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GoatCounter vs TWIPLA comparison

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Privacy-first Cookieless GDPR compliant CCPA compliant Real-time data Data export
Attribute GoatCounter TWIPLA
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-focused website intelligence suite with cookieless analytics, session recordings, heatmaps, funnels, polls, surveys, company reveal, and AI-assisted reporting.
Pricing Hosted service is donation-supported and free for reasonable public use; self-hosting is free and open source30-day unlimited trial, then Free Forever; Starter starts at $2.99/month or $2.39/month billed yearly, with higher self-serve and custom tiers
Deployment Self-hosted and hosted optionsVendor-hosted cloud
Best for Website owners who want simple, privacy-focused analyticsBusinesses that prioritize data privacy and need advanced analytics tools
Operator Martin Tournoij
Independent project		Visitor Analytics GmbH
Independent private company
Company base Ireland · European UnionBerg, Germany · European Union
Organization scale 1 maintainers · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.
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.
Key features
  • Cookieless visit counting
  • Open-source self-hosting
  • Hosted service
  • Referrer and campaign reports
  • Browser and location reports
  • JavaScript-free tracking pixel
  • Data export
  • Cookieless tracking
  • Session recordings
  • Heatmaps
  • Conversion funnels
  • Polls
  • Surveys
  • Real-time analytics
  • Data export
  • GDPR compliant
  • CCPA compliant
Important considerations Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted.Free and low-cost tiers have small pageview, event, replay, heatmap, funnel, poll, and survey allowances.
Integrations Ghost, HugoWordPress, Wix, TYPO3
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.

Capability matrix

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AttributeGoatCounterTWIPLA
AI insights Not listed Listed
Audience insights Listed Not listed
Behavior analytics Not listed Listed
CCPA compliant Listed Listed
Cookieless Listed Listed
Custom reports Listed Not listed
Data export Listed Listed
Data ownership Listed Not listed
Event tracking Listed Not listed
Free plan Listed Not listed
Funnels Not listed Listed
GDPR compliant Listed Listed
Heatmaps Not listed Listed
Integrations Listed Not listed
Open source Listed Not listed
Polls Not listed Listed
Privacy-first Listed Listed
Real-time data Listed Listed
Self-hosted Listed Not listed
Session recordings Not listed Listed
Surveys Not listed Listed
User feedback Not listed Listed
User segments Listed Not listed
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