Web analytics · StatCounter
Statcounter
Freemium site-analytics tracker, plus the widely cited public browser/OS market-share statistics service at gs.statcounter.com.
StatCounter is actually two distinct offerings from the same company. The first, at statcounter.com, is a freemium site-analytics tracker businesses install on their own websites, providing real-time traffic reports, session replay, heatmaps, live visitor feeds, individual visitor path tracking, and conversion/campaign tracking, positioned as an easy-to-use alternative to more complex tools like GA4. The second, at gs.statcounter.com (Statcounter Global Stats), is a separate, publicly published statistics service reporting global and regional market share for browsers, operating systems, search engines, and devices, aggregated from anonymized third-party traffic across StatCounter's member-site network rather than opt-in panels or toolbars; it is one of the most frequently cited sources for browser and OS usage figures across the web and is free and public, with no login required. Prospective users of the analytics product should not confuse it with the free public stats site.
At a glance
| Vendor | StatCounter |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier + paid plans |
| Free tier | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Open source | No |
| Best for | Small business sites wanting a simple installable tracker, or researchers/marketers citing public browser and OS market-share data |
Pricing
Free Basic plan covers 5,000 sessions/month; paid Premium and Premium Plus plans scale by session volume from $9 to $499/month, with a 30-day free trial of paid features.
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic (Free Forever) | $0/month | Up to 5,000 sessions/month, 14-day data retention, no session-replay recordings included |
| Premium | $9 to $399/month (billed monthly); $97 to $4,309/year (annual, ~10% savings) | 20,000 to 5,000,000 sessions/month tiers, 3-year data retention, conversion and paid-traffic tracking, visitor labels and alerts |
| Premium Plus | $19 to $499/month (billed monthly); $205 to $5,389/year (annual, ~10% savings) | Same session tiers as Premium, 5-year data retention, adds heatmaps, Google Ads integration, and UTM campaign tracking |
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.
Features
- Real-time traffic dashboard and live visitor feed
- Session replay recordings (available as paid add-on packs)
- Heatmaps (Premium Plus)
- Individual visitor path and journey tracking
- Visitor labels and custom alerts
- Conversion and paid-traffic (UTM/Google Ads) tracking
- CSV export and scheduled email reports
- Separate, free, publicly published global browser/OS/search-engine market-share statistics (gs.statcounter.com)
Integrations
Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026