The Google Analytics alternative without the consent banner.
GA4 is free — but it costs you a banner, unmeasured consent refusals, and data shipped to Google. Snorklee counts 100% of your visits without cookies, hosts in France, and explains your numbers with AI. From €6/month.
What “free” really costs. And what changes.
Factual comparison with Google Analytics 4, public state of both tools checked in June 2026.
| Criterion | Snorklee | Google Analytics 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Cookies and consent banner | no terminal access — nothing to consent to, no banner | _ga cookies — consent required in the EU, banner mandatory |
| Visits measured | ✓ 100% — there is nothing to refuse | consent refusals are not measured, figures completed by modelling |
| Where the data lives | France (Paris) — never transferred outside the EU | Google LLC, United States (transfer under the Data Privacy Framework) |
| Unique visitor counting | ✓ no list — statistical counter, no identifier kept | persistent per-device identifier (_ga cookie), multi-day tracking |
| AI summaries + natural-language questions | ✓ Snorklee AI, included — charts drawn from your real data | basic questions (Analytics Intelligence) |
| AI traffic (crawlers + visits from chats) | ✓ score, server-side crawlers, cited pages | referrers only |
| Figures displayed | exact — occurrence floor shown on crossings | privacy thresholds and sampling in explorations |
| