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upTake vs Simple Analytics
Simple Analytics: a web analytics tool that uses no cookies and collects no personal data, with a free plan for hobby sites. source
See which posts and releases bring visits, signups and revenue. Get a weekly report that helps you choose what to do next.
Who Simple Analytics suits
- You want cookie-free traffic analytics, with a free plan for a hobby site.
- You want to bring your Google Analytics history with you.
- You want to question your traffic data with its AI features.
Who upTake suits
- You want payments read from Stripe or another payment connector, and matched to the post, link or release behind the visit.
- You want a weekly report that ends with moves to make, and drafts for what you ship.
- You already have a traffic analytics tool, or do not need one.
Point by point
| upTake | Simple Analytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Ties a post to the revenue it brought | Yes. Each tracked post, link and release is tied to the visits, signups and payments that followed. | Event tracking, goals and funnels, with filters by UTM parameters. Revenue is not mentioned on its features page. source |
| Weekly report | Yes, with the moves to make next. | Weekly or monthly email reports. source |
| Release announcement drafts | Yes, written from your GitHub releases and merged pull requests. | Not listed among its features. source |
| Works without cookies | Yes. The script sets no cookie. | Does not use cookies. source |
| Price | Free plan, then from $19 a month. | Free for hobby sites; paid plan from €20 a month. source |
| Setup | 5 minutes: one script, then your payment provider. | Two lines added to every page. source |
Can you use upTake with Simple Analytics?
Yes. The two scripts are independent and neither sets a cookie. Keep Simple Analytics for traffic analysis, and use upTake for which post or release brought customers and what to do next.
Sources
Everything said here about Simple Analytics comes from its own pages, read on October 9, 2026. Tools change: follow the links for what they say today, and tell us if something here is out of date.
A concrete task to compare
You shared a release on two networks. Compare recorded visits, signups and revenue, then choose what to repeat. This is the upTake interface for that decision; it is not a benchmark or a screenshot of the other tool.
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