Ask HN: Any alternatives to Google Analytics that don't require cookies?

Matomo is an open-source web analytics platform

open-source

Plausible Analytics is a simple, open-source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly web analytics alternative to Google Analytics. Made and hosted in the EU, powered by European-owned cloud infrastructure 🇪🇺

paid Free Trial $9.0 / Monthly (10,000 pageviews)

I’m using Plausible (https://plausible.io) and it’s great, breath of fresh air compared to GA.

Cookie-Free, Privacy-Friendly Alternative to Google Analytics.

paid Free Trial $6.0 / Monthly (10k monthly page views)

Pirsch has been easy and great IME. [0] https://pirsch.io.

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Squeaky's future-proof, privacy-friendly analytics suite includes analytics dashboards, session recording, customer feedback widgets, heatmaps and more - helping you to grow your business by building better digital experiences.

I've not had a chance to use it yet but https://squeaky.ai appears to be pretty great for privacy, and mentions being cookieless.

Modern, privacy-friendly, and cookie-free web analytics.

I am using shynet for a while now. Really all I need to know :) https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet.

A simple and open-source own your website analytics.

I can also throw in an open-source free alternative that we use and are very happy with: https://umami.is.

Beautiful and Compliant Web Analytics

Hey, definely check Wide Angle Analytics. Cookieless or with cookies. You decide :) https://wideangle.co If you need selfhosted solution got for Matomo. If you choose offer solution, scrutinize their GDPR claims, you will be sruprised.