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What does analytics really cost you?

Set your monthly traffic and rank every privacy-friendly analytics tool by your real monthly bill — cheapest first. Then learn when "free" is the trap.

How much will analytics actually cost you?

Set your monthly traffic — see the real monthly price across 24 privacy-friendly analytics tools, cheapest first. No email.

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⚠️ GA4 is free at any volume — but it samples data above 10M events/mo, won't process PII, and needs a cookie-consent banner in the EU. The tools below avoid all three.

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Tool	Your cost / mo	Plan	Per year	Hosting
	free DIY

Costs are monthly-billing list prices. verified = checked against the vendor's live pricing page; est. = modelled from published anchor prices, confirm before purchase. Self-host (DIY) estimates assume a small VPS (~$8–20/mo) you run yourself. Prices last reviewed Jun 2026.

Cheapest managed plan

Aptabase $10/mo

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Best free option

Cabin $0

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Cheapest self-hosted

Counter.dev $0

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