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What will web analytics cost you?

Prices of 19 Google Analytics alternatives, worked out for your own traffic. Every price is checked against the vendor's pricing page, most recently on 17 October 2026.

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19 tools for 50,000 pageviews on 1 website: our pick, then cheapest first

  1. WireBoardOur pick

    Real-time web analytics: see every visitor the moment they arrive, on one site or fifty.

    • Free plan
    • No cookies needed
    • Live view

    WireBoard is made by the team behind Compare Analytics.

    Free

    The free plan covers this

  2. Clicky

    Web analytics with heatmaps

    • Free plan
    • No cookies needed
    • Live view

    Free

    The free plan covers this

  3. Umami

    Open-source web and product analytics

    • Free plan
    • No cookies needed
    • Open source
    • Self-hosting
    • Live view

    Free

    The free plan covers this

  4. Cloudflare Web Analytics

    Free, cookieless, includes Core Web Vitals

    • Free plan
    • No cookies needed

    Free

    The free plan covers this

  5. PostHog

    Usage-based analytics, 1M events a month free

    • Free plan
    • No cookies needed
    • Open source
    • Self-hosting
    • Live view

    Free

    The free plan covers this

  6. GoatCounter

    Free hosted or self-hosted, no cookies

    • Free plan
    • No cookies needed
    • Open source
    • Self-hosting

    Free

    The free plan covers this

  7. GoSquared

    Real-time web analytics

    • No cookies needed
    • Live view

    $12 a month

    £9 a month, $0.24 per 1,000 views

  8. Pirsch Analytics

    Cookie-free web analytics

    • No cookies needed

    $120 billed yearly, saving $24

    $12 a month

    $0.24 per 1,000 pageviews

  9. Fathom

    Privacy-focused analytics

    • No cookies needed

    $150 billed yearly, saving $30

    $15 a month

    $0.30 per 1,000 pageviews

  10. Plausible

    Simple, lightweight analytics

    • No cookies needed
    • Open source
    • Self-hosting

    $190 billed yearly, saving $38

    $19 a month

    $0.38 per 1,000 pageviews

  11. Rybbit

    Cookieless open-source analytics, EU-hosted

    • No cookies needed
    • Open source
    • Self-hosting
    • Live view

    $152 billed yearly, saving $76

    $19 a month

    $0.38 per 1,000 pageviews

  12. Swetrix

    Open-source analytics with error tracking

    • No cookies needed
    • Open source
    • Self-hosting

    $190 billed yearly, saving $38

    $19 a month

    $0.38 per 1,000 pageviews

  13. Statcounter

    Per-visitor web analytics with a free plan

    • Free plan
    • No cookies needed
    • Live view

    $205 billed yearly, saving $23

    $19 a month

    $0.38 per 1,000 pageviews

  14. Simple Analytics

    Privacy-first Google Analytics alternative

    • Free plan
    • No cookies needed

    $200 billed yearly, saving $40

    $20 a month

    $0.40 per 1,000 pageviews

  15. Seline

    Cookieless analytics with visitor journeys

    • No cookies needed
    • Live view

    $240 billed yearly, saving $48

    $24 a month

    $0.48 per 1,000 pageviews

  16. Matomo

    Open-source analytics platform

    • No cookies needed
    • Open source
    • Self-hosting
    • Live view

    $260 billed yearly, saving $52

    $26 a month

    $0.52 per 1,000 pageviews

  17. TWIPLA

    Website analytics that tells you what to do next

    • Free plan
    • No cookies needed
    • Live view

    $383.88 billed yearly, saving $96

    $39.99 a month

    $0.80 per 1,000 pageviews

  18. Piwik PRO

    Analytics, tag and consent management

    • No cookies needed

    $64 a month

    €57 a month, $1.28 per 1,000 views

  19. UserMaven

    AI marketing attribution and analytics

    • No cookies needed

    On request

    Priced by their sales team

Monthly prices when billed monthly, excluding VAT. Prices in pounds and euros are converted to dollars at the European Central Bank rate of 16 October 2026. Tools priced per website are worked out with your traffic split evenly across your websites. Spotted an outdated price?

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What each tool costs as you grow

Monthly price for one website, billed monthly. Some tools stay cheap as traffic grows, others climb fast.

  • Under $10
  • $10 to $25
  • $25 to $50
  • $50 to $100
  • $100 to $250
  • $250 to $500
  • $500 or more

Privacy and hosting at a glance

No cookies usually means no cookie banner for analytics. Open source and self-hosting mean you can keep the data on your own server.

