smolanalytics vs the other analytics tools
Honest side-by-side comparisons, including a straight "when to keep them" on every page. The short version: smolanalytics gives you web and product analytics from one snippet, a verdict on what to fix, answers you ask in plain English, and a single Go binary you can self-host free.
vs GA4
exact, first-party numbers, no consent banner, no sampling
vs PostHog
one Go binary instead of Kafka + ClickHouse + Redis + Postgres
vs Mixpanel
own your data, cap the bill, no free-tier cliff
vs Amplitude
self-serve and cheap, no MTU pricing or sales call
vs Plausible
web analytics plus product analytics from one snippet
vs Umami
one binary, no Postgres beside it, plus a verdict
vs Matomo
one binary instead of a PHP + MySQL stack and a cron
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