HitKeep Use Cases

HitKeep is open-source privacy-first web analytics for teams that want useful reporting without turning analytics into another infrastructure project. Start with the use case closest to your problem, then choose managed cloud or self-hosting.

Open-source sovereign web analytics Use HitKeep when deployment control, region choice, cookie-free tracking, governed MCP access, and open exports all matter.

Privacy-first web analytics Replace ad-tech analytics with cookie-free tracking, clear retention, exports, and compliance-oriented deployment choices.

EU or US cloud analytics Use managed HitKeep with region choice, Search Console import, open exports, automatic backups, email delivery, and the same core analytics surface as self-hosted.

Single-binary self-hosted analytics Run analytics as one Go binary with embedded DuckDB and embedded NSQ instead of operating a multi-service stack.

Self-hosted GA4 alternative Replace GA4 for website analytics with one self-hosted binary, cookie-less tracking, Search Console aggregates, conversions, ecommerce reports, and open exports.

Google Search Console integration Connect Search Console, map a site property, and import finalized query, page, country, and device aggregates into HitKeep.

Migrate to HitKeep Choose native imports, historical log replay, parallel tracking, or open exports based on the analytics product you are leaving.

WordPress privacy analytics Install the first-party WordPress plugin for cookie-free pageviews, automatic events, DNT defaults, EU/US Cloud, or self-hosted HitKeep.

AI visibility analytics Track server-side AI crawler fetches, AI-referred visits, and on-site assistant activity beside normal web analytics.

AI visibility for SEO agencies Run a 14-day cloud pilot for one client site and report crawler discovery, AI-referred visits, opportunities, and errors.

AI visibility agency pilot Use a short setup checklist, server-side feed requirement, and client report template for the first agency pilot.

MCP analytics access Give Claude, Cursor, approved assistants, and internal reporting tools read-only aggregate analytics and saved Opportunities through scoped API client tokens.

Ecommerce and conversion analytics Measure goals, funnels, ecommerce events, UTM campaigns, and automatic interaction events in one reporting surface.

Cookieless event tracking Track outbound clicks, downloads, forms, custom events, goals, funnels, and ecommerce activity without analytics cookies.

Analytics with open exports Export site data, filtered hits, AI visibility data, saved Opportunities, and user takeouts in CSV, Parquet, JSON, NDJSON, or XLSX.

How to choose

Use the open-source sovereign web analytics guide when the adoption question is about ownership: source availability, deployment control, region choice, privacy defaults, assistant access, and exportability.

Use HitKeep Cloud when you want a production pilot quickly, do not want to manage SMTP, backups, updates, or TLS infrastructure, and can choose EU or US hosting at signup.

Use self-hosted HitKeep when your main requirement is direct control over the runtime, data directory, network policy, and backup process.

Use the MCP analytics access guide when the adoption question is whether approved AI assistants or reporting tools can query analytics without dashboard cookies, write access, or raw export access.

Use the migration overview when the adoption question is how to move history, replay logs, or run HitKeep beside another analytics product. Use the Google Search Console guide when the adoption question is whether organic query data can live in HitKeep without exposing it in public share links. Use the self-hosted GA4 alternative guide when the migration question is specifically about replacing Google Analytics 4 with infrastructure you control. Use the comparison pages when you are replacing a specific analytics product and need a side-by-side evaluation before changing tags.

Use the cookieless event tracking guide when the adoption question is how to measure clicks, downloads, forms, custom events, and conversions without analytics cookies.

Use the AI visibility analytics guide when the adoption question is how to collect server-side AI crawler analytics and connect those fetches to later AI-referred traffic.

Use the AI visibility for SEO agencies guide when the adoption question is how to package that workflow as a client pilot.