly | Matomo |
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| A/B testing | Not listed | Listed |
| App analytics | Listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cohort analysis | Not listed | Listed |
| Cross-device tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Not listed | Listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Error tracking | Listed | Not listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Not listed |
| Funnels | Listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Listed |
| Personalization | Listed | Not listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Retention analytics | Listed | Listed |
| Revenue tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| User feedback | Listed | Not listed |
| User segments | Listed | Listed |