Built in Luxembourg, hosted in Switzerland
Your web statistics,
with no cookies and no banner.
Where your visitors come from, what they read, what they trigger: all on one page you can read in a minute. No cookie, no banner to accept, no full IP address kept.
Free scan of your website, no sign-up. Result in 20 to 45 seconds.
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Illustrative diagram. Installation is two tags pasted into the <head>, under 5 kB compressed, loaded asynchronously.
Compliance is not a checkbox, it is the architecture
Most so-called compliant tools only become compliant once properly configured. Here there is no setting to find: the guarantees below are the default behaviour, and the only possible behaviour.
No cookies, no local storage
The script sets no cookie, no localStorage and no persistent identifier on the visitor's device. Nothing is written on their side, so nothing is asked of them.
IP address truncated on arrival
The last octet of IPv4 addresses is zeroed, IPv6 addresses are reduced to their prefix. Truncation happens before the first write: the full address is never stored.
Audience data hosted in Switzerland
The application server and the collection server are at Infomaniak, in Geneva. The measurement script is served by that same server, without a third-party delivery network. No transfer outside the European Union and Switzerland.
And the consent banner, in practice?
The CNIL and the CNPD allow an exemption from consent for audience measurement tools that meet a precise list of criteria. Since 2026 the CNIL no longer publishes a list of pre-approved tools: it is up to each site publisher to demonstrate that their configuration meets those criteria. Pulsar Analytics is designed to meet them all, and provides you with a compliance document reflecting your actual configuration, ready to present in case of an audit.
An honest caveat: this exemption covers audience measurement. If your site also loads advertising trackers, an embedded video or a third-party chat, the banner remains necessary for those. Pulsar Analytics simply does not require one for itself.
- Strictly statistical purpose, never advertising
- First-party measurement, no cross-site matching
- No data sharing with any third party
- Retention capped at 25 months, automatic daily purge
The details are public: privacy policy, data processing agreement and legal notice.
One single page, not a maze
No report to assemble, no menu to explore, no training to plan. Everything fits on one screen, from the live visitor counter to campaign detail. Clicking a row, a country or a source filters the whole page, without ever leaving it.
Sources
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Diagram of the dashboard's real structure. Values are not shown: your screen displays your data, not an example.
What you get from day one
This list contains only features already shipped. Conversion funnels and white labelling are on the roadmap, they are not here yet, so we do not sell them.
Live visitors
The real-time counter sits at the top of the page, not in a separate screen. Useful on the day of a publication or a newsletter send.
Events tracked without code
Outbound links, file downloads, clicks on an email address or phone number, reading depth and time actually active on the page. No setup.
Custom events
A call to pulsar('nom') is enough to track what matters to you. Visibility triggers also let you count a block that was actually seen.
Conversion goals
Set a goal on a target URL or on an event. The block only appears once you have configured one, so the page is never cluttered with an empty screen.
E-commerce sales
Orders, revenue and average basket, tied back to the source of the visit. A plugin for WooCommerce, a ready-made pixel for Shopify, the API for every other platform.
Heatmaps
See where your visitors click and how far they scroll, on the pages you choose. Points are aggregated, never replayed: there is no session recording, by design.
Import of your GA4 history
Changing tools should not cost you your years of measurement. The daily history of your Google Analytics 4 property is imported and continues into your Pulsar data.
Email reports and alerts
A weekly or monthly summary in your inbox, and an alert the day after an unusual traffic swing, up as well as down. The threshold is adjustable, everything can be switched off.
Exports and sharing
Export the dashboard as CSV, Excel or PDF. Plus a revocable public read-only link, to show the figures to a client or a board without creating an account for them.
Several sites, one account
A picker moves from one site to another without leaving the dashboard. The number of sites depends on your plan, from 1 to 40.
