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Matomo vs Open Analytics comparison

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

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose Open Analytics if

Privacy-focused product, marketing, and development teams that want open web analytics with revenue attribution and AI-agent access

Capabilities only listed for Open Analytics

Important considerations: The hosted service has no free plan. Self-hosting needs Linux, Docker, four DNS records, about 4 GB of RAM, and 25 GB of disk; published images are amd64. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control traffic is intentionally not recorded.

Attribute Matomo Open Analytics
Overview A privacy-focused analytics suite available in self-hosted and cloud editions, designed for organizations that need full data ownership, governance controls, and extensible analytics across websites and apps.An open-source, privacy-first web analytics platform available as a hosted cloud service or self-hosted AGPL-3.0 software, with cookieless traffic reporting, realtime data, funnels, visitor journeys, retention, revenue attribution, Web Vitals, exports, AI analysis, and MCP access.
Pricing Self-hosted open source; Matomo Cloud pricing is traffic-based via its public calculator, with enterprise support and add-ons priced separatelyAGPL-3.0 self-hosting has no license fee. Hosted monthly plans: Starter $9 for 50,000 events and 1 site; Growth $19 for 500,000 events and 5 sites; Pro $49 for 5 million events and 10 sites. No hosted free plan.
Deployment Self-hosted and hosted optionsSelf-hosted and hosted options
Best for Businesses and organizations that want full data ownership and privacy compliancePrivacy-focused product, marketing, and development teams that want open web analytics with revenue attribution and AI-agent access
Operator InnoCraft Limited
Independent private company
AGHAZADA LLC
Independent private company
Company base Auckland, New Zealand · Other regionNew Mexico, United States · United States
Organization scale No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.
Recent direction AI-assisted analysis
Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis.
marketing attribution
Recent official evidence shows a focus on marketing attribution.
Key features
  • Self-hosted
  • Session recordings
  • Heatmaps
  • A/B testing
  • Open source
  • GDPR compliant
  • E-commerce tracking
  • Data export
  • Cookieless web analytics
  • Hosted cloud or AGPL self-hosting
  • Realtime dashboard and live globe
  • Custom events and funnels
  • Visitor journeys and retention
  • Stripe revenue attribution
  • Campaign and UTM reporting
  • Core Web Vitals
  • Public dashboards and embeds
  • Data import and export
  • AI assistant, MCP server, and CLI
Important considerations On-Premise is free at the core but advanced plugins, support, hosting, maintenance, and infrastructure can add cost.The hosted service has no free plan. Self-hosting needs Linux, Docker, four DNS records, about 4 GB of RAM, and 25 GB of disk; published images are amd64. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control traffic is intentionally not recorded.
Integrations WordPress, Magento, Google Tag ManagerStripe, Plausible, Fathom
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.

AttributeMatomoOpen Analytics
A/B testing Listed Not listed
AI insights Not listed Listed
App analytics Listed Not listed
Audience insights Listed Listed
Behavior analytics Listed Listed
CCPA compliant Listed Not listed
Cohort analysis Listed Not listed
Cookieless Not listed Listed
Cross-device tracking Listed Not listed
Custom reports Listed Not listed
Data export Listed Listed
Data ownership Listed Listed
E-commerce tracking Listed Listed
Event tracking Listed Listed
Funnels Listed Listed
GDPR compliant Listed Listed
Goals Listed Listed
Heatmaps Listed Not listed
Integrations Listed Listed
Open source Listed Listed
Privacy-first Listed Listed
Real-time data Listed Listed
Retention analytics Listed Listed
Revenue tracking Listed Listed
Self-hosted Listed Listed
Session recordings Listed Not listed
User segments Listed Not listed
Web analytics Not listed Listed
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