Is Matomo GDPR compliant?

Yes. Matomo is GDPR compliant and offers a cookieless tracking option, plus a GDPR manager, access controls, and audit logs. Note that Matomo can also use cookies, so whether you need a consent banner depends on your configuration. MetriXs is cookieless by architecture, so no banner is ever needed and there is no setting to get wrong.

Matomo has a free, open-source Community Edition you can self-host. Matomo Cloud (the hosted product) is a paid subscription starting at €29/mo for the Business plan, with a 21-day free trial. MetriXs has a free-forever cloud plan, so if you want free analytics without running a server, MetriXs covers it.

Does Matomo have more features than MetriXs?

Yes, considerably. Matomo offers heatmaps, session recordings, A/B testing, a tag manager, multi-channel attribution, cohorts, and a GA history importer. MetriXs focuses on the essential traffic metrics most teams use daily. If you need enterprise product analytics, Matomo is the stronger fit; if you want the essentials fast and cheap, MetriXs is.

Where is Matomo data hosted?

Matomo Cloud data is stored in Frankfurt, Germany. If you self-host Matomo On-Premise, you choose where the data lives. MetriXs is hosted in Germany on Hetzner, with no CDN or US edge provider in the path.

Can I import my Google Analytics history into Matomo?

Yes. Matomo has a Google Analytics data importer, so you can bring your historical GA data with you. MetriXs does not import GA history; it starts collecting from the moment the script is live. You can run MetriXs alongside GA for as long as you want to compare.

MetriXs

MetriXs vs

Matomo

Matomo is a deep, enterprise-grade analytics suite with heatmaps, session recordings, and A/B testing. MetriXs is the focused version: the essential traffic metrics most teams use, on one screen, cookieless by default, with a free tier and flat pricing from €6/mo.

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Simpler by design

Matomo is an enterprise suite with heatmaps, session recordings, A/B testing, tag manager, and dozens of reports. That depth is a strength if you need it, and a burden if you do not. MetriXs shows the essentials, visitors, pageviews, sources, geography, devices, bounce rate, on one screen you understand in seconds. No training, no consultant.

Cookieless by default, not by config

Matomo can run cookieless, but it can also set cookies, and which mode you are in depends on your configuration. MetriXs is cookieless by architecture: there is no cookie-setting code path at all, so no consent banner is ever needed and there is no setting to get wrong.

Cheaper at every traffic level

Matomo Cloud starts at €29/mo (Business) and scales by traffic tiers. MetriXs starts free and the €9/mo Team plan covers 100k pageviews. If you want the essentials without the enterprise price tag, MetriXs is dramatically cheaper.

A real free cloud tier

Matomo's free option is self-hosted only (Community Edition). MetriXs has a free-forever cloud plan (1 site, 5k pageviews/mo, 1 month retention) with no credit card and no server to run. If you want free analytics in the cloud, MetriXs covers it and Matomo Cloud does not.

Side-by-side

Matomo Cloud pricing from matomo.org/pricing. Self-host Community is free; Cloud Business starts at €29/mo.

	MetriXs	Matomo
Free trial	14 days, no card	Cloud 21 days, no card
Cookies	None	Optional (cookieless mode available)
GDPR compliant	By design	Yes
Hosted in EU	Yes (Germany)	Cloud: Frankfurt; self-host: you choose
Heatmaps & session replay	No	Yes
A/B testing	No	Yes
Funnels	Goals	Yes
Team members	Included in plan	Cloud: 30 (Business)
Self-hosting	No (managed cloud)	Yes, open source
GA history import	No	Yes
Open source	No	Yes (Community Edition)

Both tools are GDPR-friendly and EU-hosted. Matomo is the right pick if you need an enterprise feature set (heatmaps, recordings, A/B testing, attribution) or want to self-host with full control. MetriXs is the right pick if you want the essentials, cookieless by default, in a faster, simpler dashboard with a free tier and flat pricing.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Matomo GDPR compliant?: Yes. Matomo is GDPR compliant and offers a cookieless tracking option, plus a GDPR manager, access controls, and audit logs. Note that Matomo can also use cookies, so whether you need a consent banner depends on your configuration. MetriXs is cookieless by architecture, so no banner is ever needed and there is no setting to get wrong.
Is Matomo free?: Matomo has a free, open-source Community Edition you can self-host. Matomo Cloud (the hosted product) is a paid subscription starting at €29/mo for the Business plan, with a 21-day free trial. MetriXs has a free-forever cloud plan, so if you want free analytics without running a server, MetriXs covers it.
Does Matomo have more features than MetriXs?: Yes, considerably. Matomo offers heatmaps, session recordings, A/B testing, a tag manager, multi-channel attribution, cohorts, and a GA history importer. MetriXs focuses on the essential traffic metrics most teams use daily. If you need enterprise product analytics, Matomo is the stronger fit; if you want the essentials fast and cheap, MetriXs is.
Where is Matomo data hosted?: Matomo Cloud data is stored in Frankfurt, Germany. If you self-host Matomo On-Premise, you choose where the data lives. MetriXs is hosted in Germany on Hetzner, with no CDN or US edge provider in the path.
Can I import my Google Analytics history into Matomo?: Yes. Matomo has a Google Analytics data importer, so you can bring your historical GA data with you. MetriXs does not import GA history; it starts collecting from the moment the script is live. You can run MetriXs alongside GA for as long as you want to compare.