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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.
Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics
Important considerations: Free history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus.
| Attribute | Fathom Analytics | Statcounter |
|---|---|---|
| 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 hosted web analytics service centered on real-time visitor feeds, traffic trends, landing-page and paid-traffic analysis, conversions, session replay, and higher-tier heatmaps. |
| Pricing | Hosted plans start at $15/month for 100,000 monthly pageviews; no free plan; 7-day free trial | Basic is free for 5,000 sessions/month with 14-day retention; Premium starts at €9/month and Premium Plus at €19/month for 20,000 sessions |
| Deployment | Vendor-hosted cloud | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for | Individuals and businesses seeking simple, privacy-focused analytics | Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics |
| Operator | Conva Ventures Inc. Independent private company | StatCounter Independent private company |
| Company base | Canada · Canada | Dublin, Ireland · European Union |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. |
| Recent direction | privacy-focused analytics Recent official evidence shows a focus on privacy-focused analytics. | operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability. |
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| Important considerations | No free plan is offered after the 7-day trial; pricing scales with combined pageviews and events. | Free history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus. |
| Integrations | WordPress, Shopify | WordPress, Shopify |
| 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 | Fathom Analytics | Statcounter |
|---|---|---|
| Ad-blocker resistant | Listed | Not listed |
| Audience insights | Listed | Not listed |
| Behavior analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Listed | Not listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Not listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Listed | Not listed |
| Goals | Listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Not listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |