Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.
Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics
Important considerations: Free history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus.
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 | Statcounter | WPLytic |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | 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. | 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 | 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 | Public plans: $29/month or $99/year for one WordPress site, including updates and support |
| Deployment | Vendor-hosted cloud | Self-hosted |
| Best for | Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics | WordPress site-owners, agencies, small businesses seeking lightweight, privacy-compliant, self-hosted analytics. |
| Operator | StatCounter Independent private company | TIPS4DESIGN SRL Independent private company |
| Company base | Dublin, Ireland · European Union | Romania · European Union |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. |
| Recent direction | operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
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| Important considerations | Free history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus. | WordPress-only deployment uses your site's server and database, so storage, performance, backups, and retention remain your responsibility. |
| Integrations | WordPress, Shopify | 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 | Statcounter | WPLytic |
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| Ad-blocker resistant | Not listed | Listed |
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Listed | Not listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Not listed |
| Data ownership | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Not listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Listed | Not listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Not listed |
| Privacy-first | Not listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Not listed | Listed |
| Session recordings | Listed | Not listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |