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Offen Fair Web Analytics vs Open Web Analytics comparison

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

Catalog capabilities may require a paid plan, add-on or hosted edition. “Not listed” means unverified here, not unavailable. Confirm the exact edition, usage limits and privacy settings.

Starting prices use different billing periods and usage units. Compare the same traffic, events, retention and seats.

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose Offen Fair Web Analytics if

Teams that value visitor access to their own analytics data and accept measuring only people who opt in.

Capabilities listed only for Offen Fair Web Analytics in this selection

Privacy-first Free plan Web analytics

Important considerations: Uses first-party cookies after opt-in; it is not cookieless. Data expires after six months. Public releases last recorded here are from May 2024; assess maintenance and security before adoption.

Choose Open Web Analytics if

Tech-savvy users who want a free, self-hosted analytics solution

Capabilities listed only for Open Web Analytics in this selection

Real-time data E-commerce tracking Event tracking Behavior analytics Heatmaps User segments Goals Revenue tracking Data export Integrations Custom reports Retention analytics

Important considerations: Community-maintained software requires self-hosting and technical upkeep; official product documentation and release communication are less active than major alternatives.

Shared capabilities

Self-hosted Open source Data ownership

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Attribute Offen Fair Web Analytics Open Web Analytics
Overview A self-hosted analytics project built around explicit visitor consent and end-to-end encrypted usage data. Visitors can inspect and delete their own data; operators get aggregate traffic reports.A GPL-licensed, self-hosted web analytics framework with pageview and event tracking, conversion goals, funnels, segmentation, click heatmaps, visitor paths, and WordPress support.
Pricing Free Apache-2.0-licensed software; hosting and operational work are separate costs.Free, open source
Deployment Self-hostedSelf-hosted
Best for Teams that value visitor access to their own analytics data and accept measuring only people who opt in.Tech-savvy users who want a free, self-hosted analytics solution
Operator Offen project
Independent project		Open Web Analytics project
Independent project
Company base Berlin, Germany · European UnionDistributed organization
Organization scale No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.
Recent direction operational reliability
Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability.		operational reliability
Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability.
Key features
  • Explicit opt-in before collection
  • Visitor data access and deletion
  • End-to-end encrypted usage data
  • Traffic, referrer and campaign reporting
  • Self-hosted binary or Docker deployment
  • Self-hosted GPL software
  • Pageview and event tracking
  • Conversion goals and funnels
  • Visitor segmentation
  • Click heatmaps
  • Visitor paths
  • Ecommerce tracking
  • WordPress integration
Important considerations Uses first-party cookies after opt-in; it is not cookieless. Data expires after six months. Public releases last recorded here are from May 2024; assess maintenance and security before adoption.Community-maintained software requires self-hosting and technical upkeep; official product documentation and release communication are less active than major alternatives.
Integrations JavaScript, DockerWordPress
Fact check We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08.

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.

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AttributeOffen Fair Web AnalyticsOpen Web Analytics
Behavior analytics Not listed Listed
Custom reports Not listed Listed
Data export Not listed Listed
Data ownership Listed Listed
E-commerce tracking Not listed Listed
Event tracking Not listed Listed
Free plan Listed Not listed
Goals Not listed Listed
Heatmaps Not listed Listed
Integrations Not listed Listed
Open source Listed Listed
Privacy-first Listed Not listed
Real-time data Not listed Listed
Retention analytics Not listed Listed
Revenue tracking Not listed Listed
Self-hosted Listed Listed
User segments Not listed Listed
Web analytics Listed Not listed
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