I have lost count of all the Google Analytics alternatives. It seems there is a new one popping up every week. This is not criticism, but I'm wondering why there are so many people developing their own alternative product.
For me an attractive GA alternative has to be:
- 100% self hosted via Docker containers in Kubernetes
- Able to configure a connection string to a datastore outside my kubes cluster
- One deployment for the data gathering service
- Second deployment for an Admin tool/dashboard
- Provide at least basic metrics around acquisition, user device and location data
Nice to have:
- Open source so people can scrutinise the code before deploying and feed back bug fixes/feature requests, etc.
Can anyone recommend a GA alternative which ticks these boxes?
> This is not criticism, but I'm wondering why there are so many people developing their own alternative product.
Recent privacy laws introduced requirements which Google Analytics can't meet out of the box - at the very least there's is lots of uncertainty. Website owners like to avoid having to annoy their users with consent banners. Of course it's hard to get a definitive answer but it seems using Google Analytics without a consent banner doesn't comply with local regulation in Germany and/or Europe.
For me an attractive GA alternative has to be:
- 100% self hosted via Docker containers in Kubernetes - Able to configure a connection string to a datastore outside my kubes cluster - One deployment for the data gathering service - Second deployment for an Admin tool/dashboard - Provide at least basic metrics around acquisition, user device and location data
Nice to have:
- Open source so people can scrutinise the code before deploying and feed back bug fixes/feature requests, etc.
Can anyone recommend a GA alternative which ticks these boxes?