| 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. | A hosted real-time web analytics service with customizable multi-site dashboards, custom events, goals, funnels, user journeys, scheduled exports and read-only REST and live-streaming APIs. |
| Pricing |
Free, open source | Free plan with 2 websites, 3 dashboards, 50,000 monthly page views or events and 1 month of visible history. Explorer starts at $9/month for 100,000 page views, 3 years of history and team access; yearly billing saves 17%. Enterprise pricing is custom. |
| Deployment |
Self-hosted | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for |
Tech-savvy users who want a free, self-hosted analytics solution | Publishers, site owners and agencies that want live traffic dashboards across several websites. |
| Operator |
Open Web Analytics project Independent project | SwissOps Ltd. Independent private company |
| Company base |
Distributed organization | Renens, Switzerland · Other region |
| 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. | 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
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- Live visitor dashboards and multi-site widgets
- Custom events, goals and funnels
- User journeys and UTM campaign reports
- File, S3 and SFTP exports with schedules
- REST and live APIs, SDKs and MCP server
- Optional cookieless tracking mode
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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. | Vendor cloud only, processed on EU infrastructure. Default tracking sets third-party collector cookies (2-year visitor ID, 30-minute session); the optional cookieless mode loses returning-visitor and cross-page session tracking. Page views and custom events share one quota, and recording stops at the plan limit. The API is read-only; session recordings and click heatmaps are not part of the documented feature set. |
| Integrations |
WordPress | WordPress, Google Tag Manager, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Next.js, MCP |
| Fact check |
We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. |
We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-10-10. |