Cookieless like lightweight analytics — with depth when you need it
Lightweight privacy analytics answers "how many, from where, reading what" on a single dashboard, with a tiny script and no cookies. Simplicity is its biggest strength. PathClue is just as light on the page, and adds apps, mini programs, user profiles, retention, replay and attribution in the same project — so you don’t have to switch tools when you need more.
- Both cookieless
- Apps and mini programs too
- A free plan that lasts
Choose PathClue if you want
- Website, app and mini-program data in one project
- Funnels, retention, user profiles and session replay
- Bots and AI crawlers reported separately
- Ad click recognition, attribution and conversion sharing
- A free plan that stays free, not just a trial
Choose lightweight privacy analytics if you need
- The simplest possible one-page dashboard that anyone can read
- Open source you can audit yourself
- Website analytics only, by choice, and nothing more
PathClue and lightweight privacy analytics
What teams ask most when choosing. The right-hand column describes what this type of tool usually does.
| Feature | PathClue | Lightweight privacy analytics |
|---|---|---|
| No analytics cookies | Yes | Yes |
| Script size | About 2 KB | Often smaller |
| Bots and crawlers in their own report | Yes | Usually filtered out |
| AI assistants as a separate source | Built in | Usually shown as referrals |
| Funnels | Yes | Some, often on higher tiers |
| Retention and user profiles | Yes | Usually not |
| Session replay and heatmaps | Yes | Usually not |
| Apps and mini programs | Yes | Usually not supported |
| Free plan | Free for good | Mostly trials |
The right-hand column describes common practice for this type of tool; individual products differ, so check their own sites. Reviewed October 2026.
What this type of tool rarely gives you
More than the website
Add apps and mini programs to the same project; signed-in users merge into one profile.
- iOS, Android, HarmonyOS
- WeChat, Alipay, Douyin
- One profile per person
| Scene | Day 1 |
|---|---|
| Shared card | 38% |
| Search | 33% |
| Scan QR code | 21% |
Depth built in
Funnels, retention, paths, heatmaps and replay sit next to your traffic reports, ready when you need them.
- Funnels and retention
- Replay and heatmaps
- Dynamic segments
Bots and AI in plain view
Crawler traffic and AI assistants get their own reports instead of being dropped or filed as referrals.
- Bot report
- AI referrals
- AI crawler ledger
Switching from lightweight analytics
Both are light enough to run together for a while.
- 1
Add the PathClue snippet
Leave your current script in place — both can run on the page together.
- 2
Rebuild goals and funnels
Only the ones you actually use, or install an industry template.
- 3
Compare for two to four weeks
PathClue usually shows fewer visitors, because bots are counted separately.
- 4
Switch over
Remove the old code once the team is comfortable.
Common questions
Anything else — open the chat in the corner and ask.