Analytics tool for a low traffic site?

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if low traffic, most of the analytics website have free tier plan:

Amplitude, Mixpanel, Heap.

for low traffic, I usually recommend using more some heatmap services, to see what user really do in your page.
Because a low number of visits is hardly easy to analyse. It doesn't mean it's not interesting traffic.
For all my nich websites, I'm using hotjar with the heatmap, it's more interesting data than google analaytics to "analyse"

You should use Google Analytics. It ties into search and adwords, retargeting, and more.

For a low-traffic site:

1. you need an analytics tool that lets you see the journey of each individual user. I use Clicky for that.

2. You should use a session-recording tool. HotJar, MouseFlow, etc. It gives you a video playback of what the user did on your site.

Keep in mind that with ad blockers, any particular user can/will block a random combination of your third-party tools. That means that you'll be able to see a recorded session, but the visit might not show up in Clicky. Or vice-versa. Etc.

If you have a bit more time and drive, there are tutorials that explain how to turn your server into a proxy for all the assets and traffic of these third-party tools that get blocked. That way, ad blockers will not be able to recognize them.

Lastly, you can add a bit of code to your backend to track every page view in your own database. That will give you an accurate record of each request.

If just for traffic, then GA.
Although there are tons and tons of other analytics tools out there!

You could try Fathom https://usefathom.com/ It can be self hosted for a small low traffic site.

Which metrics do you need?

Hi,

Google analytics is good enough for a low traffic website. You can also try out Semrush, it is a bit expensive but gives you great insight on traffic metrics. They offer a 7 day free trial.

Woopra

What about Google Analytics I don't see any reason why it cannot be used for that.