# Counterscale review (2026): is it any good? > Self-hosted web analytics that runs on Cloudflare Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Counterscale is MIT-licensed web analytics software that you deploy to your own Cloudflare account with a command-line installer. It reports pageviews, referrers and engagement without cookies or browser fingerprinting, and keeps data for 90 days. - **Category:** Website & Product Analytics - **Made by:** Counterscale - **Website:** https://counterscale.dev - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't have a Cloudflare account, as it needs one. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Counterscale is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-hosted | $0 | Free open-source code; you bring your own Cloudflare account and host it yourself. | Read from https://counterscale.dev on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Counterscale before buying. ## Key features - **Live traffic stats:** Shows pageviews, referrers, user engagement and similar web analytics essentials in a dashboard, with a public demo to browse. - **No cookies or fingerprinting:** The site says it uses no cookies and no browser fingerprinting, and that you control the data end to end. - **Five-minute CLI install:** A command-line wizard deploys the server to Cloudflare, after which a lightweight JavaScript reporter goes on your site. - **Runs on Cloudflare's free tier:** Records up to 50k pageviews a day on Cloudflare's free Workers plan, and scales to millions of views for a small cost. - **90-day data retention:** Data is retained for only 90 days, which limits how far back you can look. ## Good for - Developers already using Cloudflare who want their own analytics - Small sites that need pageviews and referrers, not product analytics ## Worth knowing - Needs a Cloudflare account; costs beyond the free Workers plan are billed by Cloudflare. - Data is kept for only 90 days. - You deploy and update it yourself; there is no hosted version. - Covers web traffic only, with no funnels or session replay listed on the site. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Counterscale is MIT-licensed analytics you deploy to your own Cloudflare account, with pageviews and referrers and no cookies. It keeps data for 90 days, covers web traffic only, and there's no hosted version. - **Value for money: C.** The code is free, but you bring your own Cloudflare account and host it yourself. - **Free plan and trial: B.** No paid plan and no limits listed, but beyond Cloudflare's free tier you pay Cloudflare. - **Features: C.** Live traffic, referrers and engagement. No funnels or session replay, and it's a small job. - **Ease of use: D.** You deploy and update it yourself with a command-line installer. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, running on Cloudflare Workers. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Counterscale's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among website and product analytics tools - Counterscale's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 18 of the 100 other website and product analytics tools we grade, and level with 10. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 72 of 100) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Counterscale has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/analytics ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Counterscale is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 72 of the 100 other website and product analytics tools grade higher. - You could not: A tracking script and a database that counts every visit. - You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Cloudflare Workers **Tags:** Web analytics, Open source, Self-hostable, Dashboards ## Alternatives - [Umami](https://toolgpa.com/tools/umami): Open-source, cookieless web and product analytics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/counterscale-vs-umami) - [Plausible](https://toolgpa.com/tools/plausible): Cookie-free, privacy-first website analytics made and hosted in the EU. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/counterscale-vs-plausible) - [GoatCounter](https://toolgpa.com/tools/goatcounter): Open source web analytics, free and donation-supported. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/counterscale-vs-goatcounter) - [Ackee](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ackee): Self-hosted, cookie-free analytics you run on your own server. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ackee-vs-counterscale) - [Rybbit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rybbit): Open-source, cookieless web analytics with session replay. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/counterscale-vs-rybbit) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://counterscale.dev - https://github.com/benvinegar/counterscale Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/counterscale Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).