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Starting prices use different billing periods and usage units. Compare the same traffic, events, retention and seats.
Choose Offen Fair Web Analytics ifTeams that value visitor access to their own analytics data and accept measuring only people who opt in.
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 Simple Analytics ifWebsite 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.
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| Attribute | Offen Fair Web Analytics | Simple 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 privacy-first analytics platform built around straightforward traffic reporting, lightweight event tracking, and GDPR-friendly measurement with minimal setup. |
| Pricing | Free Apache-2.0-licensed software; hosting and operational work are separate costs. | 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 | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for | Teams that value visitor access to their own analytics data and accept measuring only people who opt in. | Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity |
| Operator | Offen project Independent project | Simple Analytics B.V. Independent private company |
| Company base | Berlin, Germany · European Union | Amsterdam, Netherlands · European Union |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | 3 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 |
| Recent direction | operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
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| 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. | Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, Docker | Ghost, WordPress |
| 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. |
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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| Attribute | Offen Fair Web Analytics | Simple Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Not listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Not listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Not listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Not listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Not listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |