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Data as of Oct 18, 2026Based on 375 AI responsesReviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky

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Plausible Analytics holds a clear lead as the primary recommendation for lightweight, cookie-free web metrics and transparent visitor counting. Matomo and Plausible Analytics share the spotlight when buyers need enterprise deployment options like self-hosting, data retention controls, and comprehensive bot filtering.

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Rank and Mentioned in · since Jul 5

#	Brand	Recommended for	Mentioned in
1	Plausible Analytics 88% lightweight, cookie-free traffic metrics with simple dashboards and EU data residency	lightweight, cookie-free traffic metrics with simple dashboards and EU data residency	88%
2	Matomo 78% self-hosted deployment, full data ownership, and deep feature-complete reporting	self-hosted deployment, full data ownership, and deep feature-complete reporting	78%
3	Fathom Analytics 50% simple, cookie-free tracking and fast dashboards without complex setup	simple, cookie-free tracking and fast dashboards without complex setup	50%
4	Simple Analytics 50% cookieless tracking focused on clean dashboards and bypassing ad blockers	cookieless tracking focused on clean dashboards and bypassing ad blockers	50%
5	Umami 47% lightweight open-source tracking and privacy-preserving self-hosted analytics	lightweight open-source tracking and privacy-preserving self-hosted analytics	47%
6	PostHog 26% deeper product analytics, funnels, and behavioral tracking with GDPR compliance	deeper product analytics, funnels, and behavioral tracking with GDPR compliance	26%
7	Google AnalyticsAlphabet product line 24% legacy comparison benchmark often cited for its complex feature set	legacy comparison benchmark often cited for its complex feature set	24%
8	OpenPanel 8% privacy-friendly tracking options alongside broader product telemetry	privacy-friendly tracking options alongside broader product telemetry	8%
9	Prometheus 6% technical metrics collection in specialized backend and infrastructure setups	technical metrics collection in specialized backend and infrastructure setups	6%
10	Apitally 5% lightweight backend API usage monitoring and privacy-first request analytics	lightweight backend API usage monitoring and privacy-first request analytics	5%
11	OpenTelemetry 5%		5%
12	Piwik PRO 5%		5%
13	Grafana 5%		5%
14	Cloudflare Web AnalyticsCloudflare product line 4%		4%
15	Pirsch 4%		4%
16	Moesif 4%		4%
17	ClickHouse 3%		3%
18	Grafana OSSGrafana product line 3%		3%
19	Swetrix 3%		3%
20	Humblytics 3%		3%
21	Usermaven 2%		2%
22	Mnemar 2%		2%
23	Wazlytics 2%		2%
24	Cookiebot 2%		2%
25	Mixpanel 2%		2%
26	Treblle 1%		1%
27	TWIPLA 1%		1%
28	Cloudflare 1%		1%
29	Grafana LokiGrafana product line 1%		1%
30	Matomo Cloud 1%		1%
31	Fathom 1%		1%
32	Imperva 1%		1%
33	Levo AI 1%		1%
34	Litlyx 1%		1%
35	Envoy Proxy 1%		1%
36	TelemetryDeck 1%		1%
37	GoatCounter 1%		1%
38	Datadog 1%		1%
39	GoAccess 1%		1%
40	Vector 1%		1%
41	Lokker 1%		1%
42	Traceable AI 1%		1%
43	GoodMetrics 1%		1%
44	PureStats 1%		1%
45	SigNoz 1%		1%
46	Pomelo Analytics 1%		1%
47	Flowsery 1%		1%
48	Grafana CloudGrafana product line 1%		1%
49	Tyk 1%		1%
50	Grafana TempoGrafana product line 1%		1%
51	Cabin 1%		1%
52	Countly 1%		1%
53	Adobe AnalyticsAdobe product line 1%		1%
54	NginxOwned by F5 1%		1%
55	Elastic StackElastic product line 1%		1%
56	Analyse 1%		1%
57	UserMetric 1%		1%
58	Google Cloud BigQueryAlphabet product line 1%		1%
59	Traefik 1%		1%
60	Google Search ConsoleAlphabet product line 1%		1%
61	Google StoreOwned by Alphabet 1%		1%
62	SEAL Metrics 1%		1%
63	Zuplo 1%		1%
64	Ahrefs Web AnalyticsAhrefs product line 1%		1%
65	Postman 1%		1%
66	Vemetric 1%		1%
67	Amplitude 1%		1%
68	Apache SupersetApache Software Foundation product line 1%		1%
69	Glancelytics 1%		1%
70	WordPress 1%		1%
71	Next.jsVercel product line 1%		1%
72	Stripe 1%		1%
73	Google Tag ManagerAlphabet product line <1%		<1%
74	Siteimprove <1%		<1%
75	New Relic <1%		<1%
76	Kong GatewayKong product line <1%		<1%
77	PostHog Cloud EUPostHog product line <1%		<1%
78	API Analytics by Tom Draper <1%		<1%
79	Kobbe <1%		<1%
80	Skyflow <1%		<1%
81	Seline <1%		<1%
82	etracker <1%		<1%
83	Open Web Analytics <1%		<1%
84	Triple Whale <1%		<1%
85	TinyAnalytics <1%		<1%
86	Imperva API SecurityImperva product line <1%		<1%
87	ChatGPT WorkOpenAI product line <1%		<1%
88	Nameless Analytics <1%		<1%
89	Publytics <1%		<1%
90	etracker Analyticsetracker product line <1%		<1%
91	Sarus Technologies <1%		<1%
92	Cometly <1%		<1%
93	Funnelboard <1%		<1%
94	Contentsquare <1%		<1%
95	AWStats <1%		<1%
96	Apache APISIXApache Software Foundation product line <1%		<1%
97	Fingerprint ProFingerprint product line <1%		<1%
98	OpenMeter <1%		<1%
99	Stape <1%		<1%
100	Hardal <1%		<1%

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ChatGPT SearchGoogle AI Mode

Widest split: Umami, 67% on ChatGPT Search and 26% on Google AI Mode.

Mentioned in on each AI engine, by brand
Brand	ChatGPT Search	Google AI Mode
Plausible Analytics	95%	81%
Matomo	89%	67%
Fathom Analytics	47%	53%
Simple Analytics	51%	49%
Umami	67%	26%
PostHog	29%	24%
Google Analytics	26%	23%
OpenPanel	11%	5%
Prometheus	6%	5%
Apitally	2%	8%

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