# Fathom Analytics vs GoatCounter

| Attribute | Fathom Analytics | GoatCounter |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 60.9 (26% (low)) | 37.5 (23% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 16 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 5,913 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A lightweight analytics platform designed for privacy compliance that replaces complex tools with straightforward traffic reporting. Built to protect visitor privacy while providing essential website performance metrics, with full data retention and GDPR compliance. | - |
| integrations.count | 38 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"WordPress"},{"name":"Shopify"},{"name":"Gatsby"},{"name":"Next.js"},{"name":"Webflow"},{"name":"Ghost"},{"name":"Angular"},{"name":"Google Tag Manager"},{"name":"Google Search Console"},{"name":"Google Analytics Importer"},{"name":"Go High Level"}]` | `[{"name":"nginx"},{"name":"Apache"},{"name":"Caddy"},{"name":"CloudFront"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"CA","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"IE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Up to 500k pageviews","summary":"$45/month for 500k pageviews, 50 sites included","features":["Forever data retention","Saved dashboard views","Shared dashboards","Ecommerce and event tracking","UTM campaign tracking","Automatic bot filtering","Analytics API (600 requests/hour)","No cookie banners required","100% data ownership","Unlimited email reports and exports","Email support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":45,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"sites":"50","pageviews":"500k/month"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional sites (pack of 50)","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"API upgrades","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $15/month. 7-day free trial. No discounts offered.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://usefathom.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:49:31.441Z","freeTrialDays":7,"startingPrice":{"amount":45,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"free","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"GoatCounter.com","summary":"Free for reasonable public usage","features":["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"],"description":"Free for personal websites and small-to-medium business usage","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free hosted service; self-hosted version also available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.goatcounter.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T08:19:08.623Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | free |
| pricing.price_level | mid | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":45,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 23 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.7.0","date":"2025-12-15T19:01:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.6.0","date":"2025-06-08T19:58:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.5.0","date":"2023-12-14T02:58:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.4.1","date":"2022-11-15T23:44:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.4.0","date":"2022-11-08T22:22:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.3.0","date":"2022-10-17T11:47:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.2.3","date":"2022-02-16T19:33:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.2.0","date":"2022-02-16T10:44:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.1.1","date":"2021-12-25T00:50:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.1.0","date":"2021-12-01T20:16:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.0.4","date":"2021-04-13T04:08:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.0.3","date":"2021-04-02T14:23:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.0.2","date":"2021-04-01T23:20:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.0.1","date":"2021-03-30T09:18:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.0.0","date":"2021-03-30T00:36:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc1","date":"2021-03-20T15:03:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v1.4.2","date":"2020-11-10T15:19:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v1.4.1","date":"2020-09-04T03:34:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v1.4.0","date":"2020-08-24T06:55:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter/releases/tag/v1.3.2","date":"2020-07-17T21:09:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.2"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=goatcounter&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Web Analytics)

| Capability | Fathom Analytics | GoatCounter |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Cookieless tracking | - | - |
| GDPR CCPA by design | - | - |
| Self hosted option | - | - |
| Real time dashboard | - | - |
| Custom events goals | - | - |
| Ecommerce tracking | - | - |
| Funnel conversion tracking | - | - |
| Sampled reporting | - | - |
| API data export | - | - |
| Ga4 import tool | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:48:13.138Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*