Simple Analytics
Web Analytics · www.simpleanalytics.com
Privacy-friendly, EU-hosted web analytics with a free plan for getting started.
Switching to Matomo saves $240 / year and covers 75% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Simple Analytics alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 12 cheaper alternatives · vs Simple Analytics Self-serve at $20/mo · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
Simple Analytics’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Simple Analytics costs $20/mo on the Self-serve plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 12 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 6 of them cover at least 75% of the 4 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Pirsch Analytics at $6/mo (Standard plan), 70% less. Simple Analytics's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Pirsch Analytics Standard plan | 100% | $6/mo how? ⓘ | $168 / year 70% cheaper | |
Plausible Analytics Starter plan | 100% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | $132 / year 55% cheaper | |
DataFast Starter plan · missing: Privacy-focused analytics, Cookie-free analytics | 50% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | $132 / year 55% cheaper | |
Seline Analytics Pro plan | 100% | $14/mo how? ⓘ | $72 / year 30% cheaper | |
Fathom Analytics Base plan | 100% | $15/mo how? ⓘ | $60 / year 25% cheaper |
Which Simple Analytics alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- Pirsch Analytics — $6/mo (Standard plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Matomo — $0/mo (On-Premise Community plan) · covers 75%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Pirsch Analytics — $6/mo (Standard plan) · covers 100%
- Best paid drop-in
- Pirsch Analytics — $6/mo (Standard plan) · covers 100%
- Need pageview analytics, event tracking or privacy-focused analytics?
- Matomo — from $0/mo (On-Premise Community plan)
- Need cookie-free analytics?
- Pirsch Analytics — from $6/mo (Standard plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Simple Analytics has that the top alternatives lack.
- Privacy-focused analytics — Track visitors without using personally identifying data.Missing from PostHog, Mixpanel.
- Cookie-free analytics — Track visitors without setting cookies.Missing from Matomo, Umami, PostHog, Mixpanel.
Feature comparison
Simple Analytics vs the top alternatives, on the 4 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Simple Analytics | Matomo | Umami | PostHog | Mixpanel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pageview analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Privacy-focused analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cookie-free analytics | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $20/mo Self-serve | $0/mo On-Premise Community | $0/mo Hobby | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Simple Analytics covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Pageview analytics
- ✓ Event tracking
- ✓ Privacy-focused analytics
- ✓ Cookie-free analytics
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.simpleanalytics.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
Frequently asked
How much does Simple Analytics cost?
Simple Analytics's Self-serve plan costs $20/mo in our scenario (single user, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Simple Analytics alternative?
Yes. Matomo has a free plan that covers 75% of the 4 capabilities we compared against Simple Analytics.
What is the cheapest Simple Analytics alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Matomo is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (On-Premise Community plan).
What is the cheapest Simple Analytics alternative with Cookie-free analytics?
Pirsch Analytics covers Cookie-free analytics and costs $6/mo (Standard plan) in our scenario.
Does Simple Analytics have a free plan?
Yes. Simple Analytics's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-25 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.