Mrkr vs Simple Analytics.
Both are cookieless and neither needs a banner. Simple Analytics wins on Dutch data residency. Mrkr wins on everything that happens after the pageview.
What is the difference between Mrkr and Simple Analytics?
Simple Analytics is a Dutch cookieless analytics tool built around strict EU data residency and a deliberately minimal dashboard. Mrkr is cookieless by default and adds session replay, funnels, cohorts, retention, and revenue attribution. Simple Analytics answers a residency requirement. Mrkr answers deeper questions about behaviour and money.
Both do the privacy basics properly, so this is not a privacy argument. It is a constraint question. If a compliance form names the Netherlands, buy Simple Analytics. If nobody has asked and you want depth, keep reading.
Where the traffic came from, and what it did next.
Mrkr classifies referrers, campaigns, search engines, AI assistants, and bots without instrumentation, then follows those visitors into funnels, journeys, and revenue. Simple Analytics reports the referrer and stops, by design.
Where Mrkr is better.
Session replay exists
Simple Analytics has none at any tier. Mrkr records in cookieless mode, so no consent gate.
Funnels, cohorts, retention
Where a flow leaks, and whether the people who arrived last month came back.
Revenue by channel
Revenue is tied to source, campaign, and landing page, so spend is judged on money.
Crawler and bot visibility
One live Mrkr month held 2,946 human pageviews against 25,564 AI and search crawler hits.
Side by side.
| Mrkr | Simple Analytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Privacy analytics with replay | Privacy analytics |
| Session replay | Yes, on every paid plan | No |
| Heatmaps | No | No |
| Funnels | Yes | No |
| Cohorts and retention | Yes | No |
| Revenue attribution | Yes | No |
| Cookieless | Yes by default, cookie mode optional per site | Yes |
| Self-hosting | No | No |
| Free plan | No, 14-day trial | No, trial only |
| Entry paid price | $5/mo, 100K pageviews, session replay included | EUR 20/mo, 100K pageviews |
| Country-level data residency guarantee | No | Yes, the Netherlands |
| Per-visitor session detail | Yes | No |
| Per-visitor timeline | Yes | No |
| Core Web Vitals | Yes | No |
| AI assistant and crawler traffic | Yes | No |
| First-party proxy on your own subdomain | Yes, managed | Yes |
Simple Analytics details checked against the vendor's own pricing and feature pages on 2026-08-24. Where a vendor does not publish a fixed list price, this table says how they charge rather than guessing a number. Vendors change packaging often, so confirm before you buy.
Look at the depth before you decide
Funnels, journeys, cohorts, revenue, and replay all run on the live demo dataset. No signup, no card, no cookies.
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Where Simple Analytics is genuinely better.
Data residency
A Dutch company keeping data in the Netherlands. Mrkr cannot give that answer.
Minimalism done properly
One readable page. For a blog, everything Mrkr adds is surface you never open.
A long-standing position
Years of arguing this case publicly, reflected consistently in the product.
Nothing to decide
No cookie mode to weigh, no tier that changes the privacy story. Fewer options is a feature.
Questions, answered.
Keep reading
- Mrkr vs Plausible
The best-known cookieless comparison.
- Mrkr vs Fathom
Flat pricing against more depth.
- Plausible alternatives compared
The whole cookieless field, reviewed.
- How analytics works without cookies
Why neither tool needs a banner.
- How Mrkr handles your data
Storage, retention, and access.
- Open the live demo
The depth, on real data.
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