Pulse
Analytics without
the surveillance.
Get the insights you need without compromising user privacy. No cookies, no fingerprinting, no personal data. GDPR compliant by design.
01 · Dashboard
Your traffic, at a glance.
Real-time dashboard with unique visitors, pageviews, bounce rate, and visit duration. Filter by date range, compare periods, and export your data — all without a single cookie.
- Live visitor count with real-time updates
- Hourly, daily, and weekly trend charts
- Referrer sources and UTM tracking
- Country-level geographic breakdown
02 · Features
Everything in Pulse.
Visitor insights
Top pages, referrer sources, browser breakdowns, geographic maps, and peak-hour traffic — the full picture, no personal data collected.
Conversion funnels
Multi-step funnels with drop-off analysis between each step, conversion trends over time, and breakdowns by device, country, or referrer.
Scheduled reports
Daily, weekly, or monthly email summaries with period-over-period comparison — or webhook delivery for custom integrations.
Modular configuration
Toggle only the features you use — scroll depth, outbound links, downloads, 404s, rage-click tracking — with setup guides for 10+ frameworks.
<!-- Add before </head> -->
<script
defer
data-domain="yoursite.com"
src="https://pulse.ciphera.net/js/script.js"
></script>03 · Script
One script tag. That's it.
Add a single script tag to your site and you're done. Under 2KB gzipped — that's 20x smaller than Google Analytics. Loads asynchronously, never blocks page rendering, works with any framework.
- Works with React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, WordPress, plain HTML
- No npm package required — just a script tag
- No consent banner needed — exempt from ePrivacy requirements
Data residency
Switzerland (FADP protected)
IP retention
0 seconds — discarded at edge
Compliance
GDPR, FADP, ePrivacy exempt
04 · Data residency
Hosted in Switzerland. Discarded at the edge.
All analytics data is processed and stored under the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). IP addresses are used only for country-level geolocation at the edge and immediately discarded — never stored, never logged.
- Data never leaves Swiss jurisdiction
- IP addresses discarded after geo lookup
- Aggregated metrics only — no individual records
- No cookies, no fingerprinting, no personal data
- No Data Processing Agreement required
05 · Compare
How Pulse compares.
Google Analytics is installed on over 28 million websites. Here's why Pulse is the better choice for privacy-conscious teams.
- Script size
- Pulse 1.6 KB gzipped · GA 45+ KB
- Cookies
- Pulse none · GA required
Pulse
Privacy-first analytics
- No cookies required
- GDPR compliant by default
- No consent banner needed
- Open source client
- Script under 2KB
- No cross-site tracking
- Free tier available
- Real-time dashboard
Google Analytics
Traditional tracking
- Requires cookies
- GDPR requires configuration
- Consent banner required
- Closed source
- Script over 45KB
- US infrastructure
- Cross-site tracking
- Free tier available
- Real-time dashboard
Frequently Asked Questions
Pulse is a privacy-first website analytics platform by Ciphera. It tracks pageviews, unique visitors, referrers, and geographic data without using cookies, fingerprinting, or collecting any personal data. It's a privacy-respecting alternative to Google Analytics.
Yes, Pulse is free for personal websites. We plan to offer a paid Pro tier for teams and high-traffic sites in the future, but the free tier will always be available.
Pulse is not a drop-in replacement for Google Analytics — it's fundamentally different by design. It doesn't track individual users or sessions, so historical GA data can't be imported. However, you can run both side by side during a transition period.
The Pulse client — dashboard and tracking script — are open source and available on GitHub. You can inspect every line of code that runs on your site and verify our privacy claims.
Pulse shares the privacy-first philosophy with Plausible and Fathom, but it stores data in Switzerland under the FADP. The client — dashboard and tracking script — are open source, and Pulse is part of the Ciphera ecosystem, giving you a unified privacy-first stack.
07 · Get started
Start tracking with privacy.
Add one script tag and get privacy-first analytics in under 60 seconds. Free forever for personal sites.