Against Google Analytics, with no rounded corners
Google Analytics is an excellent tool for what it does. The problem is not its quality, it is what it demands in exchange: a banner, cookies, and processing you do not control. Here is where each one wins.
| Criterion | Pulsar Analytics | Google Analytics 4 |
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| Consent banner | Not required for audience measurement | Required in the European Union |
| Cookies set | None | Yes |
| IP address | Truncated before storage | Processed then anonymised on Google's side |
| Place of processing | Switzerland (billing in the EU) | Global infrastructure, US company |
| Getting started | One page, readable without training | Interface with explorations and reports to build |
| Script weight | Under 5 kB compressed | Considerably heavier |
| Data retention | 25 months, automatic purge | Capped in the standard version |
| Price | Free, then from 9 € per month | Free |
| Google Ads, Search Console, BigQuery | No, and it is not planned | Native integrations |
| Advertising audiences and remarketing | No: that is exactly what the exemption forbids | Yes |
When Google Analytics remains the right choice
If your business relies on remarketing, on importing audiences into Google Ads or on multi-channel attribution, keep Google Analytics and its banner. Pulsar Analytics will never replace those functions, because the cross-matching they require is precisely what forfeits the benefit of the consent exemption. Our tool is for sites that want to measure their audience, not target their visitors.
Pricing that fits your traffic
Choose the number of sites first, then the monthly volume. One hit = one page view or one event. The Discovery plan has no end date: it is an offer, not a trial period.
Discovery
Free
- Real-time dashboard
- Sources, pages, audience, countries
- No cookies, GDPR/nFADP compliant
Essential
Free
- Everything in Discovery
- Conversion goals
- CSV export
- 25-month retention
Growth
Free
- Everything in Essential
- Advanced event triggers
- Email / phone tracking
Business
Free
- Everything in Growth
- Exportable compliance document
- SEO dashboard sync (option)
- Priority support
Custom
Many more sites, very large volumes, or a specific constraint such as dedicated hosting. We build the offer with you instead of fitting you into a box.
Secure payment through Stripe, cancellable at any time, VAT according to your country. If you exceed the included volume we tell you so the plan can be adjusted: measurement is not cut off overnight.
Frequently asked questions
Can I really remove my cookie banner?
For audience measurement, yes, provided Pulsar Analytics is your only tracker: the script writes nothing on the visitor's device, so there is nothing to accept. If your site also loads an embedded video, a chat, a map or an advertising tag, those still require consent and the banner remains necessary for them.
Do I lose my history when leaving Google Analytics?
No. You grant read-only access to an address on your Google Analytics 4 property, and we import the daily history. It continues into your Pulsar data, on the same charts. The import covers the main indicators and their breakdowns, not every custom dimension you may have configured in GA4.
How heavy is the script exactly?
Around 12 kB of code, so under 5 kB once compressed by the server, which is what the visitor actually downloads. It loads asynchronously and never blocks page rendering.
Can an ad blocker distort my figures?
Yes, as with any measurement tool, including Google Analytics. The file has a neutral name and is not an advertising tracker, which greatly limits blocking, but no honest vendor can promise you a hundred per cent of visitors. In practice a cookieless tool is blocked far less often than an advertising tag.
Where is my data and how long is it kept?
The application server and the collection server are hosted at Infomaniak, in Geneva. The measurement script is served by that same server, without a third-party delivery network. No audience data leaves the European Union or Switzerland. Raw data is kept for 25 months at most, with an automatic daily purge; aggregated heatmaps, 12 months.
What happens if I exceed my hit volume?
Nothing abrupt. We tell you so the plan can be adjusted, and measurement continues meanwhile. You change tier or plan yourself, without going through us.
Can I show the dashboard to a client without creating an account for them?
Yes. Each site can publish a read-only viewing link, including real time. The link is revoked in one click from the site settings.
Does tracking work on a single-page application?
Yes. The script detects route changes and records the new page view, without you having to trigger anything by hand.
How do I prove compliance in case of an audit?
Your account generates a compliance document reflecting your actual configuration: measured sites, retention periods, absence of sharing with third parties, hosting locations. It can be viewed and printed at any time, and comes on top of the privacy policy and the data processing agreement we publish.
A question that is not here? Write to us, the answer comes from a person, not a bot.
Start measuring your audience right away
Create your account, add your domain, paste two tags. The first visitors appear live within the minute.
Discovery plan, permanent, up to 2 000 hits per month, no credit card.