beehiiv vs Simple Analytics

beehiiv is a web platform for running publications and managing email audiences. It includes email automation, audience segmentation, landing pages, and A/B testing. The free Launch plan supports 2,500 subscribers, unlimited email sends, one team member, and three publications. Scale costs $43/mo (annual) and supports 100,000 subscribers, unlimited sends, up to three team members, and three publications. Max costs $96/mo (annual) and supports 100,000 subscribers, unlimited sends, unlimited team members, and ten publications. Enterprise is listed for 100,000+ subscribers with custom publication limits, but no price is provided. beehiiv was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, New York, United States. The service uses a freemium model, so a publication can start on the free tier before choosing a paid plan. Plan differences center on subscriber capacity, collaborators, and publication counts, while the listed Launch, Scale, and Max plans all include unlimited email sends.

Simple Analytics gives website owners and marketing teams pageviews, referrers, campaign data, and events without cookies or personal data. It shows where visitors come from and how they browse, including when they reject consent. Teams can track clicks, form submissions, downloads, custom interactions, goals, and multi-step funnels. Weekly or monthly email reports, embeddable live visitor stats, CSV downloads, and APIs provide ways to share or retrieve results. The service says it stores no IP addresses, uses no persistent identifiers, and does not follow users across sites. Analytics data is hosted in the Netherlands, encrypted in transit and at rest, and not transferred outside the EU. Integrations include WordPress, Webflow, Squarespace, Wix, Ghost, Cloudflare, Netlify, Google Tag Manager, Looker Studio, and Power BI. The free plan is free and includes one user, five websites, and one month of history; data older than 30 days is deleted. Self-serve costs £20 a month. A 14-day trial requires no credit card; trial users can use advanced features without restrictions.