Privacy-Focused Alternatives to Google Analytics
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.