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Comparison

Simple Analytics vs PostHog

Simple Analytics

simpleanalytics.com

Worth it
Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you run a small site, blog, or SaaS and want GDPR-compliant, cookie-free traffic stats without GA4 complexity.

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Pick Simple Analytics when

  • Small business sites and blogs
  • Privacy- and GDPR-sensitive sites
  • Indie and bootstrapped founders
  • Teams ditching GA4 complexity

When Simple Analytics is not a fit

  • Product teams needing funnels, cohorts, retention . use PostHog or Mixpanel
  • Paid-ads marketers needing Google, Meta, or LinkedIn attribution
  • Enterprises wanting predictive metrics or complex audience segmentation
  • GA4 power users who live in deep custom reports

Sources

  1. Simple Analytics . official sitesimpleanalytics.com
    official
  2. Simple Analytics Pricingsimpleanalytics.com
    official
  3. Simple Analytics Securitysimpleanalytics.com
    security
  4. Data Security and Ownership . docsdocs.simpleanalytics.com
    security
  5. G2 Reviewsg2.com
    review
  6. Capterra Reviewscapterra.com
    review
  7. GetApp Pricing & Reviewsgetapp.com
    review
  8. Analytics-Alternatives review (no funnels/cohorts)analytics-alternatives.com
    review
  9. PrettyInsights deep-dive (missing ads integrations)prettyinsights.com
    review
  10. StackFix review (limited core functionality)stackfix.com
    review
  11. FirstSales review (advanced features complaint)firstsales.io
    review
  12. Reddit r/SideProject user threadreddit.com
    review
  13. Starter Story bootstrap breakdownstarterstory.com
    news
  14. TrustMRR revenue ($47,135 last 30 days)trustmrr.com
    news
  15. OpenAlternative . open-source alternativesopenalternative.co
    review