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Individuals and businesses seeking simple, privacy-focused analytics
Important considerations: No free plan is offered after the 7-day trial; pricing scales with combined pageviews and events.
Website owners who want simple, privacy-focused analytics
Important considerations: Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted.
| Attribute | Fathom Analytics | GoatCounter |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | A privacy-focused hosted analytics product that keeps reporting intentionally simple while still supporting event tracking, ecommerce measurement, exports, and fast lightweight scripts. | 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 | Hosted plans start at $15/month for 100,000 monthly pageviews; no free plan; 7-day free trial | 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 | Individuals and businesses seeking simple, privacy-focused analytics | Website owners who want simple, privacy-focused analytics |
| Operator | Conva Ventures Inc. Independent private company | Martin Tournoij Independent project |
| Company base | Canada · Canada | Ireland · European Union |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | 1 maintainers · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 |
| Recent direction | privacy-focused analytics Recent official evidence shows a focus on privacy-focused analytics. | self-hosted expansion Recent official evidence shows a focus on self-hosted expansion. |
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| Important considerations | No free plan is offered after the 7-day trial; pricing scales with combined pageviews and events. | Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted. |
| Integrations | WordPress, Shopify | 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. |
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 | Fathom Analytics | GoatCounter |
|---|---|---|
| Ad-blocker resistant | Listed | Not listed |
| Audience insights | Listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Goals | Listed | Not listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Listed |
| Open source | Not listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |