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Ahoy vs Cloudflare Web Analytics

Both stand on web analytics tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Ahoy

Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+2

Ahoy offers Rails-focused first-party analytics with configurable storage, event tracking, and several privacy controls. Its developer-oriented scope and Rails target are important considerations.

Visit Ahoy

Cloudflare Web Analytics provides website usage and performance views with stated limits that vary by proxy setup and plan. Check the rule and site caps, and note that non-proxied sites need a JavaScript snippet.

Visit Cloudflare Web Analytics

The facts

	Ahoy	Cloudflare Web Analytics
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Android, API, iPhone, Self-hosted, Web	API, Web
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Cloudflare Pro: $20 a month
Plans published	1	3
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	github.com	cloudflare.com
On web analytics tools	#17 of 142	#21 of 142

Ahoy: what it does well

Free and MIT licensed.
Tracks visits and events across Ruby, JavaScript, and native apps.
Rails database storage is the default.
Bots are excluded by default.
Includes privacy options such as IP masking.

What to know first

Designed for Rails applications and developers.
A new visit begins after four hours of inactivity by default.
Geocoding privacy depends on using a local service or load balancer.

Cloudflare Web Analytics: what it does well

Reports hostnames, URLs, countries and status codes.
Includes three Core Web Vitals measures.
Does not use cookies or localStorage for usage metrics.
Available on all Cloudflare plans.

What to know first

Free plan has zero Web Analytics rules.
Non-proxied sites are limited to 10 tracked websites.
Does not collect beacon data from Internet Explorer 11.
Direct custom integrations with the ingestion endpoint are unsupported.

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