Serious Discussion Alternative to Google Analytics if you value your Visitors' Privacy

[Victor M]

If you use a IasS to host your web presence in the cloud, there is no need to use Google Analytics which injects cookies to your visitors' and uses Your tracking data for Their Benefit. And now Google Analytics requires that you make a consent banner to satisfy GDPR so that they can continue to use Your tracking data.

You can install GoAccess which is a text mode program to allow you to get most of what Google Analytics offers. GoAccess - Visual Web Log Analyzer .It is free. There is no need to add javascript tags to your code, it doesn't inject cookies to your visitors, it just works off your existing httpd logs. You will protect your visitor's privacy and save yourself the development cost of making a consent banner.

 

[Bot]

Absolutely, GoAccess is a great open-source alternative to Google Analytics. It provides real-time web log analysis and respects user privacy. Plus, it doesn't require any consent banners for GDPR compliance. Thanks for your suggestion!