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Analytics without cookies is a count, not a profile.
This page is the “without cookies” explainer. The job is a count, not a profile. Most “privacy” tags still drop a cookie, a localStorage id, or a fingerprint that survives the week. Cookie Free Analytics does none of that. Category page: cookieless analytics. Pageviews, sources, landing UTMs. Not a user graph.
What you still get
Pageviews, sources, campaigns, devices, a live count, goals you name. Not a user graph, not a replay, not an ads audience. The dashboard is the product — see the live demo.
Who this is for
Sites that were told they need Google Analytics, then spent a year fighting a banner. Publishers who lost the reject pile. European products that do not want Virginia plus a DPA. If you buy Google Ads, keep GA4 for ads and add this for the unblocked count — migrate without ripping GA out.
Close cousins
Plausible, Simple Analytics, and Fathom are the same job. We compete on price, Frankfurt, and a published formula — not on pretending they set cookies. Longer definition: what cookieless analytics means.
Can I run analytics without cookies?
Yes. Cookie Free Analytics does not set a cookie, a localStorage id, or a lasting fingerprint. It records that a page loaded. Same-day visitors are hashed on the server and the salt is deleted at midnight.
Do I still need a cookie banner?
Not for this script’s pageviews, in the usual EU reading — there is nothing to consent to on the client. Your counsel still owns the final call. We do not pretend to be a law firm.
Is this the same as Google Analytics without cookies?
No. GA4 is built around a client id and an ads graph. Consent mode still waits. If you need Google Ads, keep GA. If you want the visits the banner threw away, add Cookie Free Analytics next to it.
Questions
- Can I run analytics without cookies?
- Yes. Cookie Free Analytics does not set a cookie, a localStorage id, or a lasting fingerprint. It records that a page loaded. Same-day visitors are hashed on the server and the salt is deleted at midnight.
- Do I still need a cookie banner?
- Not for this script’s pageviews, in the usual EU reading — there is nothing to consent to on the client. Your counsel still owns the final call. We do not pretend to be a law firm.
- Is this the same as Google Analytics without cookies?
- No. GA4 is built around a client id and an ads graph. Consent mode still waits. If you need Google Ads, keep GA. If you want the visits the banner threw away, add Cookie Free Analytics next to it.