  • WireBoard

    Data hosted in EU (Germany, Finland)

    • Yes: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • Matomo

    Data hosted in EU (Germany)

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • Yes: Open source
    • Yes: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • Plausible

    Data hosted in EU (Germany, Finland)

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • Yes: Open source
    • Yes: Self-hosting
    • No: Live view
  • Fathom

    Data hosted in US (EU traffic anonymised in the EU)

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • No: Live view
  • Clicky

    Data hosted in US

    • Yes: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • Umami

    Data hosted in US or EU

    • Yes: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • Yes: Open source
    • Yes: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • UserMaven

    Data hosted in EU

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • No: Live view
  • Simple Analytics

    Data hosted in EU (Netherlands)

    • Yes: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • No: Live view
  • GoSquared

    Data hosted in US

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • TWIPLA

    Data hosted in EU (Germany)

    • Yes: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • Pirsch Analytics

    Data hosted in EU (Germany)

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • No: Live view
  • Cloudflare Web Analytics

    Data hosted in Global (Cloudflare)

    • Yes: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • No: Live view
  • Rybbit

    Data hosted in EU (Germany, Finland)

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • Yes: Open source
    • Yes: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • Seline

    Data hosted in EU (Germany)

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • PostHog

    Data hosted in US or EU (Germany)

    • Yes: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • Yes: Open source
    • Yes: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • GoatCounter

    Data hosted in EU (Finland, Germany)

    • Yes: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • Yes: Open source
    • Yes: Self-hosting
    • No: Live view
  • Swetrix

    Data hosted in EU (Germany)

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • Yes: Open source
    • Yes: Self-hosting
    • No: Live view
  • Statcounter
    • Yes: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • Yes: Live view
  • Piwik PRO

    Data hosted in EU (Sweden)

    • No: Free plan
    • Yes: No cookies needed
    • No: Open source
    • No: Self-hosting
    • No: Live view

What changed in prices

Vendors change plans quietly. These are the changes we found while checking every pricing page.

  1. Between July and October 2026

    UserMaven stopped publishing prices. Its Business and Enterprise plans are now quoted by the sales team after a demo, where it used to start at $84 a month.

    Source
  2. 26 June 2026

    Fathom plans from 1 million pageviews now include 75 to 350 websites instead of 50, and extra websites are sold in packs of 50 for $10 a month.

    Source
  3. 19 June 2026

    Fathom added paid API plans from $19 to $399 a month for higher API limits. The standard API stays free on every plan.

    Source
  4. Between April and June 2026

    Simple Analytics withdrew its Team plan for up to 20 websites. More than 10 websites now needs the Enterprise plan, priced on request.

    Source
  5. 13 February 2026

    Rybbit ended its free cloud plan for new accounts. Cloud plans now start at $19 a month after a 7-day trial; self-hosting stays free.

    Source
  6. Early 2026

    Statcounter switched from plans sized by pageview logs to plans billed by sessions (visits) per website. The free plan now covers 5,000 sessions a month per website and keeps 14 days of data.

    Source
  7. Early 2026

    Piwik PRO retired its free Core plan, as announced in July 2025. The paid Business plan replaces it, from €36 a month for 25,000 actions.

    Source
  8. May 2025

    Plausible replaced its plans with Starter (1 website), Growth (3) and Business (10). The cheapest price for several websites went up: Growth used to cover 10.

    Source

No price change in 2026 for WireBoard, Matomo, Pirsch Analytics, Clicky, GoSquared and TWIPLA.

Questions people ask

What is the cheapest web analytics tool for 100,000 pageviews a month?

For one website, 4 tools have a free plan that covers 100,000 pageviews a month. The cheapest paid option is WireBoard at $9 a month. Set your own traffic above to see the full ranking.

Which analytics tools have a free plan?

These tools have a free plan; the limits differ a lot.

  • WireBoard: 50,000 pageviews a month on 2 websites, 30 days of history
  • Clicky: 3,000 pageviews a day on 1 website, 30 days of history
  • Umami: 100,000 events a month on 1 website, 6 months of data
  • Simple Analytics: 5 websites, 30 days of history, badge required
  • TWIPLA: 400 pageviews a month on 1 website, 40 days of history
  • Cloudflare Web Analytics: free on every Cloudflare plan, no traffic limit
  • PostHog: 1 million events a month, 1 project, 1 year of data
  • GoatCounter: free for reasonable use, including small businesses
  • Statcounter: 5,000 sessions a month per website, 14 days of data
Which analytics tools work without cookies?

These tools can measure your traffic without any cookies, which in most cases means you do not need a cookie banner for analytics. Matomo and PostHog also have a cookieless mode.

Which analytics tools can I host on my own server?

These tools can run on your own server, which keeps all data in your hands. The others are hosted services only.

What does live view mean here?

A tool has a live view when it shows the visitors on your site right now and updates within about 10 seconds. Others show recent visitors with a delay of 30 seconds to several minutes, fine for daily reporting but not for watching a launch as it happens.

  • WireBoard: live visitors, pages, sources and map, on every plan
  • Matomo: live visit log and map refreshing every 5 seconds
  • Clicky: spy: live stream of visitors (paid plans)
  • Umami: live pages, referrers and event log, refreshing every 10 seconds
  • GoSquared: visitors online now with their pages, live
  • TWIPLA: live map and pages, as they happen
  • Rybbit: live list of visitors, refreshing every 10 seconds
  • Seline: live globe of visitors on the site now
  • PostHog: live tab streaming each event (alpha)
  • Statcounter: live feed of each visit and pageview
How are these prices checked?

Every price comes from the vendor's own pricing page, checked on 17 October 2026. Prices in pounds and euros are converted to dollars at the European Central Bank rates of 16 October 2026. Prices exclude VAT, and yearly prices are the total for one year.