Choose GoatCounter if you need
No checked fact sets GoatCounter apart from Simple Analytics yet.
At a glance
- Both have a free plan.
- Simple Analytics offers a free trial (14 days). We haven't confirmed one for GoatCounter.
- Simple Analytics's lowest paid plan is Self-serve at $20 per month, for 100k pageviews, as of October 23, 2026.
- Both list GDPR.
- Only Simple Analytics lists SSO.
- Simple Analytics has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for GoatCounter.
- GoatCounter can be self-hosted. We haven't confirmed that for Simple Analytics.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Simple Analytics if you need
- SSO. We haven't found it on GoatCounter's website.
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- What it does
- GoatCounterEasy web analytics with no tracking of personal data.
- Simple AnalyticsSee the traffic Google Analytics misses
- Free plan
- GoatCounterYes
- Simple AnalyticsYes
- Pricing
- GoatCounterFree, donation supported
- Simple AnalyticsUsage-based, monthly
- Paid plans from
- GoatCounter
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