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Open Web Analytics vs Skald 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 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

Open source Real-time data E-commerce tracking Event tracking Behavior analytics Heatmaps User segments Goals Revenue tracking Data ownership 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.

Choose Skald if

Site owners and agencies with access to suitable server or CDN logs who want visibility into people and automated traffic.

Capabilities listed only for Skald in this selection

Free plan Web analytics

Important considerations: Source-available, not OSI open source. Optional browser tracking adds in-page signals. AI-answer monitoring uses your provider keys and paid API samples; it does not reproduce what every app user sees. No verified hosted data-region claim.

Shared capabilities

Self-hosted Data export

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Attribute Open Web Analytics Skald
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.Skald analyses web-server logs to distinguish visitors, AI assistants and crawlers. It is free to self-host under Elastic License 2.0, with paid hosted plans and a 30-day trial.
Pricing Free, open sourceFree self-hosting. Hosted Starter: $9/month or $86/year for 1 site, 1 million requests/month and 3 team members; 30-day free trial. Requests include assets and bots, not just page views. Server costs and optional AI-provider API charges are separate.
Deployment Self-hostedSelf-hosted and hosted options
Best for Tech-savvy users who want a free, self-hosted analytics solutionSite owners and agencies with access to suitable server or CDN logs who want visibility into people and automated traffic.
Operator Open Web Analytics project
Independent project		Space-O Technologies
Independent private company
Company base Distributed organizationAhmedabad, Gujarat, India · Other region
Organization scale No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.at least 140 team members · operator, as of 26 Oct 2026
Recent direction operational reliability
Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability.		platform integration
Recent official evidence shows a focus on platform integration.
Key features
  • Self-hosted GPL software
  • Pageview and event tracking
  • Conversion goals and funnels
  • Visitor segmentation
  • Click heatmaps
  • Visitor paths
  • Ecommerce tracking
  • WordPress integration
  • Server-log traffic classification
  • Optional in-page tracking
  • Search Console and Bing reports
  • Optional AI-answer monitoring with a daily cost cap
Important considerations Community-maintained software requires self-hosting and technical upkeep; official product documentation and release communication are less active than major alternatives.Source-available, not OSI open source. Optional browser tracking adds in-page signals. AI-answer monitoring uses your provider keys and paid API samples; it does not reproduce what every app user sees. No verified hosted data-region claim.
Integrations WordPressGoogle Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools
Fact check We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-10-26.

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