Compare nilly and Vantevo Analytics on capabilities, jurisdiction, assurance, and fit for European buyers.
Both listed as alternatives to: Fathom Analytics, Google Analytics
Switzerland· Web Analytics
Needs review
Shortlist nilly when you want Swiss-entity, cookieless, ultra-light site analytics with realtime dashboards, city geo, custom events, unlimited sites, and an API—without GA4 consent weight. Skip when you need self-host/open source, enterprise audit packs, or deep marketing-suite analytics; consider Plausible Analytics, Simple Analytics, or etracker 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 | nilly | 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 | Lyo GmbH, Europaallee 41, 8004 Zürich (CHE-417.675.763) | Netforce Srl, Via Po' 136/A, 43124 Parma PR, Italy |
| Governing law | Switzerland (terms) | 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 | Vendor FAQ: analytics servers in Switzerland (multiple locations). Public site reverse-DNS: KreativMedia/METANET Zürich. Customer-account subprocessors named in privacy policy: Stripe (US payments), Mailerlite (email). Avatars via Gravatar. No full public subprocessor list for backups/monitoring/CDN. | 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 privacy-first web analytics (Lyo GmbH): cookieless, sub-1kB tracking with realtime dashboards, city-level geo, custom events, unlimited sites, and a REST API as a lightweight Google Analytics alternative. | 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. |
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| At a glance | nilly | Vantevo Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| HQ | Zürich, Switzerland (Lyo GmbH) | Parma, Italy (Netforce Srl) |
| Legal entity | Lyo GmbH (CHE-417.675.763) | Not listed |
| Product model | SaaS web analytics (not self-hosted) | Not listed |
| Tracking | Cookieless; no IP/fingerprint claims | Not listed |
| Hosting (claimed) | Switzerland (multi-site) | Not listed |
| Commercial model | Traffic-based plans; trial; no permanent free tier | View-based subscription after free trial |
| Live site note | kandur.one (nilly branding; nilly.io DNS failed at research) | Not listed |
| 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 | nilly | Vantevo Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Cookieless tracking | Yes | Not listed |
| Swiss-hosted (claimed) | Yes | Not listed |
| Swiss entity | Yes | Not listed |
| Sub-1 kB script | Yes | Not listed |
| REST API | Yes | Not listed |
| SaaS only | 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 |
Sub-1 kB cookieless tracking script
Vendor documents a client script under 1 kB with no cookies, no IP tracking, and no fingerprinting for site visitors. Suited to teams that want aggregate traffic metrics without analytics cookie banners; still get counsel for your jurisdiction and CMP setup.
Realtime dashboard with geo, tech, and campaigns
Dashboards cover live visitors, overview metrics, top pages, referrers, UTM campaigns, geography from continent to city, and device/browser/OS breakdowns—enough for content and acquisition decisions without a full product-analytics suite.
Custom events, CSV export, and email reports
Define custom events for conversion-style actions, export statistics as CSV, and receive email reports. Fits operators who need lightweight conversion signals and offline analysis rather than session replay or multi-step funnels.
REST API for stats, websites, and account
Documented API endpoints (Bearer API key) manage stats queries (pageviews, visitors, referrers, events, geo, devices, and more), websites, and account objects—useful for internal dashboards or automations on traffic-based plans that include API access.
Unlimited websites on traffic-based plans
Public pricing model is pageview-tier SaaS with unlimited websites per account and a short free trial—not a permanent free tier. Good for agencies or multi-brand operators who outgrow per-site free plans elsewhere; confirm current tiers on the vendor site.
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 | nilly | Vantevo Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Independent security / no-logs audit | Not found No public third-party audit report found for tracking claims. | Not found No public third-party audit PDF or no-logs attestation found on security/docs pages searched. |
| ISO 27001 | Not found No vendor ISO 27001 certificate published on product site (underlying Swiss host DCs may be certified separately). | 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 includes GDPR rights language; cookieless visitor tracking claimed. Confirm DPA for B2B. | 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 operator, no known US parent, Swiss-claimed analytics hosting; US SaaS subprocessors Stripe (payments) and Gravatar (avatars) on customer path. 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) | Not found No public DPA download found; request from vendor. | 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 marketed as an AI system. | Not applicable Web analytics SaaS; not marketed as an AI system product. |
| Swiss Made Software / Swiss Web labels | Vendor claimed Cited on About and Swiss Union member page as recognition/labels—not a security audit. | Not listed |
| Considerations & known limitations | nilly | Vantevo Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Brand/domain transition (nilly.io vs kandur.one) | Medium Product still branded nilly, but the live marketing/API host is kandur.one; nilly.io did not resolve in DNS during research. Verify tracking domains, docs, and status before production cutover. | Not listed |
| US SaaS on customer account path | Medium Stripe (payments) and Gravatar (avatars) are US-group services. Visitor metrics are claimed Swiss-hosted and non-personal, but account/billing data is not Switzerland-only end-to-end. | Not listed |
| Thin public assurance pack | Medium No public ISO 27001/SOC 2, independent security audit, or DPA page found. Fine for many SMB shortlists; friction for regulated enterprise questionnaires. | Not listed |
| No self-host or open-source edition | Low Cannot run on your own infra or audit server code from a public repo. Hard limit for sovereignty programs that require self-host. | 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). |
| Small independent operator | Low Founder-owned Swiss GmbH without VC narrative—positive for independence, but buyers should assess support SLAs, roadmap continuity, and single-vendor concentration. | 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 want open-source and/or self-host privacy analytics with a larger community
Consider: Plausible Analytics or Pirsch Analytics
nilly is proprietary SaaS only.
When: You want another European cookieless SaaS with a simple product story
Consider: Simple Analytics
Dutch peer; compare geo depth, API, and residency claims side by side.
When: You need deeper marketing, shop, and tag/consent analytics for EU enterprises
Consider: etracker
German suite-oriented alternative; heavier than nilly's lightweight dashboard.
When: You depend on free unlimited scale and Google ads/ecosystem integration
Consider: Google Analytics (GA4)
Different privacy and residency tradeoffs; not a sovereignty shortlist.
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.