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Tech-savvy users who want a free, self-hosted analytics solution
Important considerations: Community-maintained software requires self-hosting and technical upkeep; official product documentation and release communication are less active than major alternatives.
Privacy-conscious product, engineering, marketing, and agency teams that want deeper self-hostable analytics with replay and error context
Important considerations: Cloud session replay requires Pro and there is no permanent cloud free plan. Self-hosting is free but requires operating its database, upgrades, storage, privacy controls, and backups.
| Attribute | Open Web Analytics | Rybbit |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | A GPL-licensed, self-hosted web analytics framework with pageview and event tracking, conversion goals, funnels, segmentation, click heatmaps, visitor paths, and WordPress support. | An open-source web and product analytics platform with cookieless real-time traffic, custom events, user profiles, funnels, journeys, retention, error tracking, Web Vitals, and session replay in cloud or self-hosted editions. |
| Pricing | Free, open source | 7-day cloud trial; Standard starts at $13/month and Pro at $26/month billed annually for 100,000 monthly pageviews; Enterprise is custom; AGPL self-hosting is free |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted and hosted options |
| Best for | Tech-savvy users who want a free, self-hosted analytics solution | Privacy-conscious product, engineering, marketing, and agency teams that want deeper self-hostable analytics with replay and error context |
| Operator | Open Web Analytics project Independent project | Rybbit Independent project |
| Company base | Distributed organization | Distributed 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. | self-hosted expansion Recent official evidence shows a focus on self-hosted expansion. |
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| Important considerations | Community-maintained software requires self-hosting and technical upkeep; official product documentation and release communication are less active than major alternatives. | Cloud session replay requires Pro and there is no permanent cloud free plan. Self-hosting is free but requires operating its database, upgrades, storage, privacy controls, and backups. |
| Integrations | WordPress | Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager, WordPress, Shopify, Stats API |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-09. |
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.
| Attribute | Open Web Analytics | Rybbit |
|---|---|---|
| Audience insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Not listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Enterprise | Not listed | Listed |
| Error tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Listed | Not listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Not listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Retention analytics | Listed | Listed |
| Revenue tracking | Listed | Not listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Listed |
| SEO research | Not listed | Listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Not listed | Listed |