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Matomo vs Datastory

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Matomo compared with Datastory
DetailMatomoDatastory
What it doesPrivacy-first analytics you can trust Create interactive charts, websites, and reports using Studio, CMS, AI, and 2000+ open datasets.
StageEstablished Established
FoundedNot given 2016
Based inDE SE
Pricing modelfreemium freemium
PricingMatomo Cloud offers free 21-day trial with full feature access. Paid plans start from €29/month for up to 50,000 hits/month, scaling to custom pricing for 10+ million hits/month. On-Premise offers free community edition forever, or paid bundles starting at €275/month for Team tier. Not given
Key features
  • Real-time visitor tracking and analytics
  • Heatmaps and session recordings
  • A/B testing platform
  • Conversion funnels and user flows
  • GDPR-compliant data management
  • Goal and event tracking
  • Custom reporting
  • Form analytics
  • AI traffic tracking
  • Production-ready charts
  • Rich chart gallery with bars, lines, areas, beeswarms, slopes, treemaps, scatter plots
  • Smart chart recommendations
  • Anywhere embed
  • AI-powered insights and recommendations
  • Auto-captions with editable drafts
  • Insight finder for anomalies and correlations
  • Open data catalog with 2000+ datasets
What makes it different
  • No data sampling unlike competitors
  • 100% data ownership with no vendor lock-in
  • Privacy by design with GDPR compliance built-in
  • Open source with GPL license
  • Cloud or self-hosted deployment options
  • Takes users from raw data to published narrative
  • AI grounded in actual data, never hallucinated
  • Responsive design and anywhere embed capability
  • Founded on principles from Hans Rosling and Gapminder
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)92 no change since last check48 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)7432
Citation Flow (Majestic)6832
Referring domains (Majestic)8199160

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