Compare Pulse by Ciphera y StatCounter en capacidades, jurisdicción, garantías y encaje para compradores europeos.
Ambos figuran como alternativas a: Google Analytics
Belgium· Web Analytics
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Shortlist Pulse when you want cookieless traffic analytics plus uptime and Lighthouse in one Belgian-operated, Swiss-hosted SaaS and can accept a closed managed backend. Skip when you need full self-hosting or GA-style user-level history; consider Plausible Analytics or Simple Analytics instead.
Ireland· Web Analytics
Las filas resaltadas diferencian a los dos productos.
| Característica | Pulse by Ciphera | StatCounter |
|---|---|---|
| País de origen | Belgium | Ireland |
| Categoría | Web Analytics | Web Analytics |
| Código abierto | Sí | No |
| Autoalojado | No | No |
| Sede | Belgium | No indicado |
| Entidad legal | Ciphera BV | No indicado |
| Ley aplicable | Belgian law (GDPR); Swiss FADP for infrastructure location | No indicado |
| Matriz / control EE.UU. | Sin matriz estadounidense conocida | No indicado |
| Exposición CLOUD Act (indicativa) | Bajo | No indicado |
| Estado de alojamiento en la UE | Parcial | No indicado |
| Alojamiento / residencia | Primary compute and object storage on Exoscale in Switzerland (Zurich). Encrypted backups and domain registration via Infomaniak (Switzerland). CDN/DNS/DDoS via Bunny (Slovenia HQ, global edge for transient IPs). Payments via Mollie (Netherlands). GitHub (US) for public source code only, per Trust page. | No indicado |
| Resumen | Cookie-free web analytics with traffic, funnels, uptime and Lighthouse checks in one Belgian-operated, Swiss-hosted dashboard. | Irish-hosted web analytics with real-time individual visitor feeds, session replay, heatmaps, and paid-traffic tools—cookie and IP based, not cookieless privacy analytics. |
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| De un vistazo | Pulse by Ciphera | StatCounter |
|---|---|---|
| HQ | Diegem, Belgium (Ciphera BV) | No indicado |
| Legal entity | Ciphera BV (KBO/BCE 1013.721.660) | No indicado |
| Founded | 18 September 2024 (CBE) | No indicado |
| Primary data region | Switzerland (Exoscale Zurich) | No indicado |
| License | AGPL-3.0 client; managed backend closed | No indicado |
| Commercial model | Free Hobby tier; paid plans by traffic scale | No indicado |
| Cookieless | Yes (vendor claim: no cookies, no fingerprinting) | No indicado |
| Data residency regions | Switzerland (Exoscale primary; Infomaniak backups) | No indicado |
| Key capabilities | Pulse by Ciphera | StatCounter |
|---|---|---|
| EU-operated | Sí | No indicado |
| Cookieless | Sí | No indicado |
| Open-source client | Sí | No indicado |
| Swiss-hosted data | Sí | No indicado |
| No analytics cookies | Sí | No indicado |
Cookieless traffic dashboard
Pageviews, unique-visitor estimates, referrers, UTM campaigns, device or browser splits, and country-level geo from a single script tag, without cookies or fingerprinting according to Ciphera's privacy docs.
Journeys and conversion funnels
Step-by-step path columns and multi-step funnels with drop-off analysis, filterable by page, country, device, or referrer for privacy-preserving conversion debugging.
Uptime monitors with alert routes
Built-in uptime checks with downtime and recovery alerts to email, Slack, Discord, or a webhook, so availability sits beside traffic in one console.
Daily Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals
Scheduled mobile and desktop Lighthouse runs with performance, accessibility, best-practices, SEO scores, and Core Web Vitals trends without a separate RUM product.
Inspectable AGPL client and read API
Dashboard and tracking script are AGPL-3.0 on GitHub; Ciphera also documents a public read API, CLI, and export paths while keeping the managed backend closed.
