No. 4
Umami
The open-source cookieless tool that is genuinely pleasant to self-host.
Open source and self-hosted7.5/10
6 tools in this category
Open source and self-hosted
Tools you can run on your own hardware, where the data never leaves your infrastructure and the software costs nothing. You pay in operations instead of subscriptions, and whether that is a bargain.
Tools you can run on your own hardware, where the data never leaves your infrastructure and the software costs nothing. You pay in operations instead of subscriptions, and whether that is a bargain depends entirely on who is on call.
Inside this group the strongest entry is Umami, at 7.5 out of 10 and No. 4 on the overall list. Scores below are the same weighted measures used everywhere on this site, so they compare across categories as well as within them. See the method.
| Rank | Tool | From | Cookies | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Umami The open-source cookieless tool that is genuinely pleasant to self-host. | Free | None | 7.5 |
| 7 | Swetrix Open-source cookieless analytics with error tracking and session replay built in. | Free | None | 7.1 |
| 8 | Matomo Eighteen years old, feature for feature a match for Google Analytics, and yours to host. | Free | Optional, and it runs cookieless if configured | 7.0 |
| 10 | GoatCounter Deliberately tiny, deliberately free, and honest about being neither polished nor ambitious. | Free | None | 6.9 |
| 13 | Shynet Analytics that works with JavaScript switched off, because it counts with an image. | Free | None | 6.6 |
| 18 | Ackee A self-hosted analytics node you can deploy in an evening and forget about. | Free | None | 6.3 |
No. 7
Swetrix
Open-source cookieless analytics with error tracking and session replay built in.
Open source and self-hosted7.1/10
No. 8
Matomo
Eighteen years old, feature for feature a match for Google Analytics, and yours to host.
Open source and self-hosted7.0/10
No. 10
GoatCounter
Deliberately tiny, deliberately free, and honest about being neither polished nor ambitious.
Open source and self-hosted6.9/10
No. 13
Shynet
Analytics that works with JavaScript switched off, because it counts with an image.
Open source and self-hosted6.6/10
No. 18
Ackee
A self-hosted analytics node you can deploy in an evening and forget about.
Open source and self-hosted6.3/10