Pirsch Analytics
German cookie-free analytics hosted entirely on Hetzner in Germany. Built by a two-person team in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, GDPR-compliant out of the box with no extra setup required.
Quick facts
Headquarters Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany
Company Emvi Software GmbH
Founded 2019
Ownership Independent
Hosting 🇩🇪 Germany
Infrastructure Hetzner (Germany)
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source Partial
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Paid · from €6/mo
Free tier No
Platforms Web, Self-hosted
Languages
ENDE
95 · Certified European
Try Pirsch Why does it score 95?
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30Ownership & control
Independent ownership
25/25Data sovereignty
European cloud (hetzner)
25/30Accountability & trust
Partially open source + GDPR
10/15Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors
+5EuroPoints total
95/100
See how they compare
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Certified European
Legal jurisdiction
Ownership & control
Data sovereignty
Accountability & trust
Independence bonus
Headquarters
Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany
Wellington, New Zealand
Tartu, Estonia
Founded
2019
2007
2018
Open source
Partial
Full
Full
Infrastructure
Hetzner (Germany)
Own infrastructure
Hetzner (Germany)
GDPR
Free tier
Pricing
Paid · from €6/mo
Open-core · from Free
Paid · from €9/mo
Platforms
Web, Self-hosted
Web, Self-hosted
Web, Self-hosted
Languages
en, de
en, fr, de, es, pt, it, nl, pl
en
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