Search Console tools such as SEOGets, and privacy analytics such as GA4, Plausible, Matomo and Fathom.
Search Console tools (SEOGets etc.)
- SEOGets alternatives: 7 tools compared — Seven SEOGets alternatives for Search Console history and MCP. SEOGets core is $49/month per site as of 26 Oct 2026. SiteLine, BigQuery, Sheets and the rest.
Privacy analytics (GA4, Plausible, Matomo, Fathom)
- Cookieless analytics vs GA4: how they differ — GA4 identifies visitors with a first-party cookie. SiteLine uses a daily SHA-256 of truncated IP, user agent and rotating salt. That is the difference.
- GA4 alternatives: which one fits your situation — Leaving GA4? Pick the job first: cookieless page analytics, Search Console history or product analytics. Then choose a tool, or stay on GA4.
- GA4 and the cookie banner: what changes — GA4 needs a banner because it sets analytics cookies. Cookieless tracking removes that trigger for this script — not your privacy notice, or other pixels.
- GA4 for SaaS: the wrong tool for the site — SaaS teams put GA4 on the app because it is already on the blog. Cookie identity, event cardinality and Ads coupling fight product questions.
- GA4 sampling and thresholds explained — GA4 Explorations sample; Google signals threshold small slices; Search Console caps 25k rows/day. Unsampled on-site data still needs an honest identity.
- Open-source web analytics and self-hosting — Matomo, Umami and Plausible CE are real options. Self-host is ops, not privacy. SiteLine is hosted cookieless analytics plus Search Console — not a distro.
- Privacy-first analytics comparison for 2026 — Compare Plausible, Fathom, Simple Analytics, GA4 and SiteLine on identity lifetime, Search Console history, event caps and agent access. A buying test.
- SiteLine vs Google Analytics: an honest grid — SiteLine is cookieless page analytics plus Search Console. GA4 is cookies, Ads, Explorations and a free licence. Side by side, with what we won’t ship.
- Why teams leave GA4: consent, not a manifesto — Teams leave GA4 because consent-gated cookies make weekly numbers unusable. The UI, sampling and Ads coupling add cost. Privacy is rarely the real trigger.