Self-hosted / open sourceAnalyticsHeadquarters: DE

Ackee: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Ackee is a self-hosted web analytics tool built on Node.js and MongoDB, intended for people who care about privacy and do not need a full marketing platform such as Google Analytics or Matomo. Its interface is minimal and shows statistics on visits to your websites. Ackee uses no cookies and does not track unique users; data is anonymised so visitors cannot be identified, and according to its makers no cookie banner is needed. You can also measure events such as button clicks or newsletter sign-ups, and a documented GraphQL API allows custom tooling. It can be installed with Docker Compose, Docker, Helm or without Docker.

The tool is open source under the MIT licence and is made by Tobias Reich, who operates from Usingen, Germany. There is no hosted service: you run Ackee on your own server, so the data stays fully under your control and you choose the hosting location yourself, for example within the EU. You do remain responsible for updates and for the MongoDB database.

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Sovereignty score

92 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
No hosting in Europe (self-hosted)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
Open source: low switching costs
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-690
Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 6, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	Self-hosted, e.g. in self-hosted (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Analytics
Type	Product
Website	github.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Ackee

The European alternatives to Ackee come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Ackee

Ackee is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Ackee hosts data outside the EU (self-hosted). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Ackee is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Ackee together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Ackee?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Ackee include Adjust, Alceris and Analyzati. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Ackee?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Ackee include Aptabase and Counter. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Ackee GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Ackee is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in self-hosted. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Ackee an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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