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In Privacy-Focused Analytics, Web Analytics

Key facts

Category
Web Analytics
Free trial
30 days
Hosting
Public Cloud
Data stored in
European Economic Area (EEA)
Cookieless
Yes
Open source
Yes
Compliance
GDPR, CCPA, ePrivacy, PECR, DSGVO, TTDSG
Last updated
6 April 2023

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Measured by New Metrics

What Pirsch Analytics's default install code did on our own test page, before any consent.

Script size

3.9 KB downloaded (11.6 KB unpacked)

Requests after one page view

2, to api.pirsch.io

Cookies

None

Browser storage

None

Stores data before consent

No. Do you need consent? Rules per country

Blocked by ad blockers

Yes, by default in uBlock Origin and Brave (EasyPrivacy blocks the script). Adblock Plus lets it through unless EasyPrivacy is switched on.

Measured on 31 October 2026 in Chrome. Your own setup can differ. How we measure

About Pirsch Analytics

Pirsch is a simple, cookie-free, open-source web analytics solution that integrates easily into your website or backend. Get detailed insights into all your numbers in real-time. See where visitors are coming from and optimize your campaigns for conversion. Track your key metrics through conversion goals with visitor and conversion rate targets and receive notifications when they are met. Events allow you to send custom metadata and track button clicks, product sales, and more.

What makes Pirsch Analytics unique?

Pirsch has uncompromising, GDPR-, CCPA- and Schrems II-compliant data protection. Built and hosted in Germany, we operate under strict European privacy laws – all data collected belongs to you and will never be shared or sold.

Keep your team members and clients informed by sharing your dashboard publicly or privately and receiving regular reports via email. Access links allow your clients to view their website statistics without a password.

Pirsch integrates seamlessly with the technologies you already use. Add a small JavaScript snippet or plugin to your website to accurately measure your traffic. A powerful API lets you automate any task and work with the data in your tools.

An overview of Pirsch Analytics

pirsch analytics dashboard
Pros
  • Lightweight, cookie-free and open-source
  • Pirsch's backend integration requires no client-side scripts and delivers the same accurate results without the interference of adblockers
  • Extensive API
  • Fully-fledged access management
  • Comprehensive filtering by any metric including event metadata
Cons
  • Visitors are only recognized for up to 24 hours to comply with the privacy policy
  • Heatmaps and session recordings are not available

Software type

We classified Pirsch Analytics as Privacy-Focused Analytics and Web Analytics. In addition, Pirsch Analytics is proprietary software.

Software details

Product of Emvi Software GmbH

Headquartered in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany

Founded in 2020

pirsch.io

contact@emvi.com

Pirsch Analytics Pricing

There are no pricing plans to display for Pirsch Analytics at the moment.

Support

Email support, public Discord server

Support options

support@pirsch.io

Knowledge Base

Support languages

English, German

Account Management

Trackable Items

Unlimitedsites or apps

User Seats

Unlimited

User Roles

Owner, Admin, User

Account Security

Data Processing

Data Center Locations

  • European Economic Area (EEA)

Software Hosting

  • Public Cloud

Data Ownership

You

Data Freshness

Realtime

Data Retention

Unlimited

Data Sampling

Data Import

Import from Plausible, Fathom or Google Analytics

Data Export

via API or CSV

Compliance

  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • PECR

Cookieless

Pirsch Analytics does not use cookies

Platform

Open Source

Open-source core

Real-time Dashboard

Self-hosting Available

API Access

Full API & backend integration

AI Features

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts

Email Reports

Daily, Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly

Integrations

Google Search Console, Wordpress

Reporting

Trend Reporting

Device Reporting

Device type, OS, Browser, Browser version, Screen size

Funnel Reporting

Analyze Funnels

User Flow Reporting

Entry and exit pages

Segmentation

Extensive filtering by any metric

Cohort Reports

Retention Reporting

Attribution Reporting

Ecommerce Reporting

Possible with custom events and goals

User Experience features

Heatmaps

Session Recordings

A/B Testing

Tag-based A/B testing and segmentation

User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties

As part of custom events

Custom Metrics

Custom Reports

Custom Events

With additional metadata fields (key-value pairs).

Annotations

Terms explained

What the features and terms on this page mean, in our glossary.

1 Review

5/5

  • Zep Fietje
    Used Pirsch Analytics for 2-5 years as SaaS founder

    What do you like?

    After trying many analytics tools, only Pirsch met my needs. Pirsch is the most complete, beautiful and affordable analytics solution out there.

    What do you dislike?

    Initially some features were missing (which the competition also didn’t support), but the Pirsch team quickly implemented my requests. There’s nothing I dislike about Pirsch now.

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