CapraLens vs GA4, Plausible, Fathom & Matomo
The honest version: every tool below is a reasonable choice for someone. Here is where they actually differ — consent banners, who holds the data, and what performance signals you get out of the box.
| CapraLens | GA4 | Plausible | Fathom | Matomo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consent banner needed | No — no cookies, no personal data stored | Typically yes under GDPR | No | No | Can run cookieless (configuration) |
| Visitor identity | Daily-rotating salted hash — no cross-day tracking | Persistent identifiers | Daily-rotating hash | Rotating hash | Configurable |
| Core Web Vitals (LCP · CLS · INP) | Built in | Not in standard reports | — | — | — |
| Scroll depth & session duration | Built in | Via configuration | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Public share dashboards | Yes — token links | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Data export | CSV (paid tiers) + API | BigQuery export | CSV | CSV | Full (self-host) |
| Price per month | €0 · €9 Pro · €29 Business | Free | from ~€9 | from ~$15 | from ~€22 cloud / free self-host |
Competitor details are taken from their public feature and pricing pages as of September 2026 and change over time — verify with the vendor before deciding. The CapraLens column is read from our own code, not our marketing.
Why there's no consent banner
CapraLens sets no cookies and stores no personal data. Visitors are counted with a salted hash that rotates every day, so there is no cross-day identity to consent to — the banner question never arises, because the data it protects is never collected. (We build software, not legal advice: assess your own setup.)
We run it on everything we own
CapraLens measures all eleven of our own live products — every pageview, vitals sample and scroll event on our sites flows through the same ingest our customers use. When something breaks, we feel it before you do.
What CapraLens deliberately doesn't do
No advertising attribution suite, no session recordings, no demographic profiles. If your business runs on those, GA4 or a session-replay tool is genuinely the better fit — we would rather tell you that here than after you have signed up.
Try it on your site
Free tier, one site, no card. The embed is one script tag and the first events show up live.