Simple Analytics
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SHOW HN2018
968points
263comments
#4of 2,155 in 2018
Top 1%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
20 positive, 76 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 35 critical, out of 133 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Privacy: 1 for, 14 againstIdea: 7 for, 5 againstPricing: 2 for, 7 againstDesign: 4 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 5 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and clear product explanation
From 3 comments
First: really slick site. I'm not so into the video which takes a while to get to the point, but the site makes it really easy to understand the point of your product (and that's…
mdasen on HNGreat work! Nice design and everything has a genuine touch to it. The video is surprisingly amusing and well done too. Best of luck with it!
Reedx on HNMy feedback: someone else mentioned making the tiny live demo button bigger. I suggest scrapping it entirely... and embedding the demo statistics directly under the video, or…
exikyut on HN
Privacy-focused approach is welcome
From 2 comments
Well done brother. :-) The more privacy-aware tools, the better! Something that would interest me, is a little explanation of…
MrQuincle on HNThis is very cool - I'm literally building the same thing right now!
pistoriusp on HN
Well-produced video
From 2 comments
My feedback: someone else mentioned making the tiny live demo button bigger. I suggest scrapping it entirely... and embedding the demo statistics directly under the video, or…
exikyut on HNGreat work! Nice design and everything has a genuine touch to it. The video is surprisingly amusing and well done too. Best of luck with it!
Reedx on HN
Objections
Price is too high for simple analytics
From 2 comments
It doesn't even offer close to the features Google Analytics offers and costs $12/month. The same such a service as Netflix costs. The idea is nice but looking at the actual…
Cpmly on HNThe idea is great, but price is way too high for a simple site. Many people are interested in anonymised data like pageviews and geographical distribution, for example, but these…
gryzzly on HN
Stats are public without authentication
From 2 comments
This is a great idea and I love the design. It looks like anyone can see the stats for any domain using the service without any authentication. I added the tracking code to my…
whylo on HNSo this is open to everyone? I mean, can I just see stats of a site that uses the service? e.g. https://simpleanalytics.io/simpleanalytics.io
tzury on HN
IP addresses are personal data despite no-tracking claim
From 1 comment
"We don't use cookies or collect any personal data." IP-address is considered personal data. So when the browsers visits a page with the JS, the IP-address of the user is…
sleepyhead on HN
Feature set is too basic compared to Google Analytics
From 2 comments
I assume that it's more of a feeler/prototype than a real product, but even then it is really basic and through that it's ultimately useless. A Summary page should show traffic…
huhtenberg on HNIt doesn't even offer close to the features Google Analytics offers and costs $12/month. The same such a service as Netflix costs. The idea is nice but looking at the actual…
Cpmly on HN
Requests
Actionable reports such as traffic sources and user journeys
From 2 comments
I assume that it's more of a feeler/prototype than a real product, but even then it is really basic and through that it's ultimately useless. A Summary page should show traffic…
huhtenberg on HNScreen sizes is ambiguous here - are you measuring viewport width (`window.innerWidth` - helpful) or the display the window happens to be on (not too helpful)? Also something to…
petemill on HN
Free tier for low traffic sites
From 2 comments
Few Questions: How likely is this to be blocked by uBlock Origin/Firefox private mode (easy-list etc). Do they have any rules what they consider to be 'ethical analytics'? How…
RealDinosaur on HNThe idea is great, but price is way too high for a simple site. Many people are interested in anonymised data like pageviews and geographical distribution, for example, but these…
gryzzly on HN
Self-hosted option
From 2 comments
I would consider a self-hosted option to be the privacy-first approach.
markstos on HNI am using fathom [1] for this. They allow hosting the backend yourself and your analytics are not publicly accessible. Biggest con is that each installation can only track one…
ciex on HN
Ability to push page views programmatically for SPAs
From 1 comment
I love it. More of these, please. As an author of SPAs and PWAs, though, I'd really like the ability to push a page hit programmatically.
MentallyRetired on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Matomo
From 1 comment
Please give a comparison to Matomo¹ (formerly Piwik), the current obvious choice for doing this. 1. https://matomo.org/
teddyh on HN
How is the backend built and does it scale
From 1 comment
First: really slick site. I'm not so into the video which takes a while to get to the point, but the site makes it really easy to understand the point of your product (and that's…
mdasen on HN
How it handles bots and Do Not Track
From 1 comment
First: really slick site. I'm not so into the video which takes a while to get to the point, but the site makes it really easy to understand the point of your product (and that's…
mdasen on HN
Whether the script is blocked by ad blockers
From 1 comment
Few Questions: How likely is this to be blocked by uBlock Origin/Firefox private mode (easy-list etc). Do they have any rules what they consider to be 'ethical analytics'? How…
RealDinosaur on HN
Alternatives named
Matomo
From 2 comments
Please give a comparison to Matomo¹ (formerly Piwik), the current obvious choice for doing this. 1. https://matomo.org/
teddyh on HNHi I work in digital analytics and have a question. A problem with Piwik is if that PSQL database goes down (a database is NEVER 100% up) what happens to the data your JavaScript…
jackgolding on HN
Fathom
From 2 comments
I am using fathom [1] for this. They allow hosting the backend yourself and your analytics are not publicly accessible. Biggest con is that each installation can only track one…
ciex on HNJust a quick reminder, that Fathom started its Pro offering only a few days ago: https://usefathom.com/ It's also Open Source so you can see for yourself what is going on, or…
dna_polymerase on HN
GoAccess log analysis
From 1 comment
I've moved away from using any kind of script embedded in my webpages for tracking and instead just use Goaccess (https://goaccess.io/) to analyze my logs. Though there are…
sondr3 on HN
Clicky
From 1 comment
anyone here uses clicky https://clicky.com
ksec on HN
Trackingco.de
From 1 comment
This feels like a rant, but I've posted my https://trackingco.de/ here multiple times, which has very similar proposal (and is cheaper) but never got a single line of feedback.
fiatjaf on HN