Ask HN: Best independent web analytics tools?

7 points by widforss 8y ago ↗ HN

I'm looking for a good web analytics tool for my website, but want to avoid the big players to take my small responsibility in balancing the market. It should be web based and non-local for convenience and the price fair for the value they add to the site. What service am I looking for?

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philippz 8y ago ↗

If you really want to quit Google Analytics, WebTrekk, etc. you might want to go with the open source solution Piwik: https://piwik.org/

I haven't used it the past few years. But seems they made good progress.

hsxd 8y ago ↗

I recently installed Piwik for a client, and I was very impressed with the progress they had made. I like it way more than any other analytics tools I’ve used.

assafmo 8y ago ↗

piwik is awesome! and with docker it's extra easy.

widforss 8y ago ↗

I will try them out!

ApolloRising 8y ago ↗

What are the requirements? Are you doing campaign tracking? GEO IP location important to you? Are you trying to integrate with outside analysis tools like Tableau? Transaction tracking?