Plausible Analytics vs Vantevo Analytics

Compare Plausible Analytics and Vantevo Analytics on capabilities, jurisdiction, assurance, and fit for European buyers.

Both listed as alternatives to: Fathom Analytics, Google Analytics, Matomo

Plausible Analytics

Estonia· Web Analytics

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Shortlist when you need cookieless website analytics with EU-owned visitor hosting, a lightweight script, AGPL transparency, and either managed Cloud or self-hosted CE. Skip when you need heatmaps/session replay, multi-day user-level product analytics, HIPAA/BAA, free forever hosted analytics, or zero non-EU SaaS anywhere in vendor ops—consider Matomo-class (e.g. Friendly Analytics / Piwik PRO), Pirsch, or Simple Analytics depending on depth vs simplicity.

Cookieless by designEU-owned visitor hostsAGPLv3 open sourceSelf-host CEDPA automaticLightweight script

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Vantevo Analytics

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.

Cookie-less trackingSingle-dashboard metricsEcommerce events (beta)GA history importPublic DPAItalian operator

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Plausible Analytics vs Vantevo Analytics: Snapshot
Feature	Plausible Analytics	Vantevo Analytics
Country of origin	Estonia	Italy
Category	Web Analytics	Web Analytics
Open source	Yes	No
Self-hosted	Yes	No
Headquarters	Estonia	Italy
Legal entity	Plausible Insights OÜ, Västriku tn 2, 50403 Tartu, Estonia	Netforce Srl, Via Po' 136/A, 43124 Parma PR, Italy
Governing law	Estonian / EU law context for the OÜ; confirm contract terms for governing law clauses	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	Visitor analytics: Hetzner (Falkenstein, Germany), UpCloud (Finland, DB/exports), Bunny (Slovenia, CDN/DNS/DDoS)—European-owned; vendor states visitor data never leaves the EU. Customer-account subprocessors include Paddle (payments), Postmark (email), Gravatar, optional Google (GA import), Help Scout, Nolt; site tools may include hCaptcha, Algolia, Mailchimp. SCCs claimed for non-EU processors.	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	Estonian open-source, cookieless web analytics (AGPLv3): lightweight script, EU-owned hosting on Hetzner/UpCloud/Bunny, managed Cloud plus self-hosted Community Edition.	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: Plausible Analytics vs Vantevo Analytics
At a glance	Plausible Analytics	Vantevo Analytics
HQ	Tartu, Estonia	Parma, Italy (Netforce Srl)
Legal entity	Plausible Insights OÜ (reg. 14709274)	Not listed
Visitor hosts	Hetzner DE; UpCloud FI; Bunny SI	Not listed
License	AGPLv3; Cloud + Community Edition	Not listed
Commercial model	Pageview-based Cloud SaaS; free CE self-host	View-based subscription after free trial
Tracking model	Cookieless; daily rotating hash; no PII stored	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: Plausible Analytics vs Vantevo Analytics
Key capabilities	Plausible Analytics	Vantevo Analytics
Cookieless by design	Yes	Not listed
EU-owned visitor hosts	Yes	Not listed
AGPLv3 open source	Yes	Not listed
Self-host CE	Yes	Not listed
DPA automatic	Yes	Not listed
Lightweight script	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

Plausible Analytics

Cookieless measurement with daily rotating visitor hash
No cookies, localStorage, or persistent IDs. Uniques use hash(daily_salt + domain + IP + UA); salt rotates every 24 hours and raw IP/UA are never stored—so analytics can often run without a consent banner, at the cost of no multi-day user stitching.
Lightweight script and single-page traffic dashboard
Vendor claims a script ~54× smaller than Google Analytics with real-time updates (~30s), sources, pages, devices, UTM channels, scroll-depth goals, and optional Google Search Console import—built for marketers who refuse GA4 report complexity.
Goals, custom events, funnels, and revenue on Cloud
Codeless page goals, file downloads, outbound clicks, custom events/properties, AI-referral traffic views, and (on higher Cloud plans) funnels, user journeys, and ecommerce revenue attribution—not session replay or in-app product analytics.
EU-owned visitor hosting (Hetzner, UpCloud, Bunny)
Cloud visitor data is processed on European-owned infrastructure: Hetzner (Germany), UpCloud (Finland), Bunny CDN (Slovenia). Plausible states visitor data never leaves the EU and is not stored on US hyperscalers.
AGPLv3 open source with Community Edition self-host
Full codebase on GitHub; free CE for self-host (long-term releases ~twice yearly). Cloud-only features include advanced bot filtering, funnels/journeys, ecommerce revenue, SSO, and Sites API—self-host ops, backups, and upgrades are yours.
Automatic DPA, Stats API, exports, and enterprise SSO
Public DPA applies to Cloud customers by use; CSV export and Stats API for BI; Business/Enterprise add higher API limits, raw event exports, managed proxy, and SAML SSO (Google Workspace, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID per docs).

Vantevo Analytics

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: Plausible Analytics vs Vantevo Analytics
Assurance & compliance	Plausible Analytics	Vantevo Analytics
Independent security / no-logs audit	Not found Open-source code and security overview published; no public independent pen-test or no-logs audit PDF found on compliance/security pages.	Not found No public third-party audit PDF or no-logs attestation found on security/docs pages searched.
ISO 27001	Not found No ISO 27001 claim located on security or compliance hub pages reviewed.	Not found No ISO 27001 certificate or registry evidence found on the public site.
SOC 2 / SOC 3	Not found No SOC 2/3 claim located on security or compliance hub pages reviewed.	Not found No SOC 2/3 report referenced on public trust/legal pages.
GDPR / EU data protection	Vendor claimed EU entity; cookieless non-PII design; public data policy, DPA, and vendor-published legal assessment on GDPR/ePrivacy positioning.	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 Estonian OÜ, no known US parent; visitor data on EU-owned Hetzner/UpCloud/Bunny. Partial/medium because customer-account subprocessors include US-oriented SaaS (e.g. Postmark, Help Scout, Gravatar, optional Google). Indicative only—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)	Vendor claimed Public DPA applies automatically to Cloud customers by use of the service; lists processor duties and 48-hour breach notification target.	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 Website analytics product; not marketed as an AI system under the AI Act.	Not applicable Web analytics SaaS; not marketed as an AI system product.

