Compare digistats Analytics and Vantevo Analytics 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.
Italy· Web Analytics
Needs review
Shortlist Vantevo when you want Italian-operated, cookie-less site analytics with a flat dashboard, goals/events, optional GA historical import, and beta ecommerce funnel events under a public DPA. Skip when you need multi-day returning-visitor identity, self-hosting/open source, or enterprise-grade public certifications—consider Plausible/Simple Analytics/Pirsch for lighter peers, or Piwik PRO for self-host/compliance-heavy programs.
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| Feature | digistats Analytics | Vantevo Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | Switzerland | Italy |
| Category | Web Analytics | Web Analytics |
| Open source | No | No |
| Self-hosted | No | No |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Italy |
| Legal entity | digistats Analytics Ltd., Täfernstrasse 2A, CH-5405 Dättwil AG (UID CHE-296.235.462) | Netforce Srl, Via Po' 136/A, 43124 Parma PR, Italy |
| Governing law | Swiss law; venue Bremgarten AG (per AGB) | Italian law (controller established in Italy; Terms governed by place of establishment) |
| 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). | Vendor claims EU servers and EU backups. Public DPA names OVH Datacenter Roubaix and an AWS datacenter for storage/processing. Additional third parties: Stripe (payments), Crisp (support chat), optional Google Analytics and Search Console APIs when customers connect them. |
| 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. | Italian cookie-less web analytics from Netforce Srl (Parma): single-dashboard traffic, events, goals, and ecommerce funnels with EU processing claims and a public DPA. |
| Tags |
| At a glance | digistats Analytics | Vantevo Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| HQ | Dättwil AG, Switzerland | Parma, Italy (Netforce Srl) |
| Legal entity | digistats Analytics Ltd. (CHE-296.235.462) | Not listed |
| Hosting | Switzerland data center (host brand not named publicly) | Not listed |
| Deployment | Managed SaaS only | Not listed |
| Open source | No | Not listed |
| Commercial model | Free low-traffic tier + pageview-based subscription | View-based subscription after free trial |
| Product type | Not listed | Cookie-less web analytics SaaS |
| Self-host / OSS | Not listed | No (SaaS only; not open source) |
| Hosting (public DPA) | Not listed | OVH Roubaix + AWS datacenter; EU processing claims |
| Notable limit | Not listed | No multi-day returning visitors; max 50 sites/account (Terms) |
| Key capabilities | digistats Analytics | Vantevo Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| 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-less tracking | Not listed | Yes |
| Single-dashboard metrics | Not listed | Yes |
| Ecommerce events (beta) | Not listed | Yes |
| GA history import | Not listed | Yes |
| Public DPA | Not listed | Yes |
| Italian operator | 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.
Daily-rotating hash visitor counting (no analytics cookies)
Visitor uniqueness for a day is derived from HASH(salt + domain + IP + User-Agent) with a salt that rotates every 24 hours; IP and User-Agent are not retained after hashing, per the DPA and docs. No cookies, localStorage, or browser cache for the analytics session—and therefore no multi-day new/returning visitor split. Fits privacy-led sites that prioritize aggregate trends over identity graphs.
Single-page traffic dashboard
Unique visitors, sessions, page views, bounce rate, duration, entry/exit pages, geography, devices, languages, referrals, and UTM campaigns appear on one overview without multi-level custom report builders. Aimed at agencies and SMEs that want operational metrics without a full-time analytics specialist.
Custom events, goals, and automatic link/download tracking
Track button clicks, scrolls, form submits, custom event names with metadata, and conversion goals; outbound links and file downloads can be auto-captured with HTML attributes to exclude specific URLs. Useful for content and lead-gen sites measuring meaningful actions without cookie tags.
Ecommerce funnel events (beta script)
Optional vantevo-ecommerce.js records wishlist, view item, cart add/remove, checkout stages, payment type, coupons, variants/categories, and purchase—docs mark the ecommerce section as still in beta. Best for shops that need privacy-oriented funnel visibility and can accept beta maturity.
