GoatCounter vs Jetpack Stats
GoatCounter
goatcounter.com
Jetpack Stats
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| Figure | GoatCounter | Jetpack Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 6 |
| Spec score · Web analytics tools | 8.0 (#74) | 9.1 (#9) |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Ireland | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Integrations | The documentation lists integrations for Gatsby, Publii, Schlix, WordPress, and Write.as. | Stats can surface WooCommerce orders, refunds, shipping, and product trends, and monitor Jetpack Ads earnings; Blaze can promote content across WordPress.com and Tumblr from Stats. |
| Privacy | It does not track users with unique identifiers and the maker says it does not need a GDPR notice. | Jetpack says Stats supports GDPR compliance and does not show site owners data that explicitly identifies an individual viewer. |
| Support | Support is available by email at [email protected] or through public GitHub issues. | The Stats paid plan includes priority support, while the free plan listing does not include it. |
Plans
GoatCounter
- Hosted servicePrice not published
- GoatCounter.com hosted serviceFree
- Self-hostedFree
Jetpack Stats
- FreeFree
- Pay what you wantPrice not published
- Paid StatsPrice not published
- StatsFree
- Stats FreeFree
- Stats Paid€7.95 a year
In their own words
GoatCounter
GoatCounter has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Jetpack Stats
Jetpack Stats provides a dashboard for understanding website audiences, traffic, and content performance. It reports real-time visitors, likes, comments, referrers, visitor countries, link clicks, video plays, and file downloads. Content views include top posts and pages, author performance, publishing trends, 7-day Highlights, and Year in Review. Stats can also show subscriber counts and social follower totals, surface WooCommerce orders and product trends, and monitor Jetpack Ads earnings. The free Jetpack mobile app supports monitoring on iOS and Android, while the product is also listed for web and API use. Jetpack says Stats can be used alongside Google Analytics on the same WordPress installation, and that data can be downloaded as CSV. Data retention is unlimited. The pricing model is freemium, with a free plan; the listed Free plan costs nothing. Free Stats is described as for personal sites, while paid Stats starts at 10,000 monthly site views. Jetpack is among Automattic’s products; Jetpack has operated since 2005, and its headquarters are in San Francisco, California, USA.