Who has a simple alternative to Google Analytics?
I just built a landing page, want to track the standard stuff like page views, time on page, button clicks. I’ve used GA before and obviously it’s free so that’s cool, but wondering if any of you know of or built an alternative with a simpler, easier user experience (ideally with a generous free tier 🤪).
Of course, if it’s something made by a fellow indie hacker, tag them and show some ❤️
Hi) I'd like to tell you a little about myself and how I went from building websites for clients to launching my own SaaS service—and why I stopped trusting GA4!
In the end, I started my own company!
Sounds fancy. Reality wasn't. Analytics…
It was:
• Clients asking "why numbers don't match"
• Analytics dashboards nobody trusted
• GDPR emails every few months
• Cookie banners everywhere
• And GA4… always GA4
Every site I launched had the same problem: analytics data never felt real.
Pageviews were lower than expected. Funnels didn't make sense.
Marketing decisions were based on "best guesses."
So I built CheckAnalytic.com—slowly, alone, after client work, without a roadmap slide deck.
What I wanted was simple:
• No cookies
• No consent banners
• No legal anxiety
• Numbers I can trust
• Setup that takes minutes, not hours
Not an "enterprise solution."
Not a “GA4 replacement”.
Just analytics that works for founders who actually ship.
Simple Analytics, Fathom and Plausible are all made by indie hackers and worthy of a look at.
+1 for plausible, iv been using them for a month now.
Awesome, I’ll check these out!! Thx 🙏
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Cool! I’ll add these to the list of stuff to try. Have you used any of these urself?
i‘m building splitbee.io and we offer a free plan for websites with less than 5k events/month
Let me know if you have any questions
oh nice that's super generous. i'll keep you guys in mind for something to try for my next site :)