Counter
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Counter, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Counter's own pricing page, checked 13 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pay when ready | Free | No plan limits stated · No payments are enforced; Counter asks users to consider paying what they want. |
The facts
Each one read from Counter's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Aggregated analytics
- Counter says visitor data is stored anonymously as aggregated statistics and that it does not keep individual visitor data points.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Analytics dimensions
- The privacy policy lists statistics including device, referral website, browser, country, operating system, screen size, preferred language, and pages visited.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Counter says historical archives retain daily data permanently, while shorter-period statistics are deleted after a time period.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Hosting location
- Counter says it uses Linode-hosted server resources and services in Frankfurt, Germany.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Counter's help pages list integration guides for WordPress, Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, and Backdrop CMS.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Counter says its source code is published under the AGPL-v3 license.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Privacy claims
- Counter says its analytics use no cookies, logging, or IP address fingerprinting.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Product
- Counter describes itself as simple, privacy-friendly web analytics.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Referrals
- Counter shows which other websites link to a tracked website.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Counter's repository README links to a separate project for self-hosting Counter.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Support
- The tracking guide says users can contact Counter's support team for integration assistance.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Tracking setup
- Users add the tracking code to the HTML pages they want to track, and tracked data is grouped by domain.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Visitor metrics
- Metrics are based on unique visitors per day.checked 13 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2026
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