Analytics and monitoring

Reference list of privacy-respecting analytics tools and uptime monitoring services, including self-hosted open-source options.

Google Analytics alternatives

• Umami — open-source, self-hostable web analytics with a clean dashboard; no cookies, GDPR compliant
• Plausible — lightweight script (< 1 KB), EU-hosted, no personal data collected
• Fathom — privacy-first analytics focused on simplicity; EU-isolated data option
• GoatCounter — minimal open-source analytics; no tracking of personal data, free for non-commercial use
• Simple Analytics — cookieless, no fingerprinting, GDPR/CCPA compliant
• Metricalp — privacy-focused analytics with a simple event tracking model

Uptime monitoring

• UptimeRobot — widely used uptime monitor; checks every 5 minutes on the free plan
• StatusCake — uptime, SSL, and domain monitoring with instant alerts
• Updown — pay-per-check model; simple HTTP monitoring with response time tracking
• Uptime.com — comprehensive monitoring including real user monitoring and API checks
• OneUptime — all-in-one observability platform: monitoring, on-call, incidents, and status pages
• Testomato — automated website testing and monitoring with content checks
• Monitor.Us — free website monitoring with basic alerting

Open source uptime monitoring

• Uptime Kuma — self-hosted monitoring with a polished UI; supports HTTP, TCP, DNS, and more
• OpenStatus — open-source synthetic and real user monitoring with a built-in status page
• Upptime — GitHub-powered uptime monitor; uses GitHub Actions for checks and GitHub Pages for the status page
• Cachet — open-source status page system for communicating incidents