Matomo
Ranked 5 of 6 product analytics platforms by recommenders
Open source self-hosted web analytics that people run for privacy and no-cookie tracking. Critics say it slows under load and report generation is slow, and hosted pricing is high.
Open source self-hosted web analytics that people run for privacy and no-cookie tracking. Critics say it slows under load and report generation is slow, and hosted pricing is high.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 57%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Open source, self-hosted analytics
“Open source product analytics platform Matomo also looked great heading into 2026.”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “2026 App Ecosystem: 200k Apps Scanned for SDKs” “something like self-hosted PostHog/UXWizz/Matomo should be more than enough.”
Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “Mixpanel Security Breach”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hosted plans get expensive
“Matomo charges 22 euros for 50k hits/month.[0] Basically, it's unusable for anything other than a hobby site”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe” “Matomo charges 22 euros for 50k hits/month.”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe” “Holy cow. 1m views = $204.”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released” Slow under load and segments
“when we have a sustained rate of 5-25 logins per second and above things become real slow”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe” “The tracking was not the issue the problem was report generation with segments.”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe” Unusable beyond hobby sites
“Matomo charges 22 euros for 50k hits/month.[0] Basically, it's unusable for anything other than a hobby site”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe” “Basically, it's unusable for anything other than a hobby site”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe”
Other product analytics platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other product analytics platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PostHog | 44 | 84 | 34% | 11 | — | — |
| Plausible | 18 | 7 | 72% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Umami | 17 | 5 | 77% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Google Analytics | 14 | 44 | 24% | 7 | — | — |
| MatomoThis page | 8 | 6 | 57% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The PHP build is from today, which is doubly misleading.”
“No cookies or privacy notices needed.”
“Open source product analytics platform Matomo also looked great heading into 2026.”
“it just costs time for me”
“The tracking was not the issue the problem was report generation with segments.”
“Matomo charges 22 euros for 50k hits/month.[0] Basically, it's unusable for anything other than a hobby site”
“Managed a fairly large matomo site in the past”
“Matomo charges 22 euros for 50k hits/month.”
“Basically, it's unusable for anything other than a hobby site”
“If you architect the underlying infra right it still works like a charm.”
“when we have a sustained rate of 5-25 logins per second and above things become real slow”
“Holy cow. 1m views = $204.”
“my installation quietly died on itself”
“something like self-hosted PostHog/UXWizz/Matomo should be more than enough.”
“Hahaha - matomo itself is non-compliant with the law.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.