Rybbit vs Statcounter comparison

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

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose Rybbit if

Privacy-conscious product, engineering, marketing, and agency teams that want deeper self-hostable analytics with replay and error context

Capabilities only listed for Rybbit

Privacy-first Self-hosted Open source Cookieless GDPR compliant CCPA compliant E-commerce tracking Funnels Error tracking Audience insights User segments Data ownership Custom reports Retention analytics Enterprise Web analytics SEO research

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.

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	Rybbit	Statcounter
Overview	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.	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	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	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	Privacy-conscious product, engineering, marketing, and agency teams that want deeper self-hostable analytics with replay and error context	Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics
Operator	Rybbit Independent project	StatCounter Independent private company
Company base	Distributed organization	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	self-hosted expansion Recent official evidence shows a focus on self-hosted expansion.	operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability.
Key features	Cookieless real-time web analytics Custom events and autocapture Goals and conversion funnels User journeys and profiles Retention analysis JavaScript error tracking Web Vitals monitoring Session replay API and warehouse export 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 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.	Free history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus.
Integrations	Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager, WordPress, Shopify, Stats 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	Rybbit	Statcounter
Audience insights	Listed	Not listed
Behavior analytics	Listed	Listed
CCPA compliant	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
Enterprise	Listed	Not listed
Error 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
Self-hosted	Listed	Not listed
SEO research	Listed	Not listed
Session recordings	Listed	Listed
User segments	Listed	Not listed
Web analytics	Listed	Not listed

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