Histats review (2026): is it any good?
Free web stats, visitor tracking and hit counters
Histats report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for free hit counters and visitor stats
Histats is a free stats service with live counts, hit counters and a log analyzer, for up to 300 sites per account. Support is through a forum or Facebook, and the log analyzer covers only the last 20,000 hits.
Who Histats is for
- Fits if you run several small sites and want free stats
- Works for people who want a visible hit counter on the page
Who Histats is not for
- Tight if you need support, as it is a forum or Facebook
- Watch out: the log analyzer covers only the last 20,000 hits
- Watch out: the site lists no paid tier, so no business support terms are published
- Watch out: check its privacy and cookie policies before using it where consent rules apply
Why Histats gets a 2.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for moneyFree for every feature, with no paid tier, and the features page says no limits up to 10 million hits a day.
- AFree plan and trialFree outright, with up to 300 sites per account and no cap a normal person would reach.
- CFeaturesReal-time stats, traffic reports, tags and custom events and counters cover the basics, but the log analyzer only keeps 20,000 hits.
- CEase of useA snippet to add to each site and a control panel to set up, and no store rating on record.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no integrations or apps listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Histats's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Histats's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 85 of the 100 other website and product analytics tools we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 95 of 100) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0).
Histats has no paid plan.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 101 website and product analytics tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Histats’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 87 of 100, level with 13
- AFree plan and trialAbove 95 of 100, level with 5
- CFeaturesAbove 3 of 100, level with 48
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 100, level with 88
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 100, level with 31
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 74 website and product analytics tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Histats, or make your own?
Keep it
Histats is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 85 of the 100 other website and product analytics tools we grade.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A tracking script and a database that counts every visit.
What this rests on. Histats’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Histats?
Histats is a free website statistics service. A tracking code gives real-time visitor data, a log analyzer and reports on referrers, search engines, browsers and locations, and the counter can be hidden or shown in one of several hundred styles. It lists no paid plans.
Worth knowing
- Support is through a forum or Facebook, per the features page.
- The log analyzer covers the last 20,000 hits.
- The service is web-only and the site lists no paid tier, so no business-level support terms are published.
- The site shows a widget opt-out and policy page, so check its privacy and cookie policies before using it where consent rules apply.
Key features
- Real-time statistics
- Online visitors, recent and most active visits, popular pages and referrers, and geolocation update as traffic arrives.
- Log analyzer
- Covers the last 20,000 hits with IP tags, visitor paths and segmentation by IP, country, city, referrer, search keyword, entry page and hardware. Saved filters can be reloaded.
- Traffic reports
- Hourly, daily and monthly analytics for referring sites, search engines, social networks, browsers, operating systems, languages and visited URLs.
- Tags and custom events
- Page titles and tags, custom events and variables, and downloads or clicks can be tracked.
- Counter styles
- A hidden tracker, or a visible counter chosen from 500 or more styles, with configurable starting values.
- Multi-site control panel
- One account manages up to 300 sites, with user access management and privacy settings for each site's stats page.
Histats pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Histats is free to use.
- Starts at
- Free
- Free plan
- Everything is free: the features page says there are no service limits up to 10 million hits a day and keeps statistics for 10+ years.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | All features, up to 300 sites per account, with no service limits up to 10 million hits a day. |
Read from histats.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Histats before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Histats have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Histats is listed for Web.
Does Histats have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Histats is listed for Web.
Is Histats open source?
Histats is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.