Cookieless · GDPR-friendly · No consent banner
The Google Analytics alternative you can watch live.
Cookieless analytics on one page, with a live map of every visitor. No consent banner, a script under 1 KB, from $5 a month.
14-day free trial, no card required. Pick a plan when it ends.
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A live world map
Everyone on your site in the last 5 minutes, lit up by country and city.
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Visitors as they land
Each arrival streams in within a second, with their page, device and source.
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Click to fly to them
Pick a visitor and the map zooms to where they are.
Recorded on Hark with simulated visitors. Try the live demo
The everyday view
Everything Google Analytics told you, on one screen.
Visitors and pageviews over time, top pages, sources, countries, devices, campaigns and goals. Click anything to filter the whole page by it.
- Sources include Google, Hacker News, Reddit and AI assistants like ChatGPT
- UTM campaigns, goals and custom events, without extra setup
- Readable in a minute, with nothing to configure
Visitors
12.4K
+18%
Pageviews
31.9K
+22%
Engaged time
1m 42s
+6%
Top sources
- Google 4.1K
- Hacker News 2.3K
- ChatGPT 910
- Newsletter 640
Top pages
- / 5.2K
- /pricing 1.9K
- /blog/launch 1.4K
- /docs 820
Hark vs Google Analytics
Google Analytics can do almost anything, if you learn it and put a banner in front of it. Hark does what most sites need, without either.
| Feature | Google Analytics | Hark |
|---|---|---|
| Consent banner in the UK and EU | Needed before it loads | Not needed |
| Cookies | Yes (_ga) | None |
| Reports | Dozens, across many menus | One page, every report filterable |
| Script size | Over 100 KB gzipped | Under 1 KB gzipped |
| Realtime | A 30-minute report | A live map; each visit appears as it lands |
| Price | Free | From $5/mo for 100K pageviews |
Full comparison, including where Google Analytics is the better choice
Or see every Google Analytics alternative compared, with the ones that suit some sites better than Hark.
Private by design
Visitors are counted with a daily-rotating hash. No cookies, no fingerprints kept, no IP addresses stored, so no consent banner.
Tiny script
Under 1 KB gzipped, loaded with defer. It won't slow your pages or your Core Web Vitals.
Fits on one page
Visitors, sources, pages, locations and devices on one screen. Click anything to filter the lot.
Also in every plan
- Goals and custom events
- UTM campaigns
- Filters on every report
- Busiest-hours heatmap
- Country, region and city
- Several sites on one account
- Ask Claude or Cursor about your stats
One line to install.
Add the snippet to your site's <head> and you're done.
<script defer data-domain="example.com" src="https://harkstats.com/js/script.js"></script>Questions
- Is it GDPR-compliant without a cookie banner?
- Hark sets no cookies, stores nothing on the visitor's device and never stores IP addresses. Visitors are counted with a hash that changes daily, so nobody can be followed or identified, and there's nothing to ask consent for.
- Can I track several sites?
- Yes. Starter covers 3 sites, Pro 10 and Business unlimited, all sharing one pageview allowance.
- What happens if I go over my plan?
- Tracking never stops. Extra pageviews cost $0.05 per 1,000, or you can move up a plan.
- Can I import my Google Analytics history?
- Not yet. Many people run both for a while: the Hark script is small enough to sit alongside Google Analytics until you're ready to switch.
Hark is built and run by Alan, an independent developer. Questions or feedback go straight to me at [email protected].
From $5 a month.
100K pageviews and 3 sites on Starter. No per-seat fees, and going over never switches tracking off.