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Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity
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.
WordPress site-owners, agencies, small businesses seeking lightweight, privacy-compliant, self-hosted analytics.
Important considerations: WordPress-only deployment uses your site's server and database, so storage, performance, backups, and retention remain your responsibility.
| Attribute | Simple Analytics | WPLytic |
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| Overview | A privacy-first analytics platform built around straightforward traffic reporting, lightweight event tracking, and GDPR-friendly measurement with minimal setup. | A privacy-focused, self-hosted WordPress analytics plugin that stores data on the site's own server and combines real-time traffic, events, tags, segments, funnels, and AI-assisted analysis. |
| Pricing | Free hobby plan with one month of history; paid self-serve pricing starts at €20/month for 100K monthly pageviews; Enterprise is custom | Public plans: $29/month or $99/year for one WordPress site, including updates and support |
| Deployment | Vendor-hosted cloud | Self-hosted |
| Best for | Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity | WordPress site-owners, agencies, small businesses seeking lightweight, privacy-compliant, self-hosted analytics. |
| Operator | Simple Analytics B.V. Independent private company | TIPS4DESIGN SRL Independent private company |
| Company base | Amsterdam, Netherlands · European Union | Romania · 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. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
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| 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. | WordPress-only deployment uses your site's server and database, so storage, performance, backups, and retention remain your responsibility. |
| Integrations | Ghost, WordPress | WordPress |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-27. |
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 | WPLytic |
|---|---|---|
| Ad-blocker resistant | Not listed | Listed |
| AI insights | Listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Listed | Not listed |
| CCPA compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Not listed |
| Data ownership | Not listed | Listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Listed | Not listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Not listed |
| Funnels | Listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Goals | Listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Listed | Listed |