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Rating
5/5
5/5
Summary
One easy dashboard to see how many visitors are coming to your website, where they come from and what they do once they're there. Without cookies. Without stalking. Still lightweight.
Lightweight and open source web analytics. No cookies and fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR. Made and hosted in the EU, on European cloud infrastructure.
Ultimate open-source analytics to satisfy all your needs. Track every metric you need without invading your users' privacy.
Pros
  • Privacy focused
  • Cookieless
  • Lightweight script
  • Good support
  • Easy to use
  • Lightweight
  • Open-source
  • Cookieless
  • EU cloud infrastructure
  • Privacy-focused
  • Performance monitoring
  • Open-source
  • Browser extensions for quick access to analytics
  • Messenger integrations
Cons
  • Limited features due to cookieless
  • Not very customisable
  • No free version
  • Limited features
  • No audience reporting features
  • Limited integration capabilities

Pricing information

Starting Price
Starter€15 p/m
Business€40 p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
10k page views$9 p/m
EnterpriseOn req.
200k page views$29 p/m
100k page views$19 p/m
500k page views$49 p/m
1M page views$69 p/m
2M page views$89 p/m
5M page views$129 p/m
10M page views$169 p/m
Hobby$5 / mo
Freelancer$15 / mo
Startup$59 / mo
Enterprise$110 / mo
Free trial period
14 days
30 days
14 days

Account Management

Trackable Items
5-10+ depending on plan
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
User Seats
1-10+ depending on plan
1-10+ depending on plan
Unlimited
Account Security
  • Single Sign-on
  • Two-factor Authentication
  • Single Sign-on
  • Two-factor Authentication
  • Single Sign-on
  • Two-factor Authentication

Data Processing

Data Center Locations
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
Software Hosting
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
  • Public Cloud
  • Private Cloud
  • On-Premise
Data Ownership
You
You
You
Data Freshness
Realtime
Realtime
Realtime
Data Retention
Unlimited
3-5+ years depending on plan
Unlimited
Data Sampling
Limited data sampling in reports with over 20M pageviews
Swetrix does not sample data
Data Import
GA importer included
e.g. import GA data
Data Export
As CSV or via API
Export your data to CSV
via API, CSV, JSON or any other format (users are able to write custom extensions for that)
Compliance
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • ePrivacy
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • PECR
  • GDPR
  • CCPA
  • HIPAA
  • CPPA
Cookieless
Simple Analytics is cookieless by default.
Plausible is cookieless by default.
Swetrix does not use cookies for tracking

Alerts & Automation

Custom Alerts
Traffic spike notifications through Slack or email
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or at threshold
Email Reports
Daily, weekly, monthly
Weekly or monthly email reporting
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly

Reporting

Trend Reporting
Curved and linear trend lines
We offer AI based traffic forecasting & trend monitoring
Device Reporting
Device type, browser & OS
Country, browser, device type, language, utm_* metrics, performance statistics and more
Funnel Reporting
Line up goals for simple funnel
User Flow Reporting
Basic reporting by looking at Entry & Exit pages
Segmentation
Filter dashboard with visitor attributes
Use filters to segment your audience
You can segment data via multiple filters, apply specific timeframes & periods
Cohort Reports
Retention Reporting
Attribution Reporting
Ecommerce Reporting
Ecommerce revenue tracking

User Experience Features

Heatmaps
Session Recordings
A/B Testing
User Feedback

Customizability

Custom Properties
Custom Properties (Business plan and above)
Custom Metrics
Custom Reports
Receive custom reports by email. You can also add unlimited amount of email addresses to be subscribed to the traffic report newsletter.
Custom Events
By means of adding CSS classes
You can track custom events. Custom events also support lots of customisations (e.g. you may track if you want 1 custom event per 1 unique session, etc).
Annotations
Able to include links in annotations
Soon to be released

Support

Support description
Simple Analytics offers knowledgable support through phone and email.
Plausible offers extensive documentation which is the first place to find answers. Still haven't found what you're looking for? Contact their email support for knowledgable support.
Swetrix offers online support in the chatbox on the website, via social-media (i.e. Twitter, Linkedin, Discord) and via Email.
Support Options
  • Phone
  • Email
  • Live Chat
  • Ticketing system
  • Knowledge base
  • Community
  • Phone
  • Email
  • Live Chat
  • Ticketing system
  • Knowledge base
  • Community
  • Phone
  • Email
  • Live Chat
  • Ticketing system
  • Knowledge base
  • Community
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