Marketing & Analytics · head to head
Simple Analytics vs Kissmetrics
Simple Analytics
Marketing & Analytics
Privacy-friendly analytics without cookies
- From
- $20/month
- Rated
- -
Kissmetrics
Marketing & Analytics
Customer analytics and behavioral data
- From
- $500/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Simple Analytics the free plan requires a Simple Analytics badge on your site and is limited to 1 user, 5 websites and 30 days of history; Kissmetrics overages are added automatically to the next invoice rather than blocked, so exceeding an event allowance bills without a decision point
- They diverge on capability: Simple Analytics covers Page view tracking, Kissmetrics covers Customer analytics.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Simple Analytics and Kissmetrics actually diverge.
| Attribute | Simple Analytics | Kissmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $20/month | $500/month |
| Pricing model | subscription | quote |
| Founded | 2016 | 2009 |
Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Marketing & Analytics).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Simple Analytics
- Page view tracking
- Goal tracking
- Real-time analytics
- Privacy-focused
- GDPR compliant
Only in Kissmetrics
- Customer analytics
- Behavioral tracking
- Cohort analysis
- Funnel analysis
- Salesforce
- GDPR
Both cover
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
- English language support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Simple Analytics
- Cookie-free website analytics that avoids a consent bannernot Kissmetrics
- Keeping visitor data hosted in the EU for GDPR purposesnot Kissmetrics
- Replacing or running alongside Google Analytics with a single-page dashboardnot Kissmetrics
Kissmetrics
- Product and behavioural analytics tracking user eventsnot Simple Analytics
- Analysing funnels and cohorts across a customer journeynot Simple Analytics
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Simple Analytics
- The free plan requires a Simple Analytics badge on your site and is limited to 1 user, 5 websites and 30 days of history
- Data older than 30 days is automatically deleted on the free plan
- The paid plan starts at $20 per month for 100,000 pageviews and includes only 1 user, with each extra user costing another $20 per month
- Single Sign-On, role-based access, SOC 2 documentation, an SLA and raw data export are Enterprise features quoted only by demo request
- On yearly plans, exceeding your estimated limit gives you one week to raise it before Simple Analytics raises it for you
- Paying by Bitcoin adds 10% and is only offered on yearly billing
- Bank transfer is only available for bills from $500 and adds 10% in banking and service fees
- Unlimited pageviews on the free plan are subject to a fair use policy rather than a stated number
Kissmetrics
- Overages are added automatically to the next invoice rather than blocked, so exceeding an event allowance bills without a decision point
- The free plan allows 100,000 events a month
- Per event rates fall with volume, from $0.20 per 1,000 events on Growth to $0.10 on Gold, so smaller customers pay double per event
- The vendor states Growth, Silver and Gold are the identical product, so the paid tiers differ only in unit price and volume
- Anything above 5 million events is custom priced
Pricing, plan by plan
Simple Analytics
$20/month- Standard$20/month
- Up to 100k page views
- Real-time analytics
Kissmetrics
$500/month- Professional$500/month
- Customer analytics
- Behavioral tracking
Which should you pick?
Choose Simple Analytics if
- You need page view tracking.
- You also want goal tracking.
Choose Kissmetrics if
- You need customer analytics.
- You also want behavioral tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is Simple Analytics or Kissmetrics better?
- Neither clearly leads. Simple Analytics starts at $20/month and Kissmetrics at $500/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Simple Analytics or Kissmetrics?
- Simple Analytics starts at $20/month and Kissmetrics at $500/month.
- Does Simple Analytics or Kissmetrics run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Simple Analytics best used for?
- Simple Analytics is most often used for cookie-free website analytics that avoids a consent banner, keeping visitor data hosted in the eu for gdpr purposes, replacing or running alongside google analytics with a single-page dashboard. Of those, cookie-free website analytics that avoids a consent banner and keeping visitor data hosted in the eu for gdpr purposes are not what Kissmetrics is typically brought in for.
- What can Simple Analytics do that Kissmetrics cannot?
- Simple Analytics covers Page view tracking, Goal tracking, Real-time analytics, Privacy-focused. Kissmetrics covers Customer analytics, Behavioral tracking, Cohort analysis, Funnel analysis. Both handle Cloud deployment, Web support, English language support.