Clicky vs GoatCounter
No leader: the top candidate Clicky has only 0.18 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for web analytics. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Clicky
A real-time web analytics platform that tracks website visitor behavior and engagement without cookies or persistent identifiers. It emphasizes GDPR compliance by default, offers detailed visitor logs, uptime monitoring, video analytics, and conversion tracking capabilities.
GoatCounter
Not documented yet.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Clicky
Free tier up to 100,000 pageviews/month. Paid plans from $9.99/month. All new accounts get 21-day free trial of premium features.
- FreeFree
- All the basics
- Content/Searches/Referrers
- Basic segmentation
- Customizable dashboard
- API access
- +2 more
- Pro$9.99/month or $79.99/year (save 33%)
- Spy
- Sub-user accounts
- Segments
- Track outbound links
- Organizations
- +15 more
- Pro Plus$14.99/month or $119.99/year (save 33%)
- All Pro features
- Heatmaps
- Uptime monitoring
- Pro Plus Premium$19.99/month or $159.99/year (save 33%)
GoatCounter
Free hosted service; self-hosted version also available
- GoatCounter.comFree
- Privacy-aware tracking without unique user identifiers
- Fine-grained data collection control
- JavaScript or tracking pixel integration
- REST API access
- Logfile parsing from web servers
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Clicky
Not documented yet.
GoatCounter
- nginx
- Apache
- Caddy
- CloudFront
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.