JENTIS vs Wide Angle Analytics

Compare JENTIS and Wide Angle Analytics on capabilities, jurisdiction, assurance, and fit for European buyers.

Both listed as alternatives to: Google Analytics

JENTIS

Austria· Web Analytics

Needs review

Shortlist when you need managed server-side / first-party capture with EU-entity hosting and multi-destination activation (ads + analytics). Skip when you only want lightweight privacy analytics or free self-hosted tagging—consider Piwik PRO or etracker for EU analytics-first stacks, or Google sGTM if you will operate a Google-centric pipeline yourself.

EU-operated (Austria)Server-side tag managerEU/EEA hosting (claimed)ISO 27001 (claimed)Managed SaaSNot open source

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Wide Angle Analytics

Germany· Web Analytics

Needs review

Do not shortlist Wide Angle for new multi-year analytics: the vendor is winding the product down by end of August 2026. Existing customers should migrate using the promised data snapshot. For new EU privacy-analytics shortlists prefer Plausible, Pirsch, Simple Analytics, or Piwik PRO; keep Matomo-class stacks when self-host control is mandatory.

Cookieless by defaultGerman GmbH (Berlin)OVHcloud FR/DE hostingSaaS only (no self-host)EOL Aug 2026

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JENTIS vs Wide Angle Analytics: Snapshot
Feature	JENTIS	Wide Angle Analytics
Country of origin	Austria	Germany
Category	Web Analytics	Web Analytics
Open source	No	No
Self-hosted	No	No
Headquarters	Austria	Germany
Legal entity	JENTIS GmbH	Input Objects GmbH, Scharnhorststraße 24, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Governing law	Austria / EU GDPR	Not listed
US parent / control	No known US parent	No known US parent
CLOUD Act exposure (indicative)	Low	Medium
Hosting / residency	Product: default EU/EEA-only processing on ISO 27001-certified cloud; docs cite IONOS cloud (Germany/EU). Exact host/region named in customer DPA. Optional non-EU instances may add non-EU subprocessors if selected. Marketing website separately uses Host Europe (DE) and US SaaS (HubSpot, Salesforce, Google) for corporate CRM/ads—not the Twin Server product path.	Visitor analytics: OVHcloud limited to FR/DE (vendor). Account path: Paddle (payments), Brevo email/automation, Infomaniak; older vendor post notes Brevo/Sendinblue encrypted DR involving AWS/GCP. No known US corporate parent.
Summary	Austrian managed server-side data capture and hybrid tag manager: first-party Twin Server collection, consent-aware routing, and ad activation for multi-tool MarTech stacks.	German cookieless-by-default web analytics SaaS (Input Objects GmbH, OVHcloud FR/DE). Product announced for discontinuation end of August 2026—prefer living EU peers for new deployments.
Tags	gdpr server-side-tracking tag-management first-party-data martech austria	gdpr analytics web-analytics privacy cookieless saas germany google-analytics-alternative end-of-life

At a glance: JENTIS vs Wide Angle Analytics
At a glance	JENTIS	Wide Angle Analytics
HQ	Vienna, Austria	Berlin, Germany (Input Objects GmbH)
Legal entity	JENTIS GmbH (FN 529675i)	Not listed
Founded	2020	Not listed
Product type	Managed server-side data capture / hybrid tag manager	Not listed
Hosting model	Managed SaaS; EU/EEA by default (IONOS cited in docs)	Not listed
Open source	No	No
Self-hosted product	No (managed hosting)	Not listed
Commercial model	Sales-led SaaS (demo / consultation)	Event/site SaaS tiers + 14-day trial (see official pricing)
Product launch	Not listed	November 2021
Hosting (visitor path)	Not listed	OVHcloud France & Germany (vendor-stated)
Self-host	Not listed	No
Status	Not listed	Discontinuing end of August 2026

Key capabilities: JENTIS vs Wide Angle Analytics
Key capabilities	JENTIS	Wide Angle Analytics
EU-operated (Austria)	Yes	Not listed
Server-side tag manager	Yes	Not listed
EU/EEA hosting (claimed)	Yes	Not listed
ISO 27001 (claimed)	Yes	Not listed
Managed SaaS	Yes	Not listed
Not open source	Yes	Not listed
Cookieless by default	Not listed	Yes
German GmbH (Berlin)	Not listed	Yes
OVHcloud FR/DE hosting	Not listed	Yes
SaaS only (no self-host)	Not listed	Yes
EOL Aug 2026	Not listed	Yes

JENTIS

Hybrid server-side tag management
One container for client- and server-side tags with first-party DNS; migrate data-layer logic and debug from browser hit to server dispatch without running your own sGTM fleet.
Twin Server capture and transforms
Server-side session mirror that can pseudonymize, anonymize, enrich, and time-frame parameters before forwarding—usable as a CNIL-style proxy pattern when configured carefully.
Essential Mode for non-consent traffic
Configurable minimized/anonymized capture when marketing consent is refused so sessions and conversions are not fully invisible—subject to DPO/legal sign-off per jurisdiction.
Synthetic Users for ad activation
Models trained on consented first-party data produce synthetic conversion signals for Google, Meta, TikTok, and other ad APIs; measure impact with holdouts—legal basis is configuration-specific.
Managed EU connectors and raw export
Vendor-maintained connectors across analytics, ads, and MarTech plus raw data export/API-style control; not a self-hosted open-source stack.

