GoatCounter

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Minimal open-source web analytics with a free hosted tier

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In a nutshell

GoatCounter is analytics stripped to the essentials. Free for personal use, incredibly lightweight, and ethical. If you just want pageview counts, this is perfect.

What's great

Free for non-commercial use
Extremely lightweight
No cookies or tracking

Watch out for

Very minimal features
No custom events
Basic referrer data only

Best for

Personal sites and blogs wanting free, simple analytics

Not ideal for

Businesses needing conversion tracking or events

Pricing

Free

Free for non-commercial use

Starter

$15/mo (commercial)

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How it compares

Plausible

4.5

Privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative. No cookies, GDPR-compliant, lightweight.

PostHog

4.5

All-in-one product analytics, session replay, feature flags, and A/B testing. Open source.

Grafana

4.5

Open-source observability dashboards. Visualize any data source beautifully.

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