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Pulse vs Simple Analytics
Simple Analytics is a clean, privacy-first analytics product from a Dutch company (Amsterdam) — cookieless, with its own insight and AI features.
| Pulse | Simple Analytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free Hobby tier; paid plans — see pricing | From $19/mo (billed yearly) |
| Cookies | None | None |
| Consent banner (EU) | Not needed | Not needed |
| Open source | Frontend + client open (AGPL) | Scripts open; core closed, no self-host |
| Data residency | Switzerland / EU | EU (Netherlands) |
| Company jurisdiction | Belgium (EU) | Netherlands (EU) |
Simple Analytics and Pulse are both EU-based, cookieless and banner-free. Simple Analytics is a Dutch product with a minimalist feel; Pulse’s frontend and client are fully open (AGPL) with a public live demo, and data sits on Swiss/EU infrastructure under a Belgian company. See Pulse pricing. Prices for Simple Analytics were checked against their public pricing page on 2026-07-21 and can change — confirm the current figure with the vendor.
01 · Why teams pick Pulse
What Pulse does that Simple Analytics doesn’t
Simple Analytics is a genuinely EU-native, cookieless tool — a Dutch company with a clean product and its own automated insight features. The main distinction is openness: Simple Analytics publishes its tracking scripts but keeps the core application closed with no self-hosted option, while Pulse’s dashboard and client are open (AGPL) and demonstrated on a public live dashboard. Both are strong EU choices; pick on product feel and how much verifiable, open code matters to you.
An EU company, under EU law
Pulse is operated by Ciphera BV, a Belgian company. Your analytics provider — and your GDPR and NIS2 jurisdiction — sits inside the EU, not offshore.
About CipheraSwiss / EU data residency
Every byte of visitor data lives on Swiss and EU infrastructure — no transfer to the US, and no dependence on US-jurisdiction cloud providers.
EU web analyticsNo cookies, no consent banner
Pulse sets no cookies and does not fingerprint visitors, so it is exempt from ePrivacy consent — no banner, and it counts every visitor, not just the ones who opt in.
How cookieless worksOpen client, public live demo
The dashboard and tracking script are open (AGPL) on GitHub, and a real, no-login demo runs on our own traffic. You can verify every claim, not just take our word.
Open the live demo02 · The honest case
When Simple Analytics is the better choice
Simple Analytics is a lovely, focused product with an EU home.
- You want a Dutch/EU company and a deliberately minimal, uncluttered dashboard.
- Its automated insights and AI features fit the way you review data.
- You don’t need open-source or self-hosting and prefer its specific take on simplicity.
If none of the above is a dealbreaker, Pulse gives you cookieless, banner-free analytics from an EU company with Swiss/EU data residency — and you can check it yourself on the live demo.
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Start free on the Hobby tier — one script tag, no cookies, no consent banner. Or open the live demo first and see Pulse running on real traffic.
Cookie-free · GDPR compliant · EU company