Hark vs Simple Analytics
Both skip cookies. At 100K pageviews, Simple Analytics is £20 and Hark is $5.
Simple Analytics is EU-owned and EU-hosted, and its feature list has grown well past the name: email reports, GA4 import, APIs, an AI assistant. Hark does less, costs less, and puts a live map of your visitors at the centre.
| Simple Analytics | Hark | |
|---|---|---|
| 100K pageviews a month | £20/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes: 5 sites, 1 month of history, a badge on your site | No, a 14-day trial instead |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | 14 days, no card |
| Extra users | £20/mo each after the first | Not yet: one login per account |
| Cookies and consent banner | None needed | None needed |
| Goals and funnels | Yes | Yes, plus journeys as a flow diagram |
| Live view | Embeddable live stats charts | Live world map; each visit appears as it lands |
| Email reports | Yes | Not yet |
| CSV export and API | Yes | Not yet |
| GA4 import | Yes | Not yet |
| AI | An AI assistant and an MCP server | An MCP server on every plan |
| Public dashboards | Shared access and custom views | Every plan, live, plus an embeddable visitor badge |
| Hosting | EU-owned, EU-hosted | London, on Fly.io |
Simple Analytics details checked on 9 November 2026 from Simple Analytics pricing , Simple Analytics features . Prices are monthly. Simple Analytics charges in pounds, Hark in US dollars. Spot something out of date? Email [email protected] and we'll fix it.
What you'd pay
| A month | Simple Analytics | Hark |
|---|---|---|
| 100K pageviews | £20 | $5 |
| 300K pageviews | £40 | $14 |
| 1M pageviews | £60 | $29 |
Simple Analytics has 250K and 500K tiers, so 300K means the £40 plan. Each price includes one user.
You pay per person as well
Simple Analytics prices by pageviews and by people. One login is included and each extra one adds £20 a month, so three people at 100K pageviews pay £60. Hark has no per-seat price because it only has one login per account for now. If several people need their own access, Simple Analytics handles that and Hark doesn't yet.
If your data has to stay in the EU
Some organisations require analytics data to sit with an EU company on EU servers. Simple Analytics meets that. Hark runs in London on Fly.io, which is fine for some policies and rules it out for others. Check yours before you pick on price.
Choose Simple Analytics if…
- Your analytics have to stay with an EU-owned company on EU servers.
- You want weekly email reports, CSV exports or an API.
- You're leaving GA4 and want to bring your history.
- A free plan with a month of history is enough.
- Several people need their own logins.
Choose Hark if…
- You'd rather pay $5 than £20 at 100K pageviews.
- You want to watch visitors arrive on a live world map.
- You want to see the paths people take through your site, drawn as a flow diagram.
- You'd like a public live dashboard and a badge on your site showing who's reading now.
Switching from Simple Analytics
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Add Hark's script tag alongside Simple Analytics' and run both for a week.
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sa_event('signup')becomeswindow.analytics?.('Signup'), or adddata-analytics-event="Signup"to the element and skip the JavaScript. -
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Recreate your goals and funnels in Hark.
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Export the history you want as CSV first. Hark can't import it.
Questions people ask
- Is Hark cheaper than Simple Analytics?
- Yes: $5 against £20 at 100K pageviews, $14 against £40 at 300K and $29 against £60 at a million, before Simple Analytics' £20 per extra user.
- Does Simple Analytics have a free plan?
- Yes. It covers one user and five sites with one month of history, and you have to show a Simple Analytics badge. Hark has a 14-day trial instead.
- Is Hark hosted in the EU?
- No. Hark runs in London on Fly.io. If you need an EU company on EU servers, Simple Analytics or Plausible will suit you better.
One thing we won't do
Hark counts visitors with an id that resets every day, so we can't follow anyone from one day to the next. That rules out returning-visitor counts and cohorts. It's also why there's nothing to consent to.
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