Seguimiento de visitantes en tiempo real
StatCounter actualiza datos de visitantes al instante, listando sesiones actuales con detalles como ubicación, navegador y referente. Los usuarios ven mapas y feeds en vivo, detectando tendencias a medida que ocurren. Esto ayuda a detectar picos o caídas inmediatamente, facilitando correcciones rápidas para problemas como enlaces rotos.
Mapas de calor y repetición de sesión
Los mapas de calor revelan puntos calientes de clics y profundidades de scroll en páginas. La repetición de sesión permite ver interacciones exactas de visitantes, reproduciendo clics y movimientos. Estas herramientas descubren problemas de usabilidad, como botones ignorados o puntos de salida altos, sin conjeturas.
Análisis de fuentes de tráfico y conversiones
Desglose el tráfico por motores de búsqueda, redes sociales o visitas directas. Rastree conversiones de campañas específicas, detecte fraude de clics e integre con Google Ads. Los datos en bruto muestran tasas de rebote y rutas, apoyando decisiones sobre contenido o anuncios.
Soporte multi-plataforma e integraciones
Un código funciona en WordPress, Wix, Shopify, Blogger y más de 70 otros. Los plugins simplifican la configuración. La API extrae datos a otras herramientas; apps móviles y alertas por correo extienden el acceso.
| Assurance & compliance | Pulse by Ciphera | StatCounter |
|---|---|---|
| Independent security / no-logs audit | Not found Trust page states no independent audit yet; Tessera self-audit published; independent audit planned. | No indicado |
| ISO 27001 | Not found Ciphera explicitly states it holds no ISO 27001 certification. | No indicado |
| SOC 2 / SOC 3 | Not found Ciphera explicitly states it holds no SOC 2 certification. | No indicado |
| GDPR / EU data protection | Vendor claimed Belgian controller; privacy policy describes GDPR/FADP bases and Pulse processor role. Not legal advice. | No indicado |
| US CLOUD Act exposure (indicative) | Partial EU (Belgian) entity with no known US parent; primary hosts are European (Exoscale, Infomaniak, Bunny, Mollie). Residual paths: GitHub (US) for source code only; Bunny global edge for transient IPs. Indicative only, not legal advice. | No indicado |
| Data processing agreement (B2B) | On request / NDA Privacy policy: DPA available on request at privacy@ciphera.net for Pulse processor relationships. | No indicado |
| EU AI Act | Not applicable Web analytics product; not an AI system product page. | No indicado |
| Considerations & known limitations | Pulse by Ciphera | StatCounter |
|---|---|---|
| Managed backend is not open source | Medium You can audit the browser script and dashboard code, but not the operated ingestion and storage service. Procurement that requires full-stack self-host or full server auditability should look elsewhere. | No indicado |
| No ISO/SOC or independent audit yet | Medium Ciphera publishes threat models, a warrant canary, and a subprocessor list, but explicitly has no ISO 27001 or SOC 2 and no completed independent audit. Enterprise security reviews will need questionnaires and a signed DPA. | No indicado |
| Primary data residency is Switzerland, not EU/EEA | Low Swiss adequacy covers many GDPR transfer questions, but policies that hard-require EU/EEA datacenter soil will classify this as partial rather than EU-hosted. | No indicado |
| Marketing vs privacy wording conflicts | Low Product FAQ pages disagree on whether custom events ship today and whether a DPA is needed. Prefer privacy@ and the privacy policy for legal commitments until Ciphera aligns the FAQs. | No indicado |
When: You need a mature EU cookieless analytics product with an official full-stack self-host option
Consider: Plausible Analytics
Plausible (Estonia) is the common self-host plus SaaS peer; Pulse keeps the backend managed-only.
When: You want a minimal Dutch cookieless counter without uptime or Lighthouse bundles
Consider: Simple Analytics
Closer peer for strictly analytics SaaS; Pulse differentiates with ops-style panels.
When: You need enterprise analytics with strong EU residency controls and heavier compliance packaging
Consider: Piwik PRO or Friendly Analytics
Heavier Matomo-class or Swiss-hosted peers when Pulse's startup assurance set is too thin.
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