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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 WPLytic ifWordPress 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.
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| Attribute | Skald | WPLytic |
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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 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 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. | Public plans: $29/month or $99/year for one WordPress site, including updates and support |
| 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. | WordPress site-owners, agencies, small businesses seeking lightweight, privacy-compliant, self-hosted analytics. |
| 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. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
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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. | WordPress-only deployment uses your site's server and database, so storage, performance, backups, and retention remain your responsibility. |
| Integrations | Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools | WordPress |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-10-26. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-27. |
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.
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| Attribute | Skald | WPLytic |
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| Ad-blocker resistant | Not listed | Listed |
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Not listed |
| Data ownership | 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 |
| Privacy-first | Not listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |