Compare digistats Analytics and SEAL Metrics on capabilities, jurisdiction, assurance, and fit for European buyers.
Both listed as alternatives to: Google Analytics
Switzerland· Web Analytics
Needs review
Shortlist digistats when you want managed Swiss cookieless analytics with multi-site, events, API, and CSV on every listed tier and you accept SaaS-only operations. Skip when you need self-host/OSS, GA4-depth product analytics, or published ISO 27001/SOC 2—consider Plausible, Simple Analytics, Pirsch, or Matomo instead.
Spain· Web Analytics
Needs review
Shortlist when European eCommerce or hospitality teams need cookieless full-traffic capture and last-click ROAS they can align with finance—without GA4 Consent Mode as the measurement backbone. Skip when you need self-host or open source, session replay and product analytics depth, or a certified ISO/SOC package today—consider Plausible, Simple Analytics, Pirsch, or Matomo-based hosts instead.
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| Feature | digistats Analytics | SEAL Metrics |
|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | Switzerland | Spain |
| Category | Web Analytics | Web Analytics |
| Open source | No | No |
| Self-hosted | No | No |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Spain |
| Legal entity | digistats Analytics Ltd., Täfernstrasse 2A, CH-5405 Dättwil AG (UID CHE-296.235.462) | SealMetrics (Spain; exact registered company name not found on public imprint) |
| Governing law | Swiss law; venue Bremgarten AG (per AGB) | Spain (Terms of Service; courts of Barcelona) |
| US parent / control | No known US parent | No known US parent |
| CLOUD Act exposure (indicative) | Medium | Medium |
| Hosting / residency | Privacy policy: customer data processed/stored in Switzerland, not in the USA or outside the EU; pricing lists Switzerland Data Center. Hosting provider legal name not in a public subprocessor list. Payment subprocessors: Stripe, Inc. (USA) and Coinbase (crypto; German entity listed in AGB). | Customer analytics app, DB, and backups: Dublin, Ireland (EU data center, provider not named publicly). Subprocessor: Cloudflare for CDN/DDoS on encrypted transit at EU edge locations; vendor states no analytics data at rest on Cloudflare and no US cloud storage of customer analytics. |
| Summary | Swiss cookieless web analytics SaaS from digistats Analytics Ltd.: realtime traffic, city-level geo, events, and multi-site dashboards without storing cookies, IPs, or fingerprints. | Spanish cookieless web analytics for European eCommerce: first-party capture, Dublin EU storage, last-click revenue and ROAS without consent-dependent tags. |
| Tags |
| At a glance | digistats Analytics | SEAL Metrics |
|---|---|---|
| HQ | Dättwil AG, Switzerland | Spain (Spanish law; Barcelona courts per Terms) |
| Legal entity | digistats Analytics Ltd. (CHE-296.235.462) | Not listed |
| Hosting | Switzerland data center (host brand not named publicly) | Dublin, Ireland — EU data center; Cloudflare edge transit |
| Deployment | Managed SaaS only | Not listed |
| Open source | No | No |
| Commercial model | Free low-traffic tier + pageview-based subscription | Not listed |
| Founded | Not listed | 2020 (vendor how-it-works page) |
| Model | Not listed | SaaS; event-volume plans; free agentic tier + trial |
| Self-host | Not listed | No |
| Key capabilities | digistats Analytics | SEAL Metrics |
|---|---|---|
| Cookieless tracking | Yes | Yes |
| No stored visitor IPs | Yes | Not listed |
| Swiss data center | Yes | Not listed |
| Unlimited websites | Yes | Not listed |
| API + CSV export | Yes | Not listed |
| Managed SaaS | Yes | Not listed |
| EU-hosted (Dublin) | Not listed | Yes |
| Revenue / ROAS focus | Not listed | Yes |
| Real-time dashboards | Not listed | Yes |
| DPA included | Not listed | Yes |
| SaaS only | Not listed | Yes |
Cookieless script without stored IPs or fingerprints
Vendor docs describe a sub-1 kB tag that measures traffic without cookies, without retaining visitor IPs (IP used only for live geo lookup), and without fingerprinting—aimed at sites that want analytics without a consent banner for non-essential cookies.
