#22 in Product AnalyticsUpdated 2026-08

HitKeep

by HitKeep · Cookieless open-source web analytics, self-hosted or managed

38 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

HitKeep is an open-source web analytics product covering traffic, pages, campaigns, goals, funnels, ecommerce, Search Console imports and AI crawler or AI-referred visits in one reporting surface. Tracking is cookieless by default. It runs as managed Cloud in Frankfurt or Virginia, or as a single self-hosted Linux binary with DuckDB and NSQ embedded.

Best for: Teams wanting cookieless web analytics they can self-host or run in an EU/US managed cloud.
Pricing: Free plan at €0, then Pro at €15/month and Business at €39/month per team, billed annually at €150 and €390 a year.
Runs on: WebSelf-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

MIT-licensed; Cloud and self-hosting share one foundation
Self-hosts as one Linux binary with DuckDB and NSQ embedded
Takeout in JSON, CSV, Parquet, NDJSON and XLSX on every plan
REST API, webhooks and read-only MCP included on the free plan

Trade-offs

Free plan keeps only 60 days of history and three sites
OIDC SSO only on the €39/month Business plan
Custom tracking domains need Pro or above
Takeout uses open formats, but import into another HitKeep is not automatic

Pricing

Published plans from HitKeep’s own pricing page, in EUR. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

HitKeep pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in EUR
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
Free	Freeper team	Free	3 sites, 3 members, 60 days of history Traffic dashboard: sources, pages, devices Goals and multi-step funnels Site takeout: JSON, CSV, Parquet, NDJSON, XLSX
Pro	€15per team	€12.5	10 sites, 5 members, 365 days of history Everything in Free External scheduled-report recipients Custom tracking domains with on-demand TLS
Business	€39per team	€32.5	50 sites, 20 members, 1,095 days of history Everything in Pro Multi-client sites, sharing and scheduled reports OpenID Connect (OIDC) SSO

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 85 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 65 out of 100
Operational trust: 40 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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