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GoatCounter vs Swetrix: catalog facts
GoatCounter	Swetrix
Free The hosted service is free and supported by donations; self-hosting has no restrictions.	Freemium The self-hosted Community Edition is free; see the website for hosted plans.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
No cookies or personal identifiers, no GDPR notice needed Very small tracking script plus a no-JavaScript pixel option	Cookieless tracking with no unsampled data loss Performance and error monitoring alongside traffic stats
Deliberately fewer features than Google Analytics or Matomo Hosted service relies on donations	Self-hosted version is the Community Edition Search Console features depend on a Google connection
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: EUPL-1.2	License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed	Account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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