MonsterInsights vs Piwik PRO Analytics Suite

MonsterInsights

Figure	MonsterInsights	Piwik PRO Analytics Suite
Price from	$8.29/mo	€36/mo
Free plan	Yes	—
Free trial	—	Yes
Open source	—	—
Web	Yes	Yes
iOS	—	Yes
Android	—	Yes
API	—	Yes
Self-hosted	—	Yes
Plans published	5	2
Spec score · Web analytics tools	8.6 (#26)	9.0 (#12)
Company history	The About page says Syed Balkhi founded MonsterInsights in 2016.	Piwik PRO launched in September 2013 and develops its proprietary Analytics Suite with privacy as a central focus.
Conversion funnels	Yes	Yes
Data retention	unlimited	standard
Ecommerce tracking	Yes	Yes
Event tracking	Yes	Yes
Founded	2016	2013
Free plan	Yes	No
Integrations	The integrations listed include WPForms, Formidable Forms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, Contact Form 7, Pretty Links, ThirstyAffiliates, and AffiliateWP.	Listed integrations include Google Ads, Google Search Console, WordPress, Power BI, Google Sheets, BigQuery, Shopify, and WooCommerce.
Privacy	The maker says Privacy Guard detects and strips personally identifiable information before it reaches Google Analytics, and describes its compliance features for GDPR, CCPA, PECR, and PIPEDA.	The product offers anonymous tracking when users decline cookies, according to the pricing page.
Product	MonsterInsights connects WordPress sites to Google Analytics and displays analytics data inside the WordPress dashboard.	Piwik PRO Analytics Suite combines analytics, tag management, data activation, and a consent management platform.

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