Piwik PRO vs Simple Analytics (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Simple Analytics grades higher than Piwik PRO: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Piwik PRO grades higher on features. Simple Analytics grades higher on the free plan, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Piwik PRO
Privacy-focused analytics suite with tag and consent management
Simple Analytics
Cookieless web analytics hosted in the EU
Which one is for you
Pick Piwik PRO if
- Fits if you need analytics, tags and a consent banner from one EU-friendly vendor
- Works for a company that must choose where its data is hosted
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, since only the 30-day trial is free
- Tight if you're near 2M monthly actions or 20 domains, which cap Business
- Pricey if you need CSV exports to BigQuery, S3 or SFTP, extended retention or onboarding, all paid add-ons
- Watch out: the page lists euros and gives the Business price no billing period
Pick Simple Analytics if
- Fits if you want a single page of traffic numbers with no cookie banner
- Works for someone leaving GA4 who wants to run both side by side
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to follow individual visitors, as it records pageviews with no visitor IDs
- Tight if you stay free: 1 month of history and a badge shown on your site
- Pricey if you add team members, at $20 a month each
- Watch out: bills from $500 paid by bank transfer carry an extra 10% in fees
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAPiwik PROFair | 2.6GPASimple AnalyticsGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBusiness is €36 a month and up, roughly $39, in the middle of the analytics range. Enterprise starts at €366 a month, billed annually. | C$20 a month for up to 100k pageviews, with extra users $20 a month each. That's just above the analytics cheaper quarter of $16.58. |
| Free plan and trial | C30-day trial of Business with no card. No free plan. | BFree plan: 1 user, 5 websites and unlimited pageviews under fair use. It keeps 1 month of history and requires a badge. There's also a 14-day trial with no card. |
| Features | BWeb and mobile analytics, tag manager, consent manager, data activation and anonymous tracking. Raw data is API only on Business, and exports are paid add-ons. | CCookie-free pageviews and events, one-page dashboard, API and BI access, Google Analytics import and EU hosting. It does that job fully, but it doesn't follow individual users. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It's a full suite with tags and consent rules to configure. | BNo store rating on record. You paste in a script and read one page, with nothing to build. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with Google Ads and Search Console connections listed. | BWeb only, but it works with WordPress, Webflow, Squarespace, Wix, Ghost, Cloudflare, Netlify and Google Tag Manager, plus an API. |
| Best for | privacy-first analytics with a tag manager | simple, cookie-free site stats |
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: Piwik PRO and Simple Analytics. How we grade
Price against what you get
Piwik PRO starts at about $40.22 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Simple Analytics starts at $20 a month and scores 2.7.
Simple Analytics scores higher and starts $20.22 a month lower. Of the other website and product analytics tools on the chart, 13 score higher than Piwik PRO for less, and none scores higher than Simple Analytics 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
- Piwik PRO also covers dashboards.
At a glance
| Piwik PRO | Simple Analytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | €36 per month and up, billing basis not shown | $20 per month for up to 100k pageviews |
| Free plan | None | 1 user, 5 websites and unlimited pageviews under a fair-use policy, with 1 month of history and a badge required. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of Business, no credit card required | 14-day free trial of all features, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Piwik PRO | Simple Analytics B.V. |
| Price read from | piwik.pro | simpleanalytics.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Piwik PRO
- Prices on the page are in euros, and the Business price carries no billing period.
- Business is capped at 2M monthly actions and 20 domains; raw data access there is API only.
- CSV exports to BigQuery, S3 or SFTP, extended retention and onboarding are paid add-ons.
- Enterprise has no published total: the page gives a starting figure and a quote form.
Simple Analytics
- The free plan keeps only the latest month of data and requires a Simple Analytics badge on the site.
- The price follows pageviews, and the paid plan includes one user; extra users are $20 a month each.
- Bills from $500 can be paid by bank transfer, with an extra 10% in banking and service fees.
- It records pageviews and events without visitor IDs, so it does not follow individual users across visits.
Key features
Piwik PRO
- Analytics for web and mobile
- Ecommerce tracking, customer journey analytics, product analytics and custom reports and dashboards, with no data sampling by default.
- Tag Manager
- A tag management module is part of the suite, with server-side tracking and tagging listed among the use cases.
- Consent manager
- A consent management platform covers 1 to 20 domains on Business and scans up to 5,000 subpages.
- Data activation
- Visitor data can be sent on to other tools; Business allows 300 profiles a month, and unlimited activation is an add-on.
- Hosting and compliance options
- Business runs in EU-operated hosting in Sweden. Enterprise adds data centers in several regions, US HIPAA-compliant Azure and private cloud.
- Anonymous tracking
- The vendor says its anonymous tracking still records visits when users decline cookies, and it lists GDPR, CCPA and HIPAA support.
Simple Analytics
- No cookies, no personal data
- The service says it sets no cookies, collects no personal data and creates no visitor IDs, so it does not need a consent banner.
- One-page dashboard
- Traffic is shown on a single dashboard that needs no configuration, with a public live dashboard available to view as an example.
- Run beside GA4
- Can run next to Google Analytics 4 to record pageviews and events from visitors who reject consent, so the two datasets can be compared.
- API and BI access
- A full API and exports let teams pull the data into their existing reporting tools. An MCP server and an AI assistant are also listed.
- Google Analytics import
- Historical Google Analytics data can be imported so reporting does not restart from zero after a switch.
- EU hosting
- Data is stored in the EU, with primary infrastructure in the Netherlands, and leaves it only when a customer opts into a feature such as the AI assistant.
Plans
Piwik PRO
Business€36
per month and up, billing basis not shown
Euro prices. Up to 2M monthly actions across 20 domains, 25 months of retention and EU-operated hosting in Sweden.
Enterprise€366
per month, billed annually, and up
Euro prices. Three tiers from 1M actions a month with global hosting, SSO, a BAA and dedicated support; sold through sales.
Simple Analytics
Free$0
For hobby sites: 1 user, 5 websites, the latest month of data and a required Simple Analytics badge.
Self-serve$20
per month for up to 100k pageviews
Price follows pageviews, up to 2.5M on the slider. Includes 1 user; each extra user is $20 a month. Annual billing shows 2 months free.
EnterpriseCustom
Quoted for your traffic, sites, data access and support needs; tied to a 30-day proof of concept run alongside GA4.
Ways to pay less
Piwik PRO
No public discounts listed.
Simple Analytics
- Annual discount
2 months free on annual billing
The pricing page shows an annual payment option labelled 2 months free; the yearly total depends on the pageview limit you pick.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Piwik PRO or Simple Analytics?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Simple Analytics is cheaper to start with: $20 a month, against about $40.22 a month for Piwik PRO. Piwik PRO starts at €36 per month and up, billing basis not shown, and Simple Analytics starts at $20 per month for up to 100k pageviews.
Which has a free plan, Piwik PRO or Simple Analytics?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Simple Analytics has a free plan. Piwik PRO does not, though it has a free trial.
More comparisons
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.