Head to head
Absolutely Analytics vs Pirsch Analytics
Three dollars, and what happens when you go over. Scored on ten weighted measures, with every price read on the same day.
Absolutely Analytics
8.9/10
No. 1 of 30
Pirsch Analytics
7.5/10
No. 3 of 30
Pirsch is the value pick of the cookieless category and it is not a close contest on price. Six dollars a month buys ten thousand pageviews, fifty websites, unlimited team members and unlimited data retention. Twelve dollars adds unlimited websites, funnels, A/B testing, segmentation, custom domains and white labelling. Nothing else on this list offers that combination at that money.
Absolutely Analytics costs nine at the same volume, for one site and one seat. On a spreadsheet Pirsch wins and the comparison looks over.
The verdict
Absolutely Analytics, on two grounds that a spreadsheet will not show you.
The first is behaviour tooling. Pirsch has no heatmaps, no scroll maps and no session replay. Absolutely Analytics includes click, scroll and attention maps from fourteen dollars and offers masked replay as an add-on. If you never want to see where people click, this does not matter and Pirsch is the better buy.
The second matters more and is worth three dollars on its own. Pirsch's published policy stops collecting five days after you exceed your allowance. Not a locked dashboard: collection stops, and the data for that period is gone permanently. Fathom's seven-day lock is harsher on access and gentler on the record, because a locked dashboard is an inconvenience you wait out while a hole in your history is forever, and it will be the hole covering the week your site did best. Absolutely Analytics keeps collecting through the spike and moves you up a rung only after three consecutive months.
Take Pirsch anyway if you are an agency white-labelling dashboards across dozens of client sites with predictable traffic. At that shape, twelve dollars for unlimited sites with funnels and custom domains is genuinely hard to argue with.
Side by side
| Absolutely Analytics | Pirsch Analytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.9 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 |
| Rank on this list | No. 1 of 30 | No. 3 of 30 |
| From | $9 per month | $6 per month |
| What that buys | 10,000 pageviews and custom events a month, rising in eight published rungs to 10M | 10,000 monthly pageviews; fifty websites and unlimited members included |
| Free tier | No free tier. A 30-day trial of the exact tier you picked | No. A 30-day trial, no card required |
| Cookies | None, so no consent banner | None, so no consent banner |
| Script size | 1,270 bytes gzipped | About 1 KB |
| Hosting | Hosted, with a choice of storage jurisdiction | Germany |
| Trading since | 2024 | 2021 |
| Entry price | $9/mo at 10k | $6/mo at 10k |
| Sites on the entry plan | 1 | 50 |
| Team members on the entry plan | 1 | Unlimited |
| Data retention | 3 years, 5 on Business | Unlimited on every plan |
| Heatmaps and session replay | Heatmaps from $14, replay from +$19 | Neither, at any tier |
| Over your allowance | Keeps collecting, dashboard stays open | Collection stops after 5 days, leaving a permanent gap |
| White labelling | Not offered | Extensive, on the $12 Plus tier |
The ten measures, scored
| Measure | Absolutely Analytics | Pirsch Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Insight quality | 9 | 8 |
| Privacy architecture | 10 | 9 |
| Value for money | 8 | 9 |
| Setup and time to data | 10 | 8 |
| Script weight | 10 | 9 |
| Analytical depth | 6 | 7 |
| Behaviour tooling | 8 | 1 |
| Data ownership | 7 | 8 |
| Accuracy | 9 | 7 |
| Vendor conduct | 10 | 4 |
| Weighted overall | 8.9 | 7.5 |
Higher is better. The overall figure is the weighted mean, relative to the 30 tools on this list. How this works.
Which one should you pick
Choose Pirsch Analytics if
You are an agency with many client sites and predictable traffic, and you want white-labelled dashboards for the lowest credible price.
Choose Absolutely Analytics if
Your traffic is spiky, or you want heatmaps, and you would rather not risk a permanent hole in the record.
Common questions
Is Pirsch cheaper than Absolutely Analytics?
Yes, at list price. Pirsch is $6 a month at 10,000 pageviews against $9, and it includes fifty sites and unlimited team members where Absolutely Analytics includes one site and one seat on its entry tier.
What happens when you exceed the allowance?
This is the key difference. Pirsch's published policy stops collecting five days after you go over, which leaves a permanent gap in your data. Absolutely Analytics keeps collecting and keeps the dashboard open, and only moves you to a larger rung after three consecutive months over.
Does Pirsch have heatmaps?
No. Pirsch offers no heatmaps, scroll maps or session replay at any tier. Absolutely Analytics includes click, scroll and attention maps from its $14 Growth tier and sells masked session replay as an add-on from $19.
Which is better for an agency?
Pirsch, on structure. Unlimited websites, unlimited members, custom domains and extensive white labelling on a $12 plan is a shape no other tool here offers, and for client dashboards that usually decides it.
Both entries above are desk reviews written from published evidence, and every judgement is my opinion rather than a statement of fact. Read the full reviews for Absolutely Analytics and Pirsch Analytics, or tell me where I have got something wrong.