Simple Analytics vs Statcounter comparison

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

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose Simple Analytics if

Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity

Capabilities only listed for Simple Analytics

Privacy-first Cookieless GDPR compliant CCPA compliant E-commerce tracking 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 Statcounter if

Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics

Capabilities only listed for Statcounter

Behavior analytics Integrations Session recordings Heatmaps

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

Shared capabilities

Free plan Real-time data Event tracking Goals Data export

Attribute	Simple Analytics	Statcounter
Overview	A privacy-first analytics platform built around straightforward traffic reporting, lightweight event tracking, and GDPR-friendly measurement with minimal setup.	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	Free hobby plan with one month of history; paid self-serve pricing starts at €20/month for 100K monthly pageviews; Enterprise is custom	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	Vendor-hosted cloud	Vendor-hosted cloud
Best for	Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity	Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics
Operator	Simple Analytics B.V. Independent private company	StatCounter Independent private company
Company base	Amsterdam, Netherlands · European Union	Dublin, Ireland · European Union
Organization scale	3 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026	No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.
Recent direction	AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis.	operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability.
Key features	Cookieless traffic dashboard Real-time reporting Events and goals Ecommerce tracking AI-assisted analysis Automated reports Raw data export Lightweight tracking script	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	Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users.	Free history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus.
Integrations	Ghost, WordPress	WordPress, Shopify
Fact check	We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08.	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	Simple Analytics	Statcounter
AI insights	Listed	Not listed
Audience insights	Listed	Not listed
Behavior analytics	Not listed	Listed
CCPA compliant	Listed	Not listed
Cookieless	Listed	Not listed
Data export	Listed	Listed
E-commerce tracking	Listed	Not listed
Event tracking	Listed	Listed
Free plan	Listed	Listed
Funnels	Listed	Not listed
GDPR compliant	Listed	Not listed
Goals	Listed	Listed
Heatmaps	Not listed	Listed
Integrations	Not listed	Listed
Privacy-first	Listed	Not listed
Real-time data	Listed	Listed
Session recordings	Not listed	Listed
User segments	Listed	Not listed

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