GoatCounter vs Nullitics (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, GoatCounter grades higher than Nullitics: 2.8 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
GoatCounter grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Which one is for you
Pick GoatCounter if
- Fits if you want visitor stats with no personal data collected
- Works for personal sites and small businesses on a budget
Look elsewhere if
- Too light for funnels, heatmaps or recordings
- Skip it if your site gets millions of pageviews a day, as the hosted service is not meant for that
- Watch out: it's funded by donations, so no support commitment is published
- Not for you if you need a paid plan with guarantees
Pick Nullitics if
- Fits if you only want to know how many people visit and from where
- Works for people who want a no-cookie script they can host themselves
Look elsewhere if
- Too light for funnels, session replay or detailed behaviour reports
- Skip it if you want a trial, as none is described
- Watch out: self-hosting means you run the server yourself
- Watch out: the price is shown in euros only, and the cloud has no listed integrations
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAGoatCounterGood | 2.4GPANulliticsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree for personal sites and small-to-medium businesses, or free to self-host. It's donation-supported, with no paid plan. | A1 euro a month flat with no traffic limits, far under 60% of the cheaper quarter ($7.80), and an MIT-licensed build you can run yourself. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree outright, with no cap a normal site would reach. Millions of pageviews a day are out of scope. | CNo trial and no free cloud plan. The only free route is running the open-source build on your own server. |
| Features | CPageviews, referrers, browsers, locations, screen sizes and campaigns, plus exports and an API. It does that job fully, a smaller job than most analytics tools. | CCovers the basics of visitor counting, events and a no-JavaScript mode, but the listing shows no funnels or session replay. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You sign up and add one script, or self-host. | CNo store rating on record. You add a script, or run a binary or Docker container yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with an API and a couple of static-site tools (Gatsby, Publii). | CWeb only, and the cloud service has no listed integrations. |
| Best for | free, privacy-minded visitor stats | a flat 1 euro a month for visitor counts |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: GoatCounter and Nullitics. How we grade
Price against what you get
GoatCounter has no paid plan and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Nullitics starts at about $1.12 a month and scores 2.0.
They score the same, and GoatCounter starts $1.12 a month lower. Of the other website and product analytics tools on the chart, none scores higher than GoatCounter for less, and 2 score higher than Nullitics for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
At a glance
| GoatCounter | Nullitics | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Starts at | Free | €1 per month, flat rate with no limits |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | GoatCounter | Nullitics |
| Price read from | goatcounter.com | nullitics.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
GoatCounter
- The hosted service is meant for reasonable public use; heavy traffic is pointed to self-hosting.
- Funded by donations through GitHub Sponsors, so there is no paid plan or published support commitment.
- A deliberately small feature set; the vendor presents it as a simpler alternative to Google Analytics and Matomo.
Nullitics
- Reports are basic; the page lists visitors, page views, referrers, countries and devices, not funnels or session replay.
- The pricing statement is on the homepage; no free trial is described there.
- The price is stated in euros only; the page names no dollar price.
- Docs cover script install, events, privacy and self-hosting; the cloud service has no listed integrations.
Key features
GoatCounter
- No personal-data tracking
- Visits are told apart without cookies or persistently stored personal data. The vendor says no GDPR notice is needed and lets you control what is collected.
- Light script
- The tracking script adds about 3.5KB to a page. A JavaScript-free tracking pixel is also offered.
- Several ways to send data
- Use the script tag, an image-based tracker, your application's middleware, or import server log files.
- Basic visitor statistics
- Reports show browser, location, screen size, referring sites and campaigns.
- Exports and an API
- All data can be exported, and the documentation lists CSV and JSON exports and a JSON API.
- Accessible interface
- The vendor lists accessibility as a high-priority feature, and says the interface works with screen readers.
Nullitics
- Cookie-free visitor counting
- Counts unique visitors without cookies and without storing IP addresses or other user data.
- Basic metrics
- Reports unique visitors, page views, referrers, countries and device types in a simple view.
- Event tracking and no-JavaScript mode
- The docs cover tracking events and a way to count visits from browsers with JavaScript disabled.
- Lightweight self-hosting
- The open-source version ships as a static binary or Docker container, and the Docker image is under 10 MB.
- Live demo
- The homepage links to a live demo so the reports can be seen before signing up.
Plans
GoatCounter
Hosted service$0
Free for reasonable public usage, such as a personal site or a small-to-medium business. Millions of pageviews a day are out of scope.
Self-hosted$0
Run the open source app on your own server for any purpose; you pay only for your own hosting.
Nullitics
Nullitics Cloud€1
per month, flat rate with no limits
One flat price with no traffic limits. Servers are in the Netherlands.
Self-hosted$0
Open-source MIT-licensed build, run as a static binary, a Docker container or a Go library on your own server.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, GoatCounter or Nullitics?
As of Nov 13, 2026, GoatCounter is cheaper to start with: it is free, against about $1.12 a month for Nullitics. GoatCounter is free, and Nullitics starts at €1 per month, flat rate with no limits.
Which has a free plan, GoatCounter or Nullitics?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only GoatCounter has a free plan. Nullitics does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.