Ask HN: Best alternatives to Google Analytics in 2021?

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Plausible.io

If you're looking for web analytics, I love and can recommend Plausible (https://plausible.io/). It's both simple and privacy-friendly. Inspired by Plausible, I recently launched Fugu (https://fugu.lol). Fugu is a simple and privacy-friendly product analytics tool. It offers only event-based tracking, so it's better suited for web or mobile apps and not web sites (go for Plausible for websites). Fugu doesn't track unique users or any personally identifiable information. It's pretty basic for now, but I'm working on adding conversion funnels next (I work on it in my free time).

#Web Analytics #Analytics #Privacy 188 social mentions

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Fathom Analytics

Fathom is a simple analytics product. It can track page views and events, the script is fairly small, is GDPR compliant, and gets out of your way. https://usefathom.com.

#Open Source #Analytics #Privacy 58 social mentions

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Simple Analytics

We're using Simple Analytics mainly for privacy reasons. I did a bit of research beforehand as we're in a quite 'sensitive' industry. So if you care about privacy Simple Analytics is the private one. They are the only ones that never track IP-address. Plausible and fathom do (only for a day or so, but still do). https://simpleanalytics.com/.

#Analytics #Web Analytics #Privacy 24 social mentions

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Pirsch Analytics

Clearly Pirsch Analytics! https://pirsch.io/ No cookies, open-source core, GDPR compliant, nice UI, and a extensive API.

#Analytics #Open Source #Privacy 25 social mentions

5

umami

Https://umami.is/ discovered this, some of my friends use it and it's pretty decent.

#Web Analytics #Analytics #Privacy 70 social mentions

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Raport Pro

I had a same problem, but GA is only the tip of the iceberg. A lot of apps with analytics capabilities have usability problem. In some, metrics are hidden too deep and it's hard to navigate. Others lack simple features and do not let you change things like timezone or displayed currency. But the biggest pain point for me was integration with data from other apps. To simplify things I am building Raport[1]. Raport integrates metrics from multiple sources (GA, Search Console, Stripe, Adsense) and displays them in clear and simple to use dashboard. It is not an alternative to GA and other tools, but rather works alongside them as an additional interface, where you can view all your data. For me personally Raport saved me a lot of time I spent in GA and Search Console. [1] https://raport.pro.

#Data Analysis #Data Dashboard #Analytics 15 social mentions

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Counter.dev

I found this 'pay what you want' alternative in my bookmarks: https://counter.dev/.

#Web Analytics #Analytics #Privacy 9 social mentions

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Snowplow

Https://matomo.org That's the only full featured open source competitor I am aware of, so it should be mentioned. https://snowplowanalytics.com/ Somewhat FOSS. There was a story there, but I don't remember the details.

#Analytics #Web Analytics #Mobile Analytics 10 social mentions

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Matomo

Https://matomo.org That's the only full featured open source competitor I am aware of, so it should be mentioned. https://snowplowanalytics.com/ Somewhat FOSS. There was a story there, but I don't remember the details.

#Analytics #Web Analytics #Mobile Analytics 82 social mentions

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Firstparty

A couple of friends of mine are building Firstparty - https://firstpartyhq.com - the idea is to serve the analytics code/cookie from your own domain (hence, first party). I've been using them for some of my websites and mobile apps. The reporting is nascent at the moment, but it is being built at a fast pace.

#Analytics #Developer Tools #Web Analytics 2 social mentions

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Countly

Always surprised more people don’t use countly. Runs nice in docker or digital ocean. https://count.ly. Been self hosting it for years with few issues.

#Analytics #Product Analytics #Mobile Analytics 6 social mentions