Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to The simplest tiny analytics tool – storywise
I've built a little prototype a long while back, to help me keep track of visitors on my website. I didn't like google analytics for obvious privacy reasons, and I didn't like the existing self-hosted options because of how complicated they are. I always wanted a simple, basic tool, similar to plausible, but even simpler. So a few weeks ago I rebuilt my prototype into a reusable tool. And I made it open source. I built a website, a documentation, and I'd be excited for someone else to try it too. Who knows, maybe if enough people like the idea, I might even make it into a SaaS to save…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. The simplest tiny analytics tool – storywise launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2018 · simpleanalytics.io · its alternatives →
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How I replaced Google tracking with simple log-based analytics on my personal website.
2019 · benhoyt.com · its alternatives →
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Plausible Analyticsfree tier▲500Open source, privacy friendly Google Analytics alternative
2020 · plausible.io · its alternatives →
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Open Analytics▲253Open Analytics is a privacy-first Google Analytics alternative: realtime visitors, funnels and revenue attribution from one lightweight, cookieless script. GDPR-friendly with no consent banner. Open source and self-hostable.
Aug 2026 · getopen.so · its alternatives →
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Automated Insights from your Google Analytics
2021 · cube.dev · its alternatives →
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Plausible Analytics is a privacy-friendly and open source Google Analytics alternative that you can install and self-host on your server.
2020 · plausible.io · its alternatives →
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Fathom Analytics▲472Simple, trustworthy website analytics (finally)
2018 · usefathom.com · its alternatives →
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After months of using Google Analytics I realized only about 50% of people accepted my cookie-popup. I had months of incorrect data for my website. I started looking for alternatives and eventually found Plausible, which is great (and open-source). Problem is, I didn't feel like paying 9$ a month to see the amount of visitors on a website i didn't even earn anything on, it was just a hobby project. Eventually I started making my own web analytics. Which actually isn't that hard. It took me about a month of working on my spare time every now and then. Being GDPR compliant basically means to…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Simple, privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics
2020 · getairefs.com · its alternatives →
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ROAARRR▲182Hey HN, I built ROAARRR because most analytics tools make it hard to get clear answers. You spend hours setting up dashboards and connecting data, but you still don’t really know what drives growth. ROAARRR brings your key data together and shows your funnel from awareness to revenue. You can track product activity, create charts for specific events, and see how changes affect retention and revenue. It’s free to try today. I’d love your feedback, especially on what feels confusing or missing.
Nov 2025 · roaarrr.app · its alternatives →
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Edgemetry▲99I've been building a lot of landing pages and small sites lately, and i wanted analytics on them. Google analytics was the obvious first option, but i didn't want it for privacy reasons. Also, some privacy blockers block them. Plausible was the next best thing, but having a VPS for sites which that doesn't get too much traffic, felt too much. So i built Edgemetry. Its a worker, a bit of frontend, and a D1 database. Everything runs in Cloudflare's free tier. If you've got a site that doesn't get ton of traffic but you still wnat to see your visitors and their actions, give it a go.
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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TinyAnalytics is a lightweight analytics tool (unique visitors count, etc.) - josephernest/TinyAnalytics
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I created this chrome extension for myself where I track my own behavior locally and recommend myself content from platforms I want content from (youtube/twitter/quora/etc) in a feed. I made it public just in case anyone else was interested. I would rather have control over my own algorithm and own the data. Also, it gives me flexibility. Turns out I do like these feeds just not when I don't own it haha. Let me know what you think of my implementation?
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Build your own Google Analytics alternative
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A simple snippet for tracking page views on your website without having to add external libraries. Also works for single page applications made with the likes of react and vue.js.
2018 · minimalanalytics.com · its alternatives →
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Tiny Funnel▲101Funnel analytics you'll actually understand
Aug 2026 · tiny-funnel.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, As an indie hacker, the new Google Analytics (GA4) coming motivated me to look for a straightforward alternative that would also be affordable. I had a few basic product requirements and didn’t want to spend too much to replace a free product. There are a lot of great Google Analytics alternatives out there, but the pricing didn’t seem right. As someone who likes to just build things, many of which aren’t businesses yet, it didn’t make sense to pay for options like Plausible and Fathom out of the gate. So I joined with a friend to build Beam Analytics. Beam gives you all the standard…
2023 · beamanalytics.io · its alternatives →
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