Considerations & known limitations: Plausible Analytics vs Vantevo Analytics
Considerations & known limitations	Plausible Analytics	Vantevo Analytics
US-linked customer-account subprocessors	Medium Visitor metrics stay on EU-owned hosts, but billing, email, support, and optional integrations use providers such as Postmark, Paddle, Help Scout, Gravatar, and Google—material for zero-US-processor policies.	Not listed
No public ISO 27001 / SOC 2	Medium Compliance hub emphasizes product design and EU hosting rather than ISO/SOC certificates; orgs with mandatory cert checklists must request evidence or accept open-source + DPA packaging.	Not listed
Self-host CE feature and release lag	Low CE is free but long-term releases (~twice yearly) and omits Cloud-only funnels, journeys, ecommerce revenue, SSO, and advanced bot filtering—ops burden sits with you.	Not listed
No multi-day user identity or replay	Low Daily hash resets prevent cross-day visitor stitching by design; heatmaps/session replay are out of scope—teams needing those must add other tools.	Not listed
Misconfiguration can reintroduce personal data	Medium Passing emails, patient IDs, or other identifiers in URLs or custom properties undermines the non-PII model; vendor also states no HIPAA/BAA.	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.
SaaS-only dependency	Not listed	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).

Fit

Plausible Analytics

Best fit when

Teams replacing GA4 who want aggregate marketing metrics without cookies or user profiles
EU orgs that require visitor analytics on European-owned infrastructure (Hetzner/UpCloud/Bunny)
Sites that prioritize script weight, Core Web Vitals, and a one-page dashboard
Buyers who want AGPL auditability and optional Community Edition self-host exit
Agencies and multi-site operators needing shared links, team seats, and pageview-tiered Cloud plans
Procurement paths that value a public DPA, data policy, and subprocessor list over ISO/SOC certificates

Poor fit when

Product analytics needs: multi-day user identity, cohorts, retention, feature experiments
UX research that requires heatmaps, session replay, or rage-click recording
Healthcare or other programs that require HIPAA and a BAA (explicitly not offered)
Buyers who need free forever hosted analytics with no subscription
Orgs that forbid any US-linked SaaS in vendor account tooling (Postmark, Help Scout, etc. are listed)

Consider instead when

When: You need Matomo-depth features (heatmaps, session recording, heavy on-prem packaging)
Consider: Friendly Analytics, Piwik PRO, or self-hosted Matomo
Trade Plausible’s minimalism for plugin breadth and different operators.
When: You want a lean EU privacy analytics peer with a different stack or license posture
Consider: Pirsch Analytics or Simple Analytics
Compare hosting ownership, funnels/ecommerce gates, and self-host options side by side.
When: You only need edge-level basic counts and already run Cloudflare
Consider: Cloudflare Web Analytics
Simpler install path; US company and thinner marketing analytics surface.
When: You need free hosted analytics and accept Google’s data practices
Consider: Google Analytics
Different legal and commercial model—not an EU privacy substitute.

Vantevo Analytics

Best fit when

EU/Italian teams replacing Google Analytics for marketing-site KPIs without analytics cookies
Agencies needing a simple multi-site dashboard clients can read without GA training
Shops that want privacy-oriented funnel events (cart → checkout → purchase) and accept beta maturity
Migrations that need to pull Universal Analytics page history into a privacy-first tool
Stacks using WordPress, Shopify, React/Next, Vue/Nuxt, or server-side event APIs

Poor fit when

Requirements for multi-day returning visitors, cross-device identity, or ad-platform audience sync
Mandatory self-hosting, open-source code audit, or on-prem only deployments
Procurement that requires public ISO 27001/SOC 2 evidence and independent security audits before shortlist
Heavy product analytics / cohort experimentation beyond site and ecommerce funnel events
Accounts that need more than the Terms’ 50-website cap without vendor exception

Consider instead when

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.

Open questions for due diligence

Plausible Analytics

Which exact customer personal data categories does each account subprocessor (Postmark, Paddle, Help Scout, etc.) receive in production?
Can Enterprise contracts exclude optional integrations (Google, Help Scout) or pin subprocessor lists for regulated buyers?
Are independent pen-test reports or ISO/SOC roadmaps available under NDA?
What are contracted RPO/RTO and backup locations beyond the high-level Hetzner/UpCloud description?
For CE self-host: which Cloud-only features remain permanently out of CE versus merely delayed on the long-term release train?

Vantevo Analytics

Which exact AWS region(s) and services are in production, and are standard contractual clauses / transfer impact assessments available on request?
Is a current subprocessor list (beyond DPA/privacy mentions of OVH, AWS, Stripe, Crisp, Google) available under NDA?
Are ISO 27001, SOC 2, or independent penetration-test summaries available for enterprise procurement?
What is the production roadmap and support SLA for ecommerce events leaving beta?
How should multi-brand agencies interpret “unlimited domains” marketing versus the Terms’ 50-website cap—exceptions available?