Wide Angle Analytics

Cookieless request-based sessions with daily rotating salt
Default mode hashes site + IP + User-Agent with a non-persisted daily salt (SHA-256). Same-day uniques without cookies or long-lived IDs; past sessions cannot be re-linked after salt rotation. Optional 24h cookie or canvas fingerprinting change the consent analysis.
Optional tracking modes for SPA and consent-gated detail
Enable HTTP(S)-only 24h cookies, client fingerprinting, or service-issued IDs for SPA reliability. Fingerprinting is off by default and may require consent—controllers must re-assess before enabling.
Marketer dashboards, custom events, and multi-site teams
Real-time charts for sources, pages, devices, UTM campaigns, goals, custom actions, and e-commerce revenue attribution. Higher tiers add multi-user sharing, permissions, and many sites without SQL.
CMS one-click installs and lightweight script embed
Plugins/integrations for WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Ghost, Webflow, and common JS stacks; custom sites add a script tag. Built for marketers rather than BI engineers.
OVHcloud EU regions (FR/DE) for visitor analytics path
Vendor states product hosting is limited to OVHcloud France and Germany with no end-user analytics transfer outside EU/EEA and no sale of visitor data. Account billing/email use separate subprocessors (see Trust).

Assurance & compliance: JENTIS vs Wide Angle Analytics
Assurance & compliance	JENTIS	Wide Angle Analytics
Independent security / no-logs audit	Not found No public independent no-logs or third-party security audit PDF located; ISO is the main public assurance claim.	Not found No public independent pen-test or no-logs audit PDF found on site materials reviewed.
ISO 27001	Vendor claimed Vendor states ISO 27001 / ISO 27001:2013 certification on site footer and privacy docs; certificate not independently verified in this draft.	Not found No public ISO 27001 certificate page found.
SOC 2 / SOC 3	Not found No public SOC 2/3 report found on marketing or privacy docs.	Not found No public SOC 2/3 report found.
GDPR / EU data protection	Vendor claimed Austrian controller entity; product marketed as privacy-by-design processor with EU hosting, CMP hooks, and transform functions. Not legal advice—confirm config and DPA.	Vendor claimed German controller/processor entity; cookieless-default design; DPO named (DPO CONSULTING). Not legal advice.
US CLOUD Act exposure (indicative)	Partial EuropeanStack assessment: AT entity and no known US parent; product hosting claimed EU-only (e.g. IONOS). Residual exposure via customer-chosen US destinations and any non-EU instance option. Not legal advice.	Partial EU GmbH, no known US parent, OVH FR/DE visitor hosting; offset by Paddle and Brevo-related infrastructure (incl. encrypted AWS/GCP DR per vendor blog). Assessment row—not vendor marketing.
Data processing agreement (B2B)	Vendor claimed Sample DPA via Customer Legal Hub; required for SaaS processing. Confirm signed version and subprocessor annex.	Vendor claimed Vendor blog/compliance materials state a signed DPA is offered; confirm current template with vendor.
EU AI Act	Not applicable Core product is tag/data capture; Synthetic Users is ML-assisted but product is not marketed as a general-purpose AI system. Revisit if Synthetic Users becomes a primary regulated AI offering.	Not applicable Web analytics product, not an AI system under typical AI Act product framing.

