OpenPanel vs Statcounter comparison

Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose OpenPanel if

Developers, SaaS teams, and privacy-conscious businesses that want one open-source system for website and product analytics

Capabilities only listed for OpenPanel

Privacy-first Self-hosted Open source Cookieless GDPR compliant CCPA compliant E-commerce tracking App analytics Funnels Revenue tracking Audience insights User segments A/B testing Data ownership Custom reports AI insights Retention analytics Cohort analysis Web analytics

Important considerations: Cloud has no permanent general free plan after its 30-day trial. Self-hosting requires a VPS, Docker-based services, database operations, upgrades, email configuration, security, and backups.

Choose Statcounter if

Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics

Capabilities only listed for Statcounter

Free plan Heatmaps

Important considerations: Free history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus.

Shared capabilities

Real-time data Event tracking Behavior analytics Session recordings Goals Data export Integrations

Attribute	OpenPanel	Statcounter
Overview	An open-source web and product analytics platform combining cookieless traffic reporting, event analytics, custom dashboards, funnels, retention, revenue tracking, user profiles, session replay, A/B testing, and an optional AI assistant.	A hosted web analytics service centered on real-time visitor feeds, traffic trends, landing-page and paid-traffic analysis, conversions, session replay, and higher-tier heatmaps.
Pricing	30-day cloud trial; cloud starts at $2.50/month for 5,000 events, $20/month for 100,000 events, and scales by event volume; AGPL self-hosting is free	Basic is free for 5,000 sessions/month with 14-day retention; Premium starts at €9/month and Premium Plus at €19/month for 20,000 sessions
Deployment	Self-hosted and hosted options	Vendor-hosted cloud
Best for	Developers, SaaS teams, and privacy-conscious businesses that want one open-source system for website and product analytics	Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics
Operator	OpenPanel AB Independent private company	StatCounter Independent private company
Company base	Stockholm, Sweden · European Union	Dublin, Ireland · European Union
Organization scale	No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.	No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.
Recent direction	product analytics Recent official evidence shows a focus on product analytics.	operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability.
Key features	Cookieless web analytics Product and event analytics Custom dashboards and reports Funnels and conversion analysis Retention and user profiles Revenue tracking Session replay A/B testing AI analytics assistant Free AGPL self-hosting	Real-time visitor feeds Traffic trend charts Visitor paths Landing-page analysis Conversion tracking Paid-traffic analysis Session replay Heatmaps on Premium Plus
Important considerations	Cloud has no permanent general free plan after its 30-day trial. Self-hosting requires a VPS, Docker-based services, database operations, upgrades, email configuration, security, and backups.	Free history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus.
Integrations	JavaScript, React, Next.js, Vue, Swift, Kotlin, REST API	WordPress, Shopify
Fact check	We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-09.	We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08.

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.

Attribute	OpenPanel	Statcounter
A/B testing	Listed	Not listed
AI insights	Listed	Not listed
App analytics	Listed	Not listed
Audience insights	Listed	Not listed
Behavior analytics	Listed	Listed
CCPA compliant	Listed	Not listed
Cohort analysis	Listed	Not listed
Cookieless	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	Listed
Free plan	Not listed	Listed
Funnels	Listed	Not listed
GDPR compliant	Listed	Not listed
Goals	Listed	Listed
Heatmaps	Not listed	Listed
Integrations	Listed	Listed
Open source	Listed	Not listed
Privacy-first	Listed	Not listed
Real-time data	Listed	Listed
Retention analytics	Listed	Not listed
Revenue tracking	Listed	Not listed
Self-hosted	Listed	Not listed
Session recordings	Listed	Listed
User segments	Listed	Not listed
Web analytics	Listed	Not listed

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