vs Simple Analytics

Same badge-for-hobby idea. A lower paid curve.

Simple Analytics proved you can sell privacy without a 40-column grid. We kept the hobby badge, started paid at €4, and put 100k views at €9, where Simple Analytics lists $20 a month (simpleanalytics.com/pricing, checked 9 November 2026).

What they actually are

Simple Analytics is a cookieless SaaS with a strong brand, a public ethics page, and a hard line: they will not try to count unique visitors at all. That is a philosophy, not a missing feature.

When to pick them

You already like their dashboard, you need their extras, or “never touch an IP, even in memory” is the bar. They are stricter than we are.

When to pick us

You want a cheaper usage curve, no seat fee, a free plan that is not one month of history, and a same-day unique that dies at midnight.

The honest bit

Their visitor stance is cleaner if your counsel wants zero identifier. Ours is a same-day unique that dies at midnight. Read /methodology before you pick us on privacy grounds alone.

Questions

Is Cookie Free Analytics a Simple Analytics alternative?

Yes, if you want cookieless analytics with a cheaper usage curve and a free plan that is the full dashboard. Simple Analytics does not hash visitors at all — that is a genuine difference.

Do you identify visitors?

For one UTC day only. Tomorrow they are a new person. IP discarded. The beacon is POST JSON; only five UTM tags leave the tab. Recipe: /methodology.

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