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digistats Analytics

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.

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digistats Analytics is a managed, privacy-oriented web analytics SaaS. The operator is digistats Analytics Ltd., with imprint address in Dattwil AG, Switzerland. Contracts are under Swiss law.

It exists for sites that want realtime traffic, city-level geo, events, and multi-site dashboards without storing cookies, IPs, or fingerprints. City-level geography is derived by looking up the IP in real time and discarding the address.

The concrete differentiator is that Swiss cookieless design aimed at aggregate metrics rather than person-level product analytics.

Cookieless trackingNo stored visitor IPsSwiss data centerUnlimited websitesAPI + CSV exportManaged SaaS

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.

Key capabilities

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

At a glance

HQ
Dättwil AG, Switzerland
Legal entity
digistats Analytics Ltd. (CHE-296.235.462)
Hosting
Switzerland data center (host brand not named publicly)
Deployment
Managed SaaS only
Open source
No
Commercial model
Free low-traffic tier + pageview-based subscription

Best fit when

  • EU/EEA/Swiss websites replacing Google Analytics primarily for privacy and consent simplification
  • Agencies needing unlimited websites on a single traffic-based plan with shareable simple dashboards
  • Content and marketing teams that need realtime pageviews, city-level geo, channels, and custom events
  • Buyers who want Swiss legal entity and Swiss analytics residency without running self-hosted Matomo
  • Teams that value a sub-1 kB script and vendor claims of better ad-blocker survival than GA tags

Poor fit when

  • Organizations that must self-host or review open-source collector code
  • Product/growth stacks needing GA4-class funnels, identity stitching, Ads linkage, or warehouse export
  • Procurement that requires public ISO 27001, SOC 2, or independent no-logs audit evidence
  • Buyers who cannot accept US-linked payment processors (Stripe/Coinbase) for billing data

Consider instead when

  • 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.

Jurisdiction & ownership

Legal entity
digistats Analytics Ltd., Täfernstrasse 2A, CH-5405 Dättwil AG (UID CHE-296.235.462)
Governing law
Swiss law; venue Bremgarten AG (per AGB)
US parent / control
No known US parent
CLOUD Act exposure (indicative)
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).

No known US parent for digistats Analytics Ltd. Indicative CLOUD Act exposure is medium because of US-group payment processing (Stripe), not because analytics telemetry is claimed to leave Switzerland. Indicative only — not legal advice.

  • Independent security / no-logs auditNot found
  • ISO 27001Not found
  • SOC 2 / SOC 3Not found
  • GDPR / EU data protectionVendor claimed
  • +3

Considerations & known limitations

  • MediumNo public independent security audit

    Cookieless and no-IP claims are first-party only. Security questionnaires that require audit reports will need vendor outreach or a different product.

  • MediumUS-linked payment subprocessors

    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.

  • LowHosting provider not named publicly

    Switzerland data-center claim without a published host legal name or full subprocessor list complicates transfer and residual-risk assessments.

  • MediumNo self-host or open-source path

    Cannot pin collector versions, run fully air-gapped, or satisfy hard self-host mandates. Operational dependency on digistats uptime and roadmap.

  • LowRegistration path may be restricted

    At research time the login UI stated registrations were disabled and /developers redirected to login. Confirm trial and API access before scheduling migration.

Open questions for due diligence

  • Will digistats provide a signed Art. 28 DPA and a current subprocessor list including the Swiss host legal entity?
  • Is new customer registration open, and what are current free-tier and trial terms?
  • Is public API documentation available without a production account?
  • Are any independent security assessments available under NDA?
  • Do email reports or other support tools introduce additional SaaS subprocessors beyond Stripe/Coinbase?
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Frequently Asked Questions

According to the privacy policy, the service uses the visitor IP only for an immediate geolocation lookup against an internal database, then does not store the IP. Stored fields include city/country/continent aggregates plus HTTP headers such as language, referrer, and user-agent-derived browser/platform/viewport—not a retained IP log.

No public self-host guide or open-source repository is offered. digistats is managed SaaS with a Switzerland data-center claim. If you need to run analytics in your own VPC or audit the collector code, evaluate Matomo, Plausible self-host, Offen, or Pirsch instead.

Traffic-based subscription tiers priced by monthly pageviews, with a free tier for low volume and paid monthly or yearly options. Published inclusions across tiers include unlimited websites, unlimited events, API access, email reports, Swiss hosting, and CSV export. Card payments go through Stripe; cryptocurrency via Coinbase is also listed. Confirm current limits on the official pricing page.

The privacy policy describes processing customer data under Art. 28 GDPR-style controller–processor rules and Swiss DSG. A downloadable public DPA and full subprocessor register were not found on the public site—request both in writing. Known payment processors from the AGB include Stripe, Inc. (USA) and Coinbase; the analytics host brand is not named publicly.

Prefer Plausible or Simple Analytics if you want a larger cookieless SaaS peer set or Plausible's self-host option; prefer Matomo or Piwik PRO when you need on-prem control, deeper analytics modules, or enterprise compliance packaging. Prefer digistats when Swiss legal seat, Swiss analytics residency, multi-site on all listed plans, and a small script-first UX are the shortlist drivers.