🆚 GoatCounter vs. Pirsch Analytics

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Web analytics tool
Web analytics tool

About

GoatCounter is an open-source web analytics platform available as a free donation-supported hosted service or self-hosted app.

Pirsch Analytics is a privacy-focused web analytics solution that provides cookie-free tracking and full compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR privacy regulations.

It features real-time dashboard metrics for page views and referrers, customizable event tracking, funnel and goal analysis, tag-based segmentation, REST APIs and webhooks, team management with sharable dashboards, and German hosting with strict privacy-by-design data handling.

Headquarters

Ireland
Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️Open source
Standard$6/month
Plus$12/month
EnterpriseCustom

Categories

Analytics › Rank #104
Analytics › Rank #101

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Pirsch Analytics tool is as popular as GoatCounter.
Total websites

Market share

Analytics

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Pirsch Analytics is more popular in Germany, Belgium, and India, while GoatCounter is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
United States
Germany
Belgium
India
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Switzerland
Canada
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Pirsch Analytics is more popular among sites focused on business, public information, and marketing and merchandising, while GoatCounter is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, Internet services, and technical, business forums sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Internet Services
Public Information
Technical/Business Forums
Software/Hardware
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Education/Reference
Technical Information

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#5,480
#28,261
#48,651
#48,658
#52,134
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Name
Rank
#8,382
#51,857
#61,743
#64,478
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See also

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