Introduction

A full catalog and review of some analytics tools, that are a more privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics. The tools are divided into the following categories:

  • Free Cloud-Hosted
  • Free Self-Hosted
  • Paid (Cloud or Self Hosted)

All the chosen tools should have the following characteristics:

  • Privacy Focused (No IP logging, Fingerprinting, Tracking, etc)
  • GDPR compliant
  • Open Source (Preferably but not hard criteria)
  • Offer good statistics
  • User-friendly interface (UI/UX)

Reasons for choosing an alternative

It was a struggle for me to find and choose a different analytics service, but I knew I had to do it if I want to be more respectful of the people that visit my website and try to create a more private and secure internet. The state of the internet is not gonna change from our small websites, but I believe it is important if there is a more private choice available, we do not have a reason to ignore it.