Last checked October 15, 2026

GoatCounter

GoatCounter counts pageviews and referrers with a very small script. It is EUPL-1.2. There is a hosted service and a self-hosted binary. It will not replace GA4 explorations.

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Website·Source

Free tier

The hosted service has a free tier for non-commercial and small sites. Self-hosting is free. Confirm the current hosted limits on the site. Unverified.

Hosted

No hosted price recorded.

Self-host

Easy. A single Go binary and SQLite or Postgres. About $4–8/mo. Unverified estimate.

Drop-in scores

Replacing Google Analytics100% of the checklist checked.

Sources checked

https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter