Compare digistats Analytics and Trackboxx on capabilities, jurisdiction, assurance, and fit for European buyers.
Both listed as alternatives to: Fathom Analytics, Google Analytics, Matomo
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.
Germany· Web Analytics
Needs review
Shortlist Trackboxx when you want German-operated, cookie-free hosted analytics with ecommerce and agency-friendly public dashboards. Skip when you need self-host/open-source control or GA-class product analytics—consider Plausible (self-host option) or Matomo instead.
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| Feature | digistats Analytics | Trackboxx |
|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | Switzerland | Germany |
| Category | Web Analytics | Web Analytics |
| Open source | No | No |
| Self-hosted | No | No |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Germany |
| Legal entity | digistats Analytics Ltd., Täfernstrasse 2A, CH-5405 Dättwil AG (UID CHE-296.235.462) | Trackboxx / Christian Pust (sole trader imprint; Halberstadt seat, Grönwohld branch) |
| Governing law | Swiss law; venue Bremgarten AG (per AGB) | Not listed |
| 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). | Visitor analytics: TK Enterprises Ltd infrastructure in First Colo Frankfurt. CDN: BunnyWay d.o.o. (Slovenia). Payments: Paddle.com Market Ltd (UK). Email/newsletters: Amazon SES (AWS; EU regions primary, possible US). Chat on marketing site: Userlike UG (Germany). |
| 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. | German cookie-free web analytics SaaS: day-rotating hash tracking, ecommerce and UTM dashboards, hosted analytics in Frankfurt with a published B2B DPA. |
| Tags |
| At a glance | digistats Analytics | Trackboxx |
|---|---|---|
| HQ | Dättwil AG, Switzerland | Halberstadt / Grönwohld, Germany |
| Legal entity | digistats Analytics Ltd. (CHE-296.235.462) | Trackboxx / Christian Pust (imprint) |
| Hosting | Switzerland data center (host brand not named publicly) | Not listed |
| Deployment | Managed SaaS only | Not listed |
| Open source | No | No |
| Commercial model | Free low-traffic tier + pageview-based subscription | Pageview packages; free tier + trial; Paddle checkout |
| Product type | Not listed | Managed web analytics SaaS |
| Self-host | Not listed | No |
| Analytics hosting | Not listed | First Colo, Frankfurt (via TK Enterprises Ltd) |
| Key capabilities | digistats Analytics | Trackboxx |
|---|---|---|
| Cookieless tracking | Yes | Not listed |
| 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 |
| Cookie-free tracking | Not listed | Yes |
| Germany-operated | Not listed | Yes |
| Frankfurt analytics hosting | Not listed | Yes |
| E-commerce analytics | Not listed | Yes |
| B2B DPA available | Not listed | Yes |
| Managed SaaS | 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.
Cookie-free day-hash session tracking
No analytics cookies. Same-day visitor correlation uses hashes of IP, user agent, site ID, and a daily rotating signature (page hashes also include host/path). Hashes expire within 24 hours so multi-day visitor histories and IP recovery are not available by design.
Traffic, channel, and live visitor dashboards
Dashboards cover visits, pageviews, bounce rate, dwell time, devices/browsers, geo down to city, channel mix including AI traffic, outbound link clicks, live visitors on a short refresh interval, and period-over-period comparisons without a heavy analyst UI.
E-commerce funnels and revenue breakdowns
Shop metrics include products sold, cart abandonment, add-to-cart style signals, checkout funnel visibility, and revenue by channel and location—aimed at operators who need store KPIs without a full GA4 ecommerce implementation.
UTM, goals, GSC keywords, and public reports
Campaign UTMs, conversion goals (including auto goals), optional Google Search Console keyword views, shareable public dashboards (URL or iframe), and PDF reports support marketers and agencies who need client-facing summaries.
CMS and shop plugins plus GA import
Documented integrations include WordPress, Shopware, Shopify, JTL, and ePages. Help center also covers script install, excluding own IP/paths, ads tracking patterns, and importing historical Google Analytics data when migrating.
| Assurance & compliance | digistats Analytics | Trackboxx |
|---|---|---|
| Independent security / no-logs audit | Not found Vendor claims no IP storage and no fingerprints; no public third-party audit PDF found. | Not found No public third-party audit PDF or cert registry entry found on primary pages. |
| ISO 27001 | Not found Not claimed on reviewed pages. Host partner ISO 14001 (environmental) is not an ISMS cert. | Not found No ISO 27001 claim found on imprint, help center, or DPA materials reviewed. |
| SOC 2 / SOC 3 | Not found | Not found No SOC 2/3 report referenced on public trust materials reviewed. |
| GDPR / EU data protection | Vendor claimed Swiss entity; privacy policy cites DSG and GDPR/DSGVO, cookieless design, Swiss storage. Not legal advice. | Vendor claimed German controller imprint; cookie-free hash model; public DPA; processing described as EU/EEA. Vendor asserts DSGVO fitness—confirm with counsel for your site stack. |
| 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 sole-trader operator, no known US parent; analytics hosting claimed in Frankfurt. Partial/medium because privacy policy names Amazon SES (AWS) for email with possible US transfers; payments via UK Paddle. 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 Free AV/DPA offered at order and as PDF; annex lists hosting, Paddle, BunnyWay. |
| EU AI Act | Not applicable Web analytics product; not positioned as an AI system product. | Not applicable Web analytics SaaS; not an AI system product for AI Act high-risk classification purposes. |
| Considerations & known limitations | digistats Analytics | Trackboxx |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Medium Procurement teams that require cert packs will need questionnaires, DPA annex review, and possibly NDA materials beyond the public site. |
| 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. | Not listed |
| 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. | Low Managed SaaS only. Policies that mandate customer-operated infrastructure need a different product. |
| 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 |
| Consent banner claim is vendor legal opinion | Not listed | Medium Trackboxx argues legitimate interest and no opt-in for its cookie-free tracker alone, while noting some DPOs disagree. Other tags on the site can still force banners. Treat as diligence input, not a legal certificate. |
| Amazon SES on email path | Not listed | Medium Privacy policy discloses AWS SES for system/newsletter email with possible US transfers. Distinct from Frankfurt analytics storage, but raises residual US-group process exposure for account communications. |
| Same-day hash limits multi-day user journeys | Not listed | Low By design you cannot rebuild long-lived individual visitor histories across days. Teams needing identity-resolution analytics will find this a hard product limit. |
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 cookieless EU analytics with an official self-host path
Consider: Plausible Analytics (Cloud or Community Edition)
Trade Trackboxx ecommerce/plugin depth for open-source deployability.
When: You want maximal privacy minimalism and a very small surface area
Consider: Simple Analytics
Simpler feature set; less ecommerce and shop-plugin emphasis than Trackboxx.
When: You need deep self-hosted analytics or on-prem control
Consider: Matomo or Piwik PRO-class platforms
Heavier ops and UI; stronger fit for full data residency under your infrastructure.
When: You depend on Google Ads identity graphs, Audiences, and free unlimited scale
Consider: Google Analytics
Keep GA only with full consent/transfer diligence; not a privacy substitute for Trackboxx.