SimpleStats alternative hosted in France
Let us say it up front: of all the tools compared on this site, SimpleStats is the closest to ours. Server-side measurement, no tracking cookies, a Composer package, European hosting. If you are hesitating between the two, it is because you have read both properly.
The difference is not technical, it is about the job each one does. Everything written here about SimpleStats comes from its own published pages, dated and linked at the bottom.
What SimpleStats does well
Revenue attribution. Their page puts it this way: "See the full picture: every visit, signup and payment, attributed to the channel that drove it". That is a different job from ours, and at that job they are good.
A careful Laravel integration. Install with composer require, server-side measurement, no JavaScript required, and a REST API for stacks that are not Laravel.
A free plan and a self-hosted option. We have neither, and those are two real reasons to prefer them.
Where we differ
| Quiet Metrics | SimpleStats | |
|---|---|---|
| What the tool measures | A site's audience | Revenue attribution by channel |
| Server-side, no tracking cookies | Yes | Yes |
| Server packages | PHP, Laravel, Symfony | Laravel, plus a REST API |
| Self-hosting | Not offered | Yes, two options |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Where data is hosted | France, named processor | European Union |
Four of those six rows either do not separate us or favour them. This is the closest comparison on the site, and presenting it any other way would be lying to you.
The first row is the one that matters. An attribution tool answers "where did this customer come from and what did they bring in". An audience tool answers "how many people read this page". Those are two different questions, and the tool that answers yours well is the right one.
When to choose SimpleStats
If you sell online and want to tie revenue to channel. That is their core job, not ours.
If you want to self-host. We do not offer it.
If you want to start without paying. Their free plan exists; our access is in closed beta and online subscription is not open.
When to look at us
If your requirements name France. Our measurement data is hosted there by a single processor, OVH SAS, named in our privacy policy, and is never transferred outside the European Union. SimpleStats states the European Union, which is enough in most cases but not in all.
If you work in Symfony. We publish three Composer packages: plain PHP, Laravel and Symfony.
If you need a contractual corpus under French law. Our seven documents are written for that framework, dated and versioned, and the French text is authoritative. That is what public procurement and some large accounts ask for.
Sources and verification date
Recorded on 23 August 2026 from pages published by SimpleStats:
- Home page and pricing: server-side cookie-free measurement, Laravel integration and REST API, hosting in the European Union, free plan, self-hosted options.
We do not copy their prices here: they depend on volume and change over time, and a copied figure goes stale without warning. Their page is authoritative, not our summary.
SimpleStats is a trademark of its publisher. This comparison is made independently, from public information.