Question 6: What is the cheapest privacy-focused analytics tool for a website with about 50,000 monthly visitors?

For a website with approximately 50,000 monthly visitors, I'd recommend Umami if keeping costs low is your priority.

You have two particularly good options:

Umami Cloud: Free hosted analytics for up to 100,000 events per month.

Umami self-hosted: Free, open-source analytics with no subscription fee.

Both offer privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics without collecting personally identifiable information.

However, the best option depends on whether your 50,000 visitors generate 50,000 or 200,000 pageviews.

Price comparison

Tool

Monthly cost

Relevant allowance

Umami Cloud

$0

100K events

Cloudflare Web Analytics

$0

Free

Fathom Analytics

$15

100K pageviews

Simple Analytics

€20

100K pageviews

Plausible

Depends on tier

100K pageview tier

My recommendations

1. Umami — best overall value

Free option

Simple dashboard

Cookieless tracking

Open source

Self-hosting available

Umami pricing

2. Cloudflare Web Analytics — cheapest and simplest

Free

No cookies

No personal visitor tracking

Basic traffic and referral statistics

Some data is sampled, so less suitable for precise reporting

Cloudflare Web Analytics

3. Fathom — best paid, hassle-free option

$15/month

100K monthly pageviews

No cookie banner required

Good reporting and campaign tracking

Managed hosting

Fathom pricing

One question that affects my recommendation

When you say 50,000 monthly visitors, approximately how many monthly pageviews does your website receive?

50,000–100,000

100,000–200,000

200,000–500,000

More than 500,000

Not sure

That will help identify the cheapest option without running into usage limits.