Simple 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 Simple Analytics if

Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity

Capabilities listed only for Simple Analytics in this selection

Privacy-first Cookieless GDPR compliant CCPA compliant Real-time data E-commerce tracking Event tracking Goals Funnels AI insights Audience insights User segments

Important considerations: Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users.

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

Self-hosted 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

Free plan Data export

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Attribute	Simple Analytics	Skald
Overview	A privacy-first analytics platform built around straightforward traffic reporting, lightweight event tracking, and GDPR-friendly measurement with minimal setup.	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 hobby plan with one month of history; paid self-serve pricing starts at €20/month for 100K monthly pageviews; Enterprise is custom	Free 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	Vendor-hosted cloud	Self-hosted and hosted options
Best for	Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity	Site owners and agencies with access to suitable server or CDN logs who want visibility into people and automated traffic.
Operator	Simple Analytics B.V. Independent private company	Space-O Technologies Independent private company
Company base	Amsterdam, Netherlands · European Union	Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · Other region
Organization scale	3 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026	at least 140 team members · operator, as of 26 Oct 2026
Recent direction	AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis.	platform integration Recent official evidence shows a focus on platform integration.
Key features	Cookieless traffic dashboard Real-time reporting Events and goals Ecommerce tracking AI-assisted analysis Automated reports Raw data export Lightweight tracking script	Server-log traffic classification Optional in-page tracking Search Console and Bing reports Optional AI-answer monitoring with a daily cost cap
Important considerations	Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users.	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	Ghost, WordPress	Google 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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Attribute	Simple Analytics	Skald
AI insights	Listed	Not listed
Audience insights	Listed	Not listed
CCPA compliant	Listed	Not listed
Cookieless	Listed	Not listed
Data export	Listed	Listed
E-commerce tracking	Listed	Not listed
Event tracking	Listed	Not listed
Free plan	Listed	Listed
Funnels	Listed	Not listed
GDPR compliant	Listed	Not listed
Goals	Listed	Not listed
Privacy-first	Listed	Not listed
Real-time data	Listed	Not listed
Self-hosted	Not listed	Listed
User segments	Listed	Not listed
Web analytics	Not listed	Listed

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