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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 WPLytic ifWordPress site-owners, agencies, small businesses seeking lightweight, privacy-compliant, self-hosted analytics.
Important considerations: WordPress-only deployment uses your site's server and database, so storage, performance, backups, and retention remain your responsibility.
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| Attribute | Offen Fair Web Analytics | WPLytic |
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| 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-focused, self-hosted WordPress analytics plugin that stores data on the site's own server and combines real-time traffic, events, tags, segments, funnels, and AI-assisted analysis. |
| Pricing | Free Apache-2.0-licensed software; hosting and operational work are separate costs. | Public plans: $29/month or $99/year for one WordPress site, including updates and support |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Best for | Teams that value visitor access to their own analytics data and accept measuring only people who opt in. | WordPress site-owners, agencies, small businesses seeking lightweight, privacy-compliant, self-hosted analytics. |
| Operator | Offen project Independent project | TIPS4DESIGN SRL Independent private company |
| Company base | Berlin, Germany · European Union | Romania · European Union |
| 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. | 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. | WordPress-only deployment uses your site's server and database, so storage, performance, backups, and retention remain your responsibility. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, Docker | WordPress |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-27. |
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 | WPLytic |
|---|---|---|
| Ad-blocker resistant | Not listed | Listed |
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Not listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Not 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 | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |