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TOP 3 ALTERNATIVES — RANKED
Three you should evaluate first.
Filtered from 12 candidates by feature similarity, audit score, and review velocity. The hero treatment is editorial — these earned more space because the data did.
Koko Analytics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics
analytics#1TOP PICK
5.00242 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you want feature parity
Strongest fit on feature parity. The most direct functional swap. Shares analytics feature signature and comparable workflows — switch costs are usually lowest here.
Machete
analytics#2RUNNER-UP
5.0052 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're cost-sensitive
Wider scope, slightly different focus. Wider feature surface than the source app's focus area. Useful if you're shopping analytics alongside adjacent capabilities you'd otherwise integrate separately.
Search Analytics for WP
analytics#3VALUE PICK
5.0030 reviews
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you live in workflows
Established alternative with the review depth to evaluate. Established option with the rating + review depth to be vendor-evaluated. Best when running this category at scale and you can't afford early-stage product surprises.
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin) versus the top 3.
Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.
RANKS #4 THROUGH #12
The next 9, denser.
Lower-ranked but legitimate. Click any row for the full profile — or compare side-by-side with ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin).
How these alternatives are ranked
Scored daily. Three signals, weighted and blended. No vendor money changes anything.
45%Feature similarity
N-gram match against ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin)'s feature signature, weighted by category overlap.
35%Audit + rating
Listing quality (0–100) blended with rolling 90-day rating average. Penalizes thin listings.
20%Review velocity
Reviews added in trailing 30 days, normalized by category baseline. Surfaces rising challengers.
Every WordPress alternative on this page is scraped, normalized, and re-scored every 24 hours. We don't accept paid placement, vendor-funded "best of" content, or sponsored ranking — and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself. If a vendor disagrees with their position, that's between them and the data.
WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SWITCH FROM EXACTMETRICS – GOOGLE ANALYTICS DASHBOARD FOR WORDPRESS (WEBSITE STATS PLUGIN)?
Four reasons people leave.
Decision triggers, not marketing. If two or more apply, your shortlist starts with the apps named below each card.
Pricing has outgrown your usage
If your usage of ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin) has crossed a pricing-tier breakpoint, per-unit cost is usually where alternatives diverge most clearly. Some apps in the list above carry a free tier; others are paid from day one. Compare the published plans on each alternative's page against your current bill — the gap is the only number worth acting on, and it is specific to your usage.
Machete · Koko Analytics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress AnalyticsYou need a feature outside the focus
Each WordPress category has a feature spectrum. The "Similar feature set" badge above marks alternatives whose feature signature most overlaps with ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin). The "Category leader" badge marks apps that may approach the same category from a different feature angle — useful if you want to widen rather than narrow your toolset.
Koko Analytics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress AnalyticsSupport response has slowed you down
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Answers built from the data.
Built from the same scores the ranking uses — so they won't contradict the table.
For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Koko Analytics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics is in the unknown band (—), while ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin) is unknown (—). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.
VERDICT · UPDATED TODAY
If you're moving from ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin), the most common landing spots are Koko Analytics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (unknown feature match, audit null/100) and Machete (pricing leverage + breadth). Skip Growify unless your use case is unusual.
If feature parity matters most
→ Koko Analytics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics
Unknown feature parity. Audit null, 5.00★.
If pricing matters most
→ Machete
Best for cost-sensitive teams. 5.00★ across 52 reviews.
If you're scaling enterprise
→ Search Analytics for WP
Strongest scale fit when category usage exceeds typical thresholds. Vendor-evaluate before committing.
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