Self-hosted alternatives to GoatCounter

InsightFlare

Cookie-free web analytics with funnels, UTM reports and real-time visitors, hosted in your own Cloudflare account

What a GoatCounter user would miss

It has no pixel or log-file tracking; detailed data is kept for one year unless you add an R2 archive bucket.

What it adds

Data stays in your Cloudflare account, and it adds bot request observation.

• Yes Counts visits without cookies or IDs. No cookies; about 3 KB script.
• Yes Lightweight script of about 3.5 KB. About 3 KB gzipped.
• Yes Browser, screen, location, referrer stats. Pages, referrers, UTM, geo, device, OS, screen size.
• Yes Campaign tracking. Referrer, channel and UTM reports.
• Yes Custom events. Custom events with JSON properties.
• No Tracking without JavaScript. Script only.
• Yes CSV and JSON export. CSV export of report tables.
• Yes JSON API. API v1 with scoped keys and OpenAPI file.

Sources:github.com/RavelloH/InsightFlare/blob/main/.github/readme/README.en.md

Traks

Cookie-free website analytics with live visitors and history in R2, installed into your account by a web wizard

What a GoatCounter user would miss

It has no data export; it covers script size information and pixel or log-file tracking only in part; it needs Workers Paid and uses Pipelines and R2 SQL, which its README calls open beta.

What it adds

Data stays in your Cloudflare account, and history is kept in R2.

• Yes Counts visits without cookies or IDs. No cookies; one t.js tag.
• Partly Lightweight script of about 3.5 KB. One t.js tag; size not stated.
• Yes Browser, screen, location, referrer stats. Pages, sources, UTM, locations, devices.
• Yes Campaign tracking. Referrers, UTM fields and an AI sources tab.
• Yes Custom events. Events with properties and a value.
• Partly Tracking without JavaScript. HTTP event endpoint; no pixel or logs.
• No CSV and JSON export. No CSV export found.
• Yes JSON API. API tokens with read or manage scope.

Sources:github.com/shivamanupadi/traks#readme

Edgemetry

Cookie-free web analytics for your own sites, built on one Worker and one D1 database sized for the free tier

What a GoatCounter user would miss

It has no pixel or log-file tracking or data export; it covers custom events and stats API only in part; its README puts the Workers Free ceiling near 20,000 visits a day.

What it adds

Data stays in your Cloudflare account, and daily rollups are never deleted.

• Yes Counts visits without cookies or IDs. No cookies or visitor ID; about 2.1 KB script.
• Yes Lightweight script of about 3.5 KB. About 2.1 KB.
• Yes Browser, screen, location, referrer stats. Pages, referrers, UTM, country, browser, OS, device.
• Yes Campaign tracking. Referrer and UTM breakdowns.
• Partly Custom events. Named events; no properties.
• No Tracking without JavaScript. Script only.
• No CSV and JSON export. CSV export is on the roadmap.
• Partly JSON API. JSON endpoints need a login; no keys.

Sources:github.com/hayaran/Edgemetry#readme

Counterscale

Cookie-free web analytics you host in your own Cloudflare account, with tracker and dashboard in one Worker

What a GoatCounter user would miss

It has no custom events or stats API; it covers script size information and all breakdowns only in part; the dashboard shows only the last 90 days that Analytics Engine keeps.

What it adds

Data stays in your Cloudflare account, and history is copied to R2.

• Yes Counts visits without cookies or IDs. No cookies or fingerprinting; one script tag.
• Partly Lightweight script of about 3.5 KB. One script; size not stated.
• Partly Browser, screen, location, referrer stats. No entry or exit pages, OS or screen size.
• Yes Campaign tracking. Referrer table and five UTM tables.
• No Custom events. Pageviews only.
• Partly Tracking without JavaScript. Server-side module; no pixel or logs.
• Partly CSV and JSON export. R2 Arrow rollups; no CSV export.
• No JSON API. No public API.

Sources:github.com/benvinegar/counterscale#readme