Simple Analytics
Dutch privacy-first analytics with no cookies, no fingerprinting and no IP logging. Data stays on Dutch servers. Used by 30,000+ websites including government organisations.
Quick facts
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
Company Simple Analytics B.V.
Founded 2018
Ownership Independent
Hosting 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Infrastructure Own infrastructure
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source Partial
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Paid · from €9/mo
Free tier No
Platforms Web
Languages
EN
100 · Certified European
Try free Why does it score 100?
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30Ownership & control
Independent ownership
25/25Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure
30/30Accountability & trust
Partially open source + GDPR
10/15Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors
+5EuroPoints total
100/100
See how they compare
Simple Analytics
Matomo
Plausible AnalyticsEuroPoints
Certified European
Mostly European
Certified European
Legal jurisdiction
Ownership & control
Data sovereignty
Accountability & trust
Independence bonus
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wellington, New Zealand
Tartu, Estonia
Founded
2018
2007
2018
Open source
Partial
Full
Full
Infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Hetzner (Germany)
GDPR
Free tier
Pricing
Paid · from €9/mo
Open-core · from Free
Paid · from €9/mo
Platforms
Web
Web, Self-hosted
Web, Self-hosted
Languages
en
en, fr, de, es, pt, it, nl, pl
en
What does it replace?
Google Analytics 
Fathom 
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#3
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