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Freemium

Free version available; paid plans add further reports and features.

 Freemium

Cloud is a paid subscription with a free trial; the community edition is free to…

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Runs inside WordPress with no external dashboard
  • Simple reports for pages, referrers, geography and devices
  • Clear single-page dashboard
  • No cookies or personal data stored
  • Works only with WordPress sites
  • Several reports require a paid plan
  • Hosted cloud requires a paid subscription after the trial
  • Less detailed than full analytics suites such as Matomo
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Hosted service
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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