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Starting prices use different billing periods and usage units. Compare the same traffic, events, retention and seats.
Choose Skald ifSite owners and agencies with access to suitable server or CDN logs who want visibility into people and automated traffic.
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.
Choose UXWizz ifPrivacy-conscious teams that want a feature-rich self-hosted alternative to Hotjar and cloud analytics suites
Important considerations: You operate the PHP and MySQL installation, backups, updates, retention, and privacy configuration; hosted service is available only by request.
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| Attribute | Skald | UXWizz |
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| Overview | 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. | A self-hosted analytics and behavior analytics platform for teams that want full data ownership plus heatmaps, session recordings, funnels, A/B tests, error tracking, and AI-assisted analysis without recurring SaaS fees. |
| Pricing | 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. | Perpetual licenses: Solo $299, Growth & Scale $749, Agency $2,490; one year of updates and support included |
| Deployment | Self-hosted and hosted options | Self-hosted |
| Best for | Site owners and agencies with access to suitable server or CDN logs who want visibility into people and automated traffic. | Privacy-conscious teams that want a feature-rich self-hosted alternative to Hotjar and cloud analytics suites |
| Operator | Space-O Technologies Independent private company | TIPS4DESIGN SRL Independent private company |
| Company base | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · Other region | Romania · European Union |
| Organization scale | at least 140 team members · operator, as of 26 Oct 2026 | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. |
| Recent direction | platform integration Recent official evidence shows a focus on platform integration. | self-hosted expansion Recent official evidence shows a focus on self-hosted expansion. |
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| 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. | You operate the PHP and MySQL installation, backups, updates, retention, and privacy configuration; hosted service is available only by request. |
| Integrations | Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools | WordPress, DigitalOcean |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-10-26. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. |
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 | Skald | UXWizz |
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| A/B testing | Not listed | Listed |
| Ad-blocker resistant | Not listed | Listed |
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Not listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Not listed | Listed |
| Error tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Not listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Not listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Not listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Not listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |