Is Cookie Free Analytics a Pirsch alternative?

Yes for cookieless pageviews in the EU. Pick Pirsch if their server-side kit is the product. We ship a hashed Bearer read API on paid plans. Hobby (free) gets 5 MCP tools through OAuth; paid plans get all 13. Dashboard aggregates, not a user graph.

What does it cost at 10k and 100k pageviews?

€4 a month at 10,000 pageviews, €9 at 100,000. Events are not metered. Pirsch’s public line, checked 2 November 2026: "Starting at only $6 per month for 10,000 monthly page views."

Do I need a cookie banner?

No cookie banner for this script. If you still load Google Ads, Meta, or GA4, keep the banner for those tags. Your counsel owns the final call.

Frankfurt + Ireland. Beacons hit Frankfurt; pageviews sit in Ireland.

Is there an API or MCP?

A hashed Bearer read API on Starter and Growth. Hobby (free) gets 5 MCP tools through OAuth; paid plans get all 13. Dashboard aggregates, not a user graph.

vs Pirsch

Pirsch alternative: the same cookieless count, from €4 a month

Pirsch is cookieless, made in Germany, API-first, and priced from a low entry tier. Cookie Free Analytics is the same job with a published power-law and no event tax.

	Cookie Free Analytics	Pirsch
10k views / mo	€4	from $6
100k views / mo	€9	Higher paid tier
Cookies	No	No
Script	Under 1 KB gzipped	—
Sampling	None of the numbers we show	—
Export / delete	From the dashboard, no sales call	—
Events	Not metered	—
API	5 MCP tools free on Hobby; 13 on paid	A product feature
Funnels	Growth: linear, same UTC day	Plus, up to 8 steps
Hosted	Frankfurt + Ireland	Germany / EU
Free plan	Full product + badge	Trial

Cookie Free Analytics

Pirsch

10k views / mo

€4

from $6

100k views / mo

€9

Higher paid tier

Script

Under 1 KB gzipped

—

Sampling

None of the numbers we show

—

Export / delete

From the dashboard, no sales call

—

Events

Not metered

—

API

5 MCP tools free on Hobby; 13 on paid

A product feature

Funnels

Growth: linear, same UTC day

Plus, up to 8 steps

Hosted

Frankfurt + Ireland

Germany / EU

Free plan

Full product + badge

Trial

What they actually are

Pirsch sells privacy-friendly web analytics to developers who want a proper API and EU hosting without operating Matomo. Their public pricing (pirsch.io/pricing, checked 2 November 2026): "Starting at only $6 per month for 10,000 monthly page views." That is a peer, not a punchline.

When to pick them

You want their API, their server-side kit, or a German vendor your counsel already wrote a memo about.

When to pick us

You want the cheaper published curve, a hobby plan that is the real dashboard, and EU regions on the same kind of privacy promise.

The honest bit

Their API and server-side story is more mature. If you are building on top of analytics, read their docs first. If you are reading a dashboard once a week, price matters more.

Questions

Is Cookie Free Analytics a Pirsch alternative?: Yes for cookieless pageviews in the EU. Pick Pirsch if their server-side kit is the product. We ship a hashed Bearer read API on paid plans. Hobby (free) gets 5 MCP tools through OAuth; paid plans get all 13. Dashboard aggregates, not a user graph.
What does it cost at 10k and 100k pageviews?: €4 a month at 10,000 pageviews, €9 at 100,000. Events are not metered. Pirsch’s public line, checked 2 November 2026: "Starting at only $6 per month for 10,000 monthly page views."
Do I need a cookie banner?: No cookie banner for this script. If you still load Google Ads, Meta, or GA4, keep the banner for those tags. Your counsel owns the final call.
Where is it hosted?: Frankfurt + Ireland. Beacons hit Frankfurt; pageviews sit in Ireland.
Is there an API or MCP?: A hashed Bearer read API on Starter and Growth. Hobby (free) gets 5 MCP tools through OAuth; paid plans get all 13. Dashboard aggregates, not a user graph.

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