vs Pirsch
Germany builds good analytics. So do we, for less.
Pirsch is cookieless, made in Germany, API-first, and priced from a low entry tier. Cookie Free Analytics is the same job with a published power-law and no event tax.
| Cookie Free Analytics | Pirsch | |
|---|---|---|
| 10k views / mo | €4 | from ~$6 |
| 100k views / mo | €9 | Higher paid tier |
| Cookies | No | No |
| API | Read API + MCP, Starter+ | A product feature |
| Funnels | Growth: linear, same UTC day | Plus, up to 8 steps |
| Hosted | Frankfurt + Ireland | Germany / EU |
| Free plan | Full product + badge | Trial |
What they actually are
Pirsch sells privacy-friendly web analytics to developers who want a proper API and EU hosting without operating Matomo. Standard plans have started around $6/month at 10k pageviews. That is a peer, not a punchline.
When to pick them
You want their API, their server-side kit, or a German vendor your counsel already wrote a memo about.
When to pick us
You want the cheaper published curve, a hobby plan that is the real dashboard, and EU regions on the same kind of privacy promise.
The honest bit
Their API and server-side story is more mature. If you are building on top of analytics, read their docs first. If you are reading a dashboard once a week, price matters more.
Questions
- Is Cookie Free Analytics a Pirsch alternative?
- Yes for cookieless pageviews in the EU. Pick Pirsch if their server-side kit is the product. We ship a hashed Bearer read API and MCP on Starter — dashboard aggregates, not a user graph.
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