Alternatives & comparisons
Picking a tool? Honest, side-by-side breakdowns — no tool is crowned "best" by default.
9 Best Google Analytics Alternatives
Nine privacy-first tools compared on privacy, pricing, self-hosting and features.
Cookieless Analytics Tools Compared
A feature-by-feature comparison of the leading cookieless tools, with a full spec table.
The Best GA4 Alternative
Why teams are leaving GA4 in 2026 — and the simpler, privacy-first tools they move to.
Plausible Analytics Alternatives
Love cookieless but want flat all-sites pricing or hosted simplicity? Your options.
Fathom Analytics Alternatives
Fathom compared with other hosted, cookieless analytics on price, features and privacy.
Matomo Alternatives
Tired of self-hosting Matomo? Hosted, cookieless options with no server to maintain.
Simple Analytics Alternatives
How Simple Analytics compares — and where other privacy-first tools fit.
Best Privacy-Friendly Analytics
The best privacy-first analytics of 2026, judged on their actual privacy models.
Cookies, consent & GDPR
The legal and practical side — banners, GDPR, and what's really going on with Google Analytics.
How to Remove the Cookie Consent Banner
Legally ditch the cookie banner while keeping your analytics — here's how.
Is Google Analytics GDPR Compliant?
A nuanced 2026 guide to GA and GDPR, the EU rulings, and the clean path forward.
GDPR-Compliant Analytics Tools
What makes analytics GDPR-friendly, and the tools that get you there without the banner.
Analytics Without a Consent Banner
Run web analytics with no cookie consent banner, legally — and which tools allow it.
Google Analytics Privacy Issues
The real privacy problems with GA in 2026 — data sharing, EU rulings, banners.
How cookieless tracking works
The technical foundations — measure everything, store nothing on the visitor's device.
See it instead of reading about it
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