Ackee, Litlyx, and Medama Analytics are all cookieless, privacy-first alternatives to Google Analytics built for developers who want to self-host and own…
Free (open source) · From Free
Best for: Developers who already run Node.js and MongoDB infrastructure and want a free, cookie-free multi-site dashboard with a GraphQL API for custom integrations.
Freemium / Subscription (self-hosted free option available) · From Free (self-hosted) or from EUR 8.99/month (Mini cloud plan)
Best for: Agencies, freelancers, and small businesses that want a fast-to-set-up, GDPR-compliant analytics tool with AI-generated client reports and the option to self-host for free.
Open Source · From Free
Best for: Developers and small-to-medium site operators who want the lightest possible self-hosted footprint, running as a single dependency-free binary with minimal server resources.
| Ackee | Litlyx | Medama Analytics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Analytics | Analytics | Analytics |
| Rating | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Pricing model | Free (open source) | Freemium / Subscription (self-hosted free option available) | Open Source |
| Starting price | Free | Free (self-hosted) or from EUR 8.99/month (Mini cloud plan) | Free |
| Free plan | Not documented | Yes | Not documented |
| Free trial | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Platforms | Web | Not documented | Not documented |
| Team collaboration | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| AI features | Not documented | Yes | Not documented |
| Public API | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Free and open source at the core
All three tools offer a fully free, self-hosted path with no vendor subscription required, appealing to teams that want to avoid recurring analytics costs entirely.
Ackee, Litlyx, Medama Analytics
Cookieless by design
Each tool avoids cookies and personal identifiers, which means sites can typically skip a cookie-consent banner for analytics purposes and stay closer to GDPR compliance out of the box.
Ackee, Litlyx, Medama Analytics
Only Litlyx offers a managed cloud plan
Litlyx is the only one of the three with an official hosted SaaS tier, starting at EUR 8.99 per month, so teams that do not want to manage their own servers have a supported option.
Litlyx
AI-generated reporting sets Litlyx apart
Litlyx layers AI-powered, one-click reports and conversion funnel analysis on top of standard traffic metrics, a feature neither Ackee nor Medama Analytics offers.
Litlyx
Minimal infrastructure footprint
Medama Analytics ships as a single dependency-free binary that the project says can run on as little as 256MB of memory, making it the lightest self-hosting option of the three.
Medama Analytics
| Feature | Ackee | Litlyx | Medama Analytics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie-free tracking | Available | Available | Available |
| Custom event tracking | Available | Available | Not documented |
| Conversion funnel analysis | Unavailable | Available | Unavailable |
| Feature | Ackee | Litlyx | Medama Analytics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted deployment | Available | Available | Available |
| Managed hosted (SaaS) plan | Unavailable | Available | Unavailable |
| Documented API for integrations | Available | Not documented | Available |
| Feature | Ackee | Litlyx | Medama Analytics |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI-generated reports | Unavailable | Available | Unavailable |
| Multi-site or multi-workspace dashboard | Available | Available | Not documented |
| Shareable client-facing reports | Unavailable | Available | Unavailable |
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
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Yes, all three can be used entirely free if self-hosted. Ackee and Medama Analytics only exist as free, open-source, self-hosted software with no official paid tier. Litlyx also offers a free self-hosted option, but additionally sells a hosted cloud plan starting at EUR 8.99 per month for teams that prefer not to manage their own servers.
Litlyx's hosted cloud plans require no server maintenance at all since Litlyx runs the infrastructure. Among the self-hosted-only options, Medama Analytics is designed to be the lightest to run, shipping as a single dependency-free binary that the project says can operate on as little as 256MB of memory, compared to Ackee which requires running and maintaining a MongoDB database.
No. Ackee, Litlyx, and Medama Analytics are all designed to track visitors without cookies or persistent identifiers, which is intended to let site owners avoid a cookie-consent banner for analytics purposes and align more easily with regulations like GDPR.
Litlyx is the most purpose-built for agencies, offering multi-domain workspaces and shareable, branded client reports along with AI-generated summaries. Ackee also supports monitoring multiple sites from one dashboard, though without the AI reporting or client-facing report templates that Litlyx provides.
Litlyx is the only one of the three with AI-generated reporting, offering one-click summaries of web, product, SEO, and marketing performance on its paid plans. Neither Ackee nor Medama Analytics documents any AI reporting features.
All three are smaller, newer projects than Google Analytics. Litlyx was founded in 2024 and is an early-stage startup backed by an accelerator program, while Ackee and Medama Analytics are community-maintained open-source projects without a company behind them, so buyers should weigh their lighter feature sets and smaller support ecosystems against their lower cost and stronger data privacy.
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