Universal Analytics import and multi-platform install paths
Connect Google Analytics to import page statistics from January 2018 onward into the same calendar view (with documented metric gaps and API limits). Ship via head script, WordPress plugin, React/Vue/npm packages, Shopify/Wix theme paste, hybrid apps, or server-side event APIs—plus optional Search Console connection for keyword/impression views.
| Assurance & compliance | digistats Analytics | Vantevo Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| 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 no-logs attestation found on security/docs pages searched. |
| ISO 27001 | Not found Not claimed on reviewed pages. Host partner ISO 14001 (environmental) is not an ISMS cert. | Not found No ISO 27001 certificate or registry evidence found on the public site. |
| SOC 2 / SOC 3 | Not found | Not found No SOC 2/3 report referenced on public trust/legal pages. |
| GDPR / EU data protection | Vendor claimed Swiss entity; privacy policy cites DSG and GDPR/DSGVO, cookieless design, Swiss storage. Not legal advice. | Vendor claimed Italian controller (Netforce Srl); cookie-less visitor model and EU hosting asserted on docs/GDPR pages; public DPA available. Vendor “100% GDPR compliant” wording is a claim, not independent legal certification. |
| 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, but DPA lists AWS alongside OVH Roubaix; Stripe and optional Google APIs are US-group services. Not a clean EU-only infrastructure story. 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 at vantevo.io/dpa; Terms state DPA forms part of the main agreement (customer controller, Netforce processor). |
| EU AI Act | Not applicable Web analytics product; not positioned as an AI system product. | Not applicable Web analytics SaaS; not marketed as an AI system product. |
| Considerations & known limitations | digistats Analytics | Vantevo Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 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 No public self-host option. Continuity depends on Netforce operations, OVH/AWS, and export/delete workflows (JSON/CSV return or delete timelines in DPA/Terms). |
| 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 |
| AWS (and other US-group services) in data path | Not listed | Medium Despite Italian HQ and EU hosting marketing, the DPA explicitly stores data at OVH Roubaix and an AWS datacenter. Stripe payments and optional Google integrations add further US-group processors. Organizations with strict “no US cloud” policies need written clarification of regions, SCCs, and residual access risk. |
| No public ISO/SOC or independent audit | Not listed | Medium Shortlisting relies on vendor security measures described in the DPA (encryption, backups, breach notification windows) without published certs or third-party audit reports. Security questionnaires and NDA evidence may be required for regulated buyers. |
| No multi-day visitor identity by design | Not listed | Low Daily salt rotation and cookie-less design prevent classic returning-visitor and cross-device analysis. This is a privacy feature for many buyers and a hard product limit for others. |
| Ecommerce module still beta | Not listed | Medium Official ecommerce docs mark the section as beta/incomplete for final publication. Do not assume GA ecommerce parity or long-term event stability without a pilot. |
| View overage and website caps in Terms | Not listed | Low Recording can pause after plan-specific overage tolerances; Terms also set a 50-website maximum per account. Align marketing “unlimited domains” language with contract terms before large agency rollouts. |
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 want a well-known lightweight EU privacy analytics tool with strong community presence
Consider: Plausible Analytics or Simple Analytics
Compare ecommerce depth, GA import, and commercial packaging side by side.
When: You need self-host or enterprise compliance packaging
Consider: Piwik PRO (or Matomo self-host outside this catalog’s EU-SaaS peers)
Vantevo is SaaS-only with no public self-host edition found.
When: You need full product analytics and long-horizon cohorts
Consider: Mixpanel or similar product analytics suites
Different category: identity-rich product instrumentation vs privacy-first site metrics.
When: You specifically want German-market privacy analytics peers
Consider: Pirsch Analytics or etracker (catalog peers)
Validate feature parity on ecommerce and import paths.