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Open Web Analytics vs Matomo: catalog facts
Open Web Analytics	Matomo
Free Free and open source.	Freemium Free to self-host; the hosted cloud is paid with a free trial.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Self-hosted, so tracking data stays on your server Works for both websites and applications	Broad feature set close to Google Analytics Unsampled data and raw data export
Requires a PHP server to run Little documentation of features on the homepage	Needs PHP and MySQL or MariaDB to self-host Interface is more complex than minimal analytics tools
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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