Matomo Alternative

Privacy-First Analytics With AI Insights

Get the privacy values you love about Matomo, plus AI-powered recommendations that tell you what to fix. No self-hosting required.

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Why Matomo Users Explore Alternatives

Matomo is great for privacy and data ownership. But self-hosting has hidden costs, and you still need to analyze data manually.

Self-hosting has hidden operational costs

Still shows data without recommendations

No AI to help with analysis

Same complexity as GA, different package

Quick Comparison

See how Matomo compares to Clickyard

Feature	Matomo	Clickyard
Privacy focus	Excellent	Excellent
Self-hosting	Available (maintenance)	Not needed
AI recommendations	No	Yes
Total cost of ownership	Higher (servers + time)	Lower (managed)
Heatmaps	Premium plugin	No
Open source	Yes	No

About Matomo

Matomo

Matomo (formerly Piwik) is an open-source web analytics platform that can be self-hosted for full data ownership. Popular among privacy-conscious organizations.

Strengths

Full data ownership (self-hosted option)
Strong privacy compliance
No data sampling
Good GA-like feature set
Active open source community
Transparent, no hidden data use

Weaknesses

Self-hosting requires maintenance
Hidden costs (servers, updates, security)
No AI-powered recommendations
Still requires manual analysis
Learning curve similar to GA

Best for

Privacy-focused organizations, Teams wanting full data ownership, Organizations with server infrastructure, Open source advocates

Pricing

Free (Self-hosted is free) → $19/month (Cloud)

What Clickyard Does Differently

Instead of showing you data to analyze, we tell you what to fix.

AI-powered insights Matomo lacks

No server maintenance required

Same privacy values, but actionable output

Focus on conversion optimization, not just data

How to Get Started with Clickyard

Switching from Matomo is easy:

Evaluate self-hosting costs

Calculate total cost: servers, maintenance time, security updates, backups.

Try Clickyard cloud

Same privacy values, no operational burden.

Compare insights

Clickyard's AI provides recommendations Matomo doesn't offer.

Matomo Alternative FAQ

Yes. We share the same values: no data selling, GDPR compliance, minimal collection. The difference: Clickyard adds AI-powered insights that Matomo lacks.

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