Hosting location: Switzerland vs the Netherlands
Simple Analytics is a Dutch company with data centres in the Netherlands (Amsterdam). As the Netherlands is an EU member, the GDPR applies in full – a solid privacy footing for most EU customers.
For Swiss customers with strict data residency (banks, hospitals, law firms, administrations) that often isn't enough. Then Logiwolf, hosted in Zurich and Geneva, is the uncompromising choice.
Minimalismus vs. Funktionsvielfalt
Simple Analytics deliberately embraces radical minimalism: a clean dashboard, few metrics, no heatmaps, no session recordings, no A/B tests. For some users that's exactly the appeal.
Logiwolf can do that too, but goes further: heatmaps and replays are built in, in every plan. You learn why visitors bounce without a second tool and without a surcharge.
Preisgestaltung: USD/EUR vs. CHF
Simple Analytics bills in EUR or USD. For Swiss customers that means exchange rate risk and VAT handling as a third-country service. Logiwolf bills in Swiss francs including Swiss VAT.
On entry pricing, Simple Analytics is cheap at USD 9/month but offers no free forever plan (only a 14-day trial). Logiwolf starts at CHF 0 free forever for 2,000 pageviews per month.
Price comparison at 100,000 pageviews / month
- Simple Analytics Starter: approx. USD 19/month (≈ CHF 17) – web analytics only
- Logiwolf Professional: CHF 29.95/month – including heatmaps and session recordings
- Simple Analytics + Hotjar Business (vergleichbarer Funktionsumfang): USD 19 + USD 80 = approx. CHF 90/month
Migrating from Simple Analytics to Logiwolf
Since both tools work with a script tag, the migration is trivial:
- Create a free Logiwolf account on logiwolf.com.
- Logiwolf-Pixel im HTML-Head einbauen:
<script defer src="https://logiwolf.com/pixel/[ID]"></script> - Leave the Simple Analytics script in place at first and run both in parallel for 1–2 weeks.
- Compare the data in both dashboards (it should be very similar, as both are cookieless).
- Remove the Simple Analytics script, cancel the Simple Analytics subscription.
Recommendation: which tool when?
Choose Simple Analytics, if:
- You're after extremely minimalist pageview counting
- EU hosting (Netherlands) is sufficient for you
- You don't need heatmaps or session recordings
- You're fine with an English UI and USD/EUR billing
- Your workflow doesn't need German-language reports
Choose Logiwolf, if:
- You need Swiss hosting (compliance or by choice)
- You want to use heatmaps and session recordings without a premium surcharge
- You want billing in CHF with Swiss VAT
- You need a German UI and German-language support
- You want a free forever plan to try things out