Comparisons
Compare the trade-offs, not just the feature lists.
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Evidence-led comparison
Compare the main analytics options
A quick view of the deployment, reporting, AI-era, and product-analytics trade-offs across HitKeep and six widely evaluated alternatives.
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| Feature | HitKeep baselineHitKeep | Google Analytics 4 | Rybbit | Pirsch | Matomo | Plausible | OpenPanel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment and ownership | |||||||
| Managed cloud | AvailableEU or US | AvailableVendor-managed | AvailableEU Germany | AvailableEU-hosted | Available | AvailableEU | AvailableOpenPanel Cloud |
| Self-hosted full product | AvailableSingle Linux binary | UnavailableSaaS only | AvailableDocker Compose stack | Plan-dependentEnterprise on-premise; proprietary | AvailablePHP + MySQL or MariaDB | AvailableCommunity Edition stack | AvailableDocker / application stack |
| Self-hosted software license | MIT | Not applicable | AGPL 3.0 | Commercial | GPL | AGPL 3.0 | AGPL 3.0 |
| External services when self-hosted | None; DuckDB and NSQ embedded | Not applicable | ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, Redis | Not documentedEnterprise requirements not documented | MySQL or MariaDB | PostgreSQL + ClickHouse | PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis |
| Tracking and reporting | |||||||
| Cookieless analytics | AvailableDefault | Plan-dependentRequires configuration and consent controls | Available | Available | Plan-dependentRequires configuration | Available | Available |
| Automatic interaction events | AvailableOutbound clicks, downloads, forms | Plan-dependentEnhanced measurement / event configuration | AvailableConfigurable interaction and error events | Plan-dependentRequires configuration | Plan-dependentPlugin or custom tracking | Plan-dependentRequires configuration | LimitedCustom event tracking model |
| Funnels | Available | Available | Available | Plan-dependentPlus or Enterprise | Plan-dependentPremium plugin | Available | Available |
| Ecommerce / revenue reporting | AvailableGA4-inspired event model | Available | LimitedCustom events | LimitedRevenue through events | Available | AvailableRevenue tracking | AvailableRevenue events |
| Web Vitals reporting | AvailableOpt-in | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Plan-dependentStandard plan or above | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources |
| Google Search Console import | AvailableAggregate rows only | Available | Plan-dependentCloud | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Plan-dependentCloud or premium plugin | Available | AvailableDocumented integration |
| Access and operational reporting | |||||||
| Team single sign-on | Plan-dependentOIDC: Business Cloud; included self-hosted | Google account sign-in | Plan-dependentEnterprise | Plan-dependentSAML on Enterprise | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Plan-dependentSAML 2.0 on Enterprise | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources |
| Scheduled reports | Available | Unavailable | Plan-dependentWeekly reports on Cloud | Available | Plan-dependentPlugin or edition-dependent | Available | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources |
| MCP analytics access | AvailableOptional read-only server | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | AvailableDocumented MCP access |
| Dedicated AI visibility analytics | Available | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | LimitedPartial | LimitedPartial | Not documentedNo dedicated report documented |
| Product analytics depth | |||||||
| Session replay | Unavailable | Unavailable | Plan-dependentPro on Cloud; self-hosted available | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Plan-dependentPremium plugin | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | AvailableOpt-in; masked by default |
| Mobile analytics SDKs | UnavailableWeb-focused tracker and HTTP API | Available | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Available | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Available |
| A/B testing | Unavailable | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Plan-dependentPlus or Enterprise | Plan-dependentPremium plugin | Not documentedNot documented in the reviewed sources | Available |