Considerations & known limitations: JENTIS vs Wide Angle Analytics
Considerations & known limitations	JENTIS	Wide Angle Analytics
Consent modes need legal sign-off	High Essential Mode and Synthetic Users can re-open measurement when users refuse cookies; legality depends on jurisdiction, configuration, and DPO assessment—not automatic compliance.	Not listed
Downstream US ad/analytics tools	Medium Even with EU capture, enabling Google/Meta/TikTok connectors can transfer personal data to US providers; use transforms/proxy patterns and transfer tools as required.	Not listed
ISO claimed; limited public audits	Medium ISO 27001 is vendor-asserted; no independent public security/no-logs audit found. Request certificate, pen-test summaries, and full subprocessor list under NDA if needed.	Not listed
Managed SaaS, not self-host	Medium No open-source self-host product path; ops simplicity trades for vendor dependency, sales-led pricing, and migration cost if you later leave.	Not listed
Implementation and data-layer effort	Low Migration from client-side tags still needs DNS, data layer, CMP mapping, and QA—vendor connectors reduce but do not eliminate engineering work.	Not listed
Product end-of-life (August 2026)	Not listed	High Vendor announced discontinuation; service runs until end of August 2026 with pro-rata refunds and a vendor-prepared snapshot—not a self-service export. New deployments risk forced migration within weeks.
No self-host continuity path	Not listed	High SaaS-only design means the product cannot be retained on your infrastructure after shutdown.
Account subprocessors beyond OVH	Not listed	Medium Paddle, Brevo, Infomaniak (and historical Brevo DR via US-group clouds) affect customer-account and support data paths even if visitor analytics stay on OVH EU.
Optional fingerprinting/cookies	Not listed	Medium Non-default modes can reintroduce consent obligations; misconfiguration is a controller risk.
No public ISO/SOC/independent audit	Not listed	Medium Assurance rests on design docs, DPA, and vendor claims unless private reports are provided under NDA.

Fit

JENTIS

Best fit when

E-commerce and multi-brand sites that lose conversion data to blockers, ITP, and consent drop-off
Performance marketing teams activating into Google, Meta, TikTok, and other ad APIs from first-party events
Analytics/DPO pairs that need data-point-level governance, CMP sync, and pseudonymization before third-country tools
Organizations preferring a managed EU capture layer over self-operated server-side GTM
Stacks that feed both EU analytics (e.g. Piwik PRO) and global ad platforms from one collection path

Poor fit when

Teams seeking free, open-source, or fully self-hosted analytics only
Lightweight privacy page analytics without ad activation or hybrid tag management
Buyers who cannot run sales-led procurement, data-layer work, and legal review of consent modes
Use cases that need a full CDP/BI product rather than capture and routing

Consider instead when

When: You primarily need EU privacy-focused web analytics (and optional self-host), not multi-destination ad activation
Consider: Piwik PRO or etracker
JENTIS can still sit in front of Piwik PRO; choose the analytics product when capture is not the bottleneck.
When: You are Google-only and will operate server-side GTM yourself
Consider: Google Tag Manager (server-side) + GA4
Lower cash cost; higher ops burden and different transfer/jurisdiction posture.
When: You need a full customer data platform or enterprise analytics suite
Consider: Adobe Analytics or a dedicated CDP (e.g. Tealium)
JENTIS is capture/routing at the start of the chain, not a CDP replacement.

Wide Angle Analytics

Best fit when

Existing Wide Angle customers completing migration before the announced August 2026 shutdown
Historical evaluation of cookieless, marketer-oriented EU SaaS analytics design (daily-salted sessions, OVH FR/DE)
Teams that needed multi-site CMS installs and shared reports without running Matomo themselves (while service remained live)
Controllers comparing default cookieless vs optional fingerprint/cookie modes on a single product

Poor fit when

Any new production deployment expected to outlive August 2026
Buyers requiring open-source self-host continuity (use Plausible CE, Matomo, or similar)
Product analytics, session replay, heatmaps, or ad-tech attribution platforms
Orgs that need public ISO 27001 / SOC 2 certificates without requesting private packs
Free forever hosted analytics

Consider instead when

When: You need a living cookieless EU SaaS analytics product
Consider: Plausible Analytics, Pirsch Analytics, or Simple Analytics
All remain active EU-oriented peers in this directory category.
When: You need self-host or deep plugin/on-prem control
Consider: Matomo (self-host or hosted peers) or Piwik PRO
Wide Angle never offered self-host and is shutting down.
When: You accept US ad-stack analytics for free depth
Consider: Google Analytics (GA4)
Different jurisdiction, cookie/consent model, and product surface—not a like-for-like privacy swap.

Open questions for due diligence

JENTIS

What is the exact production cloud provider, region, and subprocessor list on the current DPA annex?
Can the vendor produce a current ISO 27001 certificate and any independent penetration-test summary?
Has legal counsel approved Essential Mode and Synthetic Users for your markets (ePrivacy/GDPR basis)?
Which destinations will receive personal data vs pseudonymized/synthetic signals only?
What SLA, raw data retention, and exit/export terms apply to your tier?

Wide Angle Analytics

Exact cutover date/time and timezone for service stop after August 2026?
When and in what open format is each tenant's data snapshot delivered?
Current signed subprocessor list and SCCs under the active DPA (vs 2022 blog / iubenda summary)?
Any residual access window or deletion certificate after EOL?
Are private security assessments available under NDA before remaining term ends?