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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.
Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity
Important considerations: Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users.
| Attribute | GoatCounter | Simple Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | 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. | A privacy-first analytics platform built around straightforward traffic reporting, lightweight event tracking, and GDPR-friendly measurement with minimal setup. |
| Pricing | Hosted service is donation-supported and free for reasonable public use; self-hosting is free and open source | Free hobby plan with one month of history; paid self-serve pricing starts at €20/month for 100K monthly pageviews; Enterprise is custom |
| Deployment | Self-hosted and hosted options | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for | Website owners who want simple, privacy-focused analytics | Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity |
| Operator | Martin Tournoij Independent project | Simple Analytics B.V. Independent private company |
| Company base | Ireland · European Union | Amsterdam, Netherlands · European Union |
| Organization scale | 1 maintainers · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 | 3 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 |
| Recent direction | self-hosted expansion Recent official evidence shows a focus on self-hosted expansion. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
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| Important considerations | Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted. | Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users. |
| Integrations | Ghost, Hugo | Ghost, WordPress |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-27. | 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 | GoatCounter | Simple Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Listed | Not listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Not listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Goals | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Not listed |
| Open source | Listed | Not listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Not listed |
| User segments | Listed | Listed |