Crazy Egg vs GoatCounter comparison

Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose Crazy Egg if

Marketers, CRO teams, and site owners who want heatmaps, replay, feedback, and testing in one service

Capabilities only listed for Crazy Egg

E-commerce tracking Behavior analytics Funnels Error tracking Session recordings Heatmaps User feedback Surveys A/B testing Goals AI insights Personalization Enterprise

Important considerations: There is no permanent free plan. Pricing separates tracked heatmap or A/B pageviews from sampled recording allowances, and advanced personalization and security controls require higher tiers.

Choose GoatCounter if

Website owners who want simple, privacy-focused analytics

Capabilities only listed for GoatCounter

Privacy-first Self-hosted Open source Free plan Cookieless GDPR compliant CCPA compliant Data ownership

Important considerations: Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted.

Shared capabilities

Real-time data Event tracking Audience insights User segments Data export Integrations Custom reports

Attribute	Crazy Egg	GoatCounter
Overview	A website optimization suite combining web analytics, live activity, heatmaps, session recordings, error tracking, funnels, surveys, A/B testing, conversion tools, and AI-assisted analysis.	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	30-day free trial; Analytics starts at $29/month for 5,000 tracked pageviews and 50 recordings, Growth at $99/month, and Enterprise is custom	Hosted service is donation-supported and free for reasonable public use; self-hosting is free and open source
Deployment	Vendor-hosted cloud	Self-hosted and hosted options
Best for	Marketers, CRO teams, and site owners who want heatmaps, replay, feedback, and testing in one service	Website owners who want simple, privacy-focused analytics
Operator	Crazy Egg, Inc. Independent private company	Martin Tournoij Independent project
Company base	Redwood City, United States · United States	Ireland · European Union
Organization scale	No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.	1 maintainers · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026
Recent direction	experimentation and optimization Recent official evidence shows a focus on experimentation and optimization.	self-hosted expansion Recent official evidence shows a focus on self-hosted expansion.
Key features	Web analytics and live activity Heatmap reports Session recordings Error tracking Conversion funnels A/B testing Surveys AI analysis GA4 integration Unlimited domains and team members	Cookieless visit counting Open-source self-hosting Hosted service Referrer and campaign reports Browser and location reports JavaScript-free tracking pixel Data export
Important considerations	There is no permanent free plan. Pricing separates tracked heatmap or A/B pageviews from sampled recording allowances, and advanced personalization and security controls require higher tiers.	Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted.
Integrations	Google Analytics 4, Shopify, WordPress, Google Tag Manager	Ghost, Hugo
Fact check	We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08.	We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-27.

Capability matrix

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	Crazy Egg	GoatCounter
A/B testing	Listed	Not listed
AI insights	Listed	Not listed
Audience insights	Listed	Listed
Behavior analytics	Listed	Not listed
CCPA compliant	Not listed	Listed
Cookieless	Not listed	Listed
Custom reports	Listed	Listed
Data export	Listed	Listed
Data ownership	Not listed	Listed
E-commerce tracking	Listed	Not listed
Enterprise	Listed	Not listed
Error tracking	Listed	Not listed
Event tracking	Listed	Listed
Free plan	Not listed	Listed
Funnels	Listed	Not listed
GDPR compliant	Not listed	Listed
Goals	Listed	Not listed
Heatmaps	Listed	Not listed
Integrations	Listed	Listed
Open source	Not listed	Listed
Personalization	Listed	Not listed
Privacy-first	Not listed	Listed
Real-time data	Listed	Listed
Self-hosted	Not listed	Listed
Session recordings	Listed	Not listed
Surveys	Listed	Not listed
User feedback	Listed	Not listed
User segments	Listed	Listed

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