Realtime dashboard with geo, tech, events, and channels
Live visitor and pageview views plus city-level geography, browser/OS/device signals, custom conversion events, referrer/search/social acquisition, landing pages, and continuous site reachability (online status)—enough for content and marketing ops, not a full product-analytics suite.
Ad-blocker-resistant capture (vendor claim)
Marketing materials contrast digistats with Google Analytics being stripped by major blockers and state digistats is not blocked by common ad-block extensions. Useful for traffic completeness debates; treat as first-party claim until you validate on your stack.
Multi-site SaaS with API, email reports, and CSV on every tier
Published plans include unlimited websites and events, API access, email reports, Swiss data-center storage, and CSV export—even on the free low-traffic tier—so agencies can run multiple client properties without plan-gated feature cliffs.
Swiss entity and Swiss analytics data center
Operated by digistats Analytics Ltd. (Dättwil AG); privacy policy commits to storing customer data in Switzerland. Managed hosting only—no self-hosted edition in public materials.
846-byte first-party cookieless pixel
Install a tiny first-party script on your domain that logs pageviews without cookies, localStorage, or fingerprinting. Designed so ad blockers that target third-party analytics domains hit less often. Benefit: fuller traffic capture for teams stuck with consent-gated tags; trade-off: aggregate and channel metrics rather than person-level journey stitching.
Last-click revenue and ROAS attribution
Attributes conversions and revenue to channels, campaigns, and landing pages with last-click models the vendor positions as CRM-alignable. Built for eCommerce and hospitality media decisions—not generic pageview vanity charts. Limits: not a full multi-touch marketing mix model out of the box; validate against your CRM as the case studies do.
Real-time promo and campaign dashboards
Live views of revenue, channels, campaigns, and products during Promo Days so media teams can reallocate spend the same day. Suited to peak-load retail calendars. Constraint: value depends on tagging microconversions and keeping UTM hygiene; not a substitute for warehouse-grade BI alone.
LENS private AI on full capture
Optional LENS layer answers growth, risk, and wasted-spend questions in plain language against SealMetrics data (vendor states exclusive private AI on Enterprise tiers). Useful when analysts are scarce. Caveat: AI outputs are assistive—confirm high-stakes budget cuts against raw reports and offline finance data.
MCP and AI-assisted provisioning
Hosted MCP endpoint and docs let teams spin up accounts, pixels, and reports from AI coding assistants instead of a pure UI-only onboarding path. Speeds evaluation for engineering-heavy stacks. Still SaaS-only—there is no self-hosted SEAL Metrics server to run in your VPC.
EU Dublin storage with exports
Vendor documents processing and backups in Dublin, Ireland, with TLS 1.3, AES-256 at rest, and roughly 24-month analytics retention. API and BigQuery-style exports support dual-running with GA4. Hosting operator is described generically as an EU data center; Cloudflare sits on the transit path only.
