Analytics without the surveillance.
The open-source alternative to Google Analytics — built in Belgium, hosted in the EU.
01 · Product
Everything, nothing you don't need.
Funnels, journeys, reports and a live dashboard — every feature answers a question about your traffic without costing your visitors their privacy.
Dashboard
Your traffic, at a glance.
Get a clear, real-time overview of your website's performance without the clutter of traditional analytics tools.
- Live visitor count with real-time updates
- Hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly trends
- Referrer sources and UTM campaign tracking
- Country-level geographic breakdown
Visitors
Everything you need to know about your visitors.
Understand where your traffic comes from, what content resonates, and how visitors interact with your site — all without compromising their privacy.
- Top pages ranked by views and unique visitors
- Referrer breakdown with source attribution
- Browser, OS, and device analytics
- Peak hours heatmap for optimal publishing
Funnels
See where visitors drop off.
Build custom conversion funnels to understand your user journey. Identify bottlenecks and optimize your conversion flow.
- Multi-step funnels with conversion rates
- Drop-off analysis between each step
- Conversion trends over time
- Breakdown by device, country, or referrer
- Configurable conversion window (up to 90 days)
Reports
Reports delivered to your inbox.
Get automated summaries of your site's performance without logging into a dashboard. Stay informed effortlessly.
- Daily, weekly, or monthly email summaries
- Key metrics with period-over-period comparison
- Top pages, referrers, and country breakdown
- Webhook delivery for custom integrations
- Multiple recipients per report
Script
One script tag. That's it.
No npm packages, no build steps, no configuration files. Add a single line to your HTML and start collecting privacy-respecting analytics instantly.
- Under 2KB gzipped — 20x smaller than Google Analytics
- Async loading with defer — never blocks rendering
- Works with any framework or static site
02 · Why Pulse
Privacy-first doesn't mean less insight.
Four guarantees, each backed by something you can verify — not a claim on a marketing page.
No cookies, no consent banner
Pulse doesn't set cookies or fingerprint visitors, so it's exempt from ePrivacy consent requirements. No banner, no friction.
Privacy FAQGDPR compliant by architecture
No personal data is collected as defined by GDPR Article 4. Compliance is structural — not a checkbox you have to configure.
How it worksOpen source client
The dashboard and tracking script are public on GitHub. Inspect every line that runs on your site and verify the claims yourself.
Read the codeUnder 2 KB, Swiss-hosted
The script is roughly 20× smaller than Google Analytics and loads async — and every byte of data lives on Swiss infrastructure.
View pricing03 · Compare
How Pulse compares.
See how privacy-first analytics stacks up against the tracking-heavy status quo.
Pulse
Privacy-first analytics
- No cookies required
- GDPR compliant by default
- No consent banner needed
- Open source client
- Script under 2KB
- Swiss infrastructure
- No cross-site tracking
- Free tier available
- Real-time dashboard
Google Analytics
Traditional tracking
- Requires cookies
- GDPR requires configuration
- Consent banner required
- Closed source
- Script over 45KB
- US infrastructure
- Cross-site tracking
- Free tier available
- Real-time dashboard
04 · FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Pulse is a privacy-first website analytics platform by Ciphera. It tracks pageviews, unique visitors, referrers, and geographic data without using cookies, fingerprinting, or collecting any personal data. It's a privacy-respecting alternative to Google Analytics.
Yes, Pulse is free for personal websites. We plan to offer a paid Pro tier for teams and high-traffic sites in the future, but the free tier will always be available.
Pulse is not a drop-in replacement for Google Analytics — it's fundamentally different by design. It doesn't track individual users or sessions, so historical GA data can't be imported. However, you can run both side by side during a transition period.
The Pulse client — dashboard and tracking script — are open source and available on GitHub. You can inspect every line of code that runs on your site and verify our privacy claims.
Pulse shares the privacy-first philosophy with Plausible and Fathom, but it's built on Swiss infrastructure with Swiss data protection laws. The client — dashboard and tracking script — are open source, and Pulse is part of the Ciphera ecosystem, giving you a unified privacy-first stack.
05 · Get started
Start tracking with privacy.
Join the developers who respect their users' privacy while getting the insights they need. No cookies, no consent banner, no compromise.
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