RybbitL Open source Google Analytics replacement

Post by openplatypus » Thu, May 08, 2025, 12:33 AM UTC

stuartjohnson12 wrote: post #76

openplatypus wrote: post #49

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As a founder in this space, it not as bad as you think. There are niches in this crowded yet broad space. Plausible - good for self-hosting, but their SaaS is very expensive and FOSS vs SaaS offering differ. Ahrefs - they will use your traffic to improve your competitor research, you really should use them cautiously. Matomo - feature rich but can be overwhelming. Posthog - its SaaS is US based so dismissed early by…

> Posthog - its SaaS is US based so dismissed early by EU customers. Posthog has had an EU server for years. I'm not sure what you mean by this.

Post by SchemaLoad » Thu, May 08, 2025, 12:45 AM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #15

Apreche wrote: post #9

For me, the best Google analytics replacement has been nothing. Just don’t do analytics at all. Your web site will still work without it. In fact, it will work better!

That's just not realistic though. People with marketing departments need analytics. Otherwise, they atrophy and reveal to everyone they are not as necessary as led to believe. People without marketing departments probably never look at the logs like you.

Post by internetter » Thu, May 08, 2025, 1:00 AM UTC

Sephr wrote: post #80

Can the creator /user/bill_yang explain this contradiction in the readme? It claims to support tracking unique users, but then immediately afterwards claims not to track users. Do you mean that you don't do any user tracking by default ? > Key Features > - All key web analytics metrics including sessions, unique users , pageviews, bounce rate, session duration > - No cookies or user tracking - GDPR & CCPA compliant

Post by nm980 » Thu, May 08, 2025, 1:19 AM UTC

openplatypus wrote: post #49

nm980 wrote: post #20

The market for Google Analytics alternatives is crowded. There's Plausible, Ahrefs web analytics, onedollarstats.com, PostHog, Matomo, Unami, Grafana, Microsoft Clarity (free at any scale), and so many others. Despite minor differences these products all compete for the same users (e.g. if someone is a PostHog customer they probably won't be using Ahref web analytics) yet most of these companies offer generous free t…

As a founder in this space, it not as bad as you think. There are niches in this crowded yet broad space. Plausible - good for self-hosting, but their SaaS is very expensive and FOSS vs SaaS offering differ. Ahrefs - they will use your traffic to improve your competitor research, you really should use them cautiously. Matomo - feature rich but can be overwhelming. Posthog - its SaaS is US based so dismissed early by…

Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 08, 2025, 1:28 AM UTC

nm980 wrote: post #87

openplatypus wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a founder in this space, it not as bad as you think. There are niches in this crowded yet broad space. Plausible - good for self-hosting, but their SaaS is very expensive and FOSS vs SaaS offering differ. Ahrefs - they will use your traffic to improve your competitor research, you really should use them cautiously. Matomo - feature rich but can be overwhelming. Posthog - its SaaS is US based so dismissed early by…

What's your sales strategy? Is cold calling companies with google analytics installed on their websites more effective than the blog? Have you been able to retain Next.js users after Vercel released Web Analytics?