| Assurance & compliance | digistats Analytics | SEAL Metrics |
|---|---|---|
| Independent security / no-logs audit | Not found Vendor claims no IP storage and no fingerprints; no public third-party audit PDF found. | Not found Vendor mentions regular security audits and independent legal audits; no public third-party audit PDF found on site/docs. |
| ISO 27001 | Not found Not claimed on reviewed pages. Host partner ISO 14001 (environmental) is not an ISMS cert. | Not found Data location docs list ISO 27001 as planned, not certified. |
| SOC 2 / SOC 3 | Not found | Partial Vendor docs list SOC 2 Type II as in progress — not a completed public report. |
| GDPR / EU data protection | Vendor claimed Swiss entity; privacy policy cites DSG and GDPR/DSGVO, cookieless design, Swiss storage. Not legal advice. | Vendor claimed Spanish entity; cookieless architecture; EEA processing claims; DPA published. Legal conclusion remains for counsel. |
| US CLOUD Act exposure (indicative) | Partial Swiss Ltd, no known US parent, analytics residency claimed in Switzerland; billing via Stripe, Inc. (US) and Coinbase. EuropeanStack assessment — not a vendor certification. Not legal advice. | Partial EU entity / no known US parent; analytics at rest in Dublin. Cloudflare (US group) processes TLS transit at EU edge. Not legal advice. |
| Data processing agreement (B2B) | Partial Privacy policy describes Art. 28-style processing on behalf of customers; dedicated public DPA download not found — request signed DPA. | Vendor claimed Public DPA page; vendor states standard DPA with every plan, custom on Enterprise. |
| EU AI Act | Not applicable Web analytics product; not positioned as an AI system product. | Not applicable Core product is measurement analytics; optional LENS private AI is a feature—confirm classification if heavily relied on for automated decisions. |
| Considerations & known limitations | digistats Analytics | SEAL Metrics |
|---|---|---|
| No public independent security audit | Medium Cookieless and no-IP claims are first-party only. Security questionnaires that require audit reports will need vendor outreach or a different product. | Not listed |
| US-linked payment subprocessors | Medium AGB names Stripe, Inc. (San Francisco) for cards and Coinbase for crypto. Billing and account data may leave the pure Swiss analytics path even if telemetry stays in Switzerland. | Not listed |
| Hosting provider not named publicly | Low Switzerland data-center claim without a published host legal name or full subprocessor list complicates transfer and residual-risk assessments. | Low Docs say EU data center in Dublin without naming the cloud or colo operator. Ask for the concrete provider in the TPSR pack. |
| No self-host or open-source path | Medium Cannot pin collector versions, run fully air-gapped, or satisfy hard self-host mandates. Operational dependency on digistats uptime and roadmap. | Not listed |
| Registration path may be restricted | Low At research time the login UI stated registrations were disabled and /developers redirected to login. Confirm trial and API access before scheduling migration. | Not listed |
| US-group edge subprocessor (Cloudflare) | Not listed | Medium Even with Dublin storage, Cloudflare sits on encrypted traffic. Procurement that bans any US-group vendor in the path will need a written exception or alternative edge posture. |
| ISO/SOC not fully certified yet | Not listed | Medium SOC 2 in progress and ISO planned per vendor docs. Enterprise security questionnaires may block until reports are available under NDA. |
| Consentless claim is architectural, not a warranty | Not listed | Medium Vendor argues no personal data / no cookies so analytics need no banner. Other scripts on the same site and national guidance still matter—get DPO sign-off. |
| SaaS-only, proprietary pipeline | Not listed | Low No self-host path. Mitigate with API/BigQuery export and dual-running with GA4 during evaluation. |
When: You need open-source and optional self-hosting with a large community
Consider: Plausible Analytics or Matomo
Plausible is cookieless SaaS + self-host; Matomo is the full self-host suite.
When: You want another lightweight EU cookieless SaaS without Swiss seat as a requirement
Consider: Simple Analytics or Pirsch Analytics
NL and DE peers in the same category band.
When: You need enterprise analytics, tag manager, and formal compliance packaging
Consider: Piwik PRO or Matomo Cloud
Heavier stacks with more modules and B2B assurance artifacts.
When: You are comparing global privacy-analytics brands rather than Swiss residency
Consider: Fathom Analytics
Different ownership and data-path story—verify residency independently.
When: You need open-source or self-hosted cookieless analytics
Consider: Plausible Analytics (self-host Community Edition) or Matomo
SEAL Metrics is SaaS-only with no public source license.
When: You want simple privacy-first page analytics without eCommerce ROAS tooling
Consider: Simple Analytics or Pirsch Analytics
Lighter EU privacy analytics peers; less paid-media attribution depth.
When: You need managed Matomo with Swiss hosting or enterprise on-prem options
Consider: Friendly Analytics
Matomo ecosystem plugins and heatmaps vs SealMetrics proprietary ROAS focus.
When: You need Google Ads-native reporting and free-tier product analytics breadth
Consider: Google Analytics 4
Different sovereignty and consent trade-offs; often kept alongside SealMetrics.