16 Best Open Source Cloudflare Analytics Alternatives in 2026

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PostHog

Open-source product analytics suite.

PostHog is a product analytics suite with event analytics, funnels, retention, experiments, feature flags, and session recording, available self-hosted or in PostHog Cloud. The repository is MIT except for the ee directory, which has its own license.

Pricing: Free to self-host the open-source parts; the cloud has a free tier and usage-based pricing.

• Broad product analytics with experiments and flags
• Session recording and surveys
• Very large community
• The ee directory has a separate license
• Self-hosting at scale is heavy

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Umami

Privacy-focused web analytics — simple, fast, no cookies.

MIT-licensed alternative to Google Analytics and Matomo. Real-time dashboard, event tracking, custom reports, and PostgreSQL/MySQL support.

Pricing: Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted; Umami Cloud offers a paid hosted plan.

• Extremely lightweight and fast to self-host
• Clean, simple real-time dashboard
• Fewer advanced features than Matomo (no heatmaps or session replay)
• Smaller plugin/integration ecosystem

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Plausible

Lightweight, cookie-free web analytics.

Plausible is an AGPL-3.0 web analytics tool that is lightweight, cookie-free, and privacy-focused. It can be self-hosted as the free Community Edition or used as a paid hosted service, and it focuses on simple traffic reports rather than product analytics.

Pricing: Paid hosted plans; free self-hosted Community Edition.

• Tiny script and simple dashboard
• No cookies
• Self-hostable
• Fewer features than Matomo or PostHog
• Self-hosted edition lacks some hosted features

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Matomo

Open web analytics — full data ownership, GDPR-compliant.

GPL-3.0 alternative to Google Analytics with heatmaps, session recording, A/B testing, and a tag manager. Self-host or matomo.cloud.

Pricing: Free and self-hosted (GPL-3.0); Matomo Cloud offers paid hosted plans.

• Most feature-complete: heatmaps, session recording, A/B testing
• Strong GDPR-compliance track record
• Heavier to self-host and maintain than Umami
• Interface is more complex, closer to GA4's learning curve

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Rybbit

Cookieless web analytics with session replay.

Rybbit is an AGPL-3.0 open-source, privacy-friendly web analytics tool with real-time data, session replay, and Core Web Vitals, which is cookieless and can be self-hosted.

Pricing: Free to self-host; the cloud is paid.

• Cookieless and privacy-friendly
• Session replay and Core Web Vitals
• Fast-growing project
• Web analytics rather than deep product analytics
• AGPL-3.0 license

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Fathom Lite

Simple, privacy-focused website analytics.

Fathom Lite is the previous open-source version of Fathom Analytics, an MIT-licensed, privacy-focused web analytics tool built with Go and Preact. Its authors say they are no longer adding features and only fixing bugs, and today's Fathom is a paid hosted product.

Pricing: Free to self-host the Lite edition; Fathom's hosted product is paid.

• Simple and privacy-focused
• No cookie banners needed
• MIT license
• Legacy edition with no new features
• Focused on website stats, not product analytics

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OpenPanel

Cookieless web and product analytics — self-hostable Mixpanel alternative.

AGPL-3.0 analytics with funnels, cohorts, session replay, and 16 SDKs. ClickHouse-powered queries, GDPR-compliant tracking, and an identical cloud/self-hosted feature set.

Pricing: Free and open source (AGPL-3.0), self-hosted; a hosted cloud plan is also available.

• Product analytics (funnels, cohorts, session replay), not just pageviews
• Identical feature set on cloud vs. self-hosted
• Newer project with a smaller community
• ClickHouse dependency adds self-hosting complexity

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Countly

Analytics and engagement platform for apps and the web.

Countly is a privacy-first analytics and engagement platform for mobile, web, and desktop applications, with real-time monitoring and crash reports, available in a free Community edition and a paid Enterprise edition. The free edition is covered by the Countly Lite license, which is not a standard open-source license and restricts non-commercial use.

Pricing: Free Lite edition under its license; Enterprise is paid.

• Mobile, web, and desktop analytics
• Crash reports and real-time monitoring
• Cloud and self-hosted options
• Custom license that restricts commercial use
• Enterprise features are paid

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Open Web Analytics

Self-hosted web analytics with heatmaps.

Open Web Analytics is a GPL-2.0 self-hosted web analytics platform with dashboards and heatmaps, integrations for WordPress and MediaWiki, and a plugin architecture. It is older and has a smaller community than newer tools.

Pricing: Free and open source.

• Heatmaps and click tracking
• WordPress and MediaWiki integration
• Plugin architecture
• Dated interface
• Smaller community

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Litlyx

Cookieless web analytics with custom events and funnels.

Litlyx is an Apache-2.0 web analytics tool with cookieless tracking, custom events, and funnels, with a free tier on its hosted service. Its last commit was in December 2025, so development has slowed.

Pricing: Free tier on the hosted service; check the website for paid plans.

• Cookieless analytics with events and funnels
• Apache-2.0 license
• Self-hostable code
• Development slowed since December 2025
• Primarily web analytics

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Swetrix

Privacy-first analytics with session replay and error tracking.

Swetrix is an AGPL-3.0 privacy-first analytics platform that adds session replay, error tracking, and A/B testing to web analytics. It can be self-hosted, and the hosted version is a paid service with a trial.

Pricing: Free to self-host; hosted plans are paid.

• Session replay and error tracking
• Cookieless
• Self-hostable
• Smaller community
• Broader scope than simple analytics

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Databuddy

Cookie-free product analytics for startups.

Databuddy is an AGPL-3.0 analytics platform that tracks visitors, events, funnels, and goals without cookies, with a lightweight script and real-time dashboards. It is a young project, so check its marketing claims against your own tests.

Pricing: Free to self-host; hosted plans are paid.

• Cookie-free tracking
• Funnels and goals
• Lightweight script
• Young project
• Smaller community

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Vemetric

Web and product analytics with funnels and journeys.

Vemetric is an AGPL-3.0 web and product analytics tool with funnels, user journeys, and heatmaps. It is currently in open beta with early-adopter pricing.

Pricing: Early-adopter pricing during open beta; check the website.

• Funnels, user journeys, and heatmaps
• AGPL-3.0 and self-hostable
• Active development
• Open beta
• Small community

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Betterlytics

GDPR-oriented web analytics with session replay.

Betterlytics is an AGPL-3.0 web analytics tool with session replay, funnels, error tracking, Core Web Vitals, and uptime monitoring, which is cookieless, with an EU-hosted cloud or self-hosting with Docker. It is a very young project.

Pricing: Free to self-host; the EU-hosted cloud is paid.

• GDPR-focused with session replay
• Self-hosted with Docker
• Several tools in one
• Very young project with about 180 stars
• Primarily web analytics

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Prisme Analytics

Self-hosted, privacy-focused analytics written in Go.

Prisme Analytics is an AGPL-3.0 self-hosted web analytics service written in Go, built on ClickHouse. The last commit in the repository was in February 2026 and it has about 134 stars, so activity is low.

Pricing: Free to self-host.

• High-performance Go service
• Privacy-focused
• Self-hosted
• Low recent activity
• Small community

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HitKeep

Single-binary self-hosted analytics.

HitKeep is an MIT web analytics tool shipped as a single binary with an embedded DuckDB, with roles and hardware-key login. It is cookieless and has no external dependencies, but it is very young, with about 100 stars.

Pricing: Free to self-host; managed option available.

• Single binary, no external database
• Cookieless tracking
• Role-based access
• Very young project
• Small community