GoatCounter
The facts below are what the maker publishes about GoatCounter, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From GoatCounter's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Hosted service | — | Free for reasonable public usage · Donation-supported hosted service |
| GoatCounter.com hosted service | Free | Personal websites and small-to-medium businesses are fine · millions of pageviews/day are not · Free for reasonable public usage; donations accepted via GitHub Sponsors. |
| Self-hosted | Free | Self-hosting is available for any purpose · The open-source app can be self-hosted; no price is stated on the page. |
The facts
Each one read from GoatCounter's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- The interface is designed to work with assistive technology such as screen readers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- It reports browser, location, screen size, referring sites, and campaign statistics.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API
- The JSON API can manage sites and users, export data, and support custom dashboards; its documented rate limit is 4 requests per second.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Data deletion
- Deleting an account permanently deletes its data, though some data may remain in backups for up to 30 days.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The privacy policy says GoatCounter does not store IP addresses, full User-Agent headers, or tracker IDs, and does not store tracking data in browser cookies or local storage.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The privacy policy says data is stored on Hetzner Online GmbH servers in Finland and Germany, and the service is operated by Martin Tournoij in Ireland.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Event tracking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Exports
- Users can export all data, and the API documentation includes CSV export endpoints.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation lists integrations for Gatsby, Publii, Schlix, WordPress, and Write.as.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The maker describes GoatCounter as a middle ground for useful, privacy-respecting statistics and says it is not intended to cover every analytics use case.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable tracking limit
- The tracking pixel cannot record referrers or screen size and may increase bot requests.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- It does not track users with unique identifiers and the maker says it does not need a GDPR notice.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- GoatCounter is an open-source web analytics platform offered as a free donation-supported hosted service or a self-hosted app.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- Support is available by email at [email protected] or through public GitHub issues.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Tracking options
- Sites can use a JavaScript script, a JavaScript-free tracking pixel, backend middleware, or imported server logfiles.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Irelandchecked 28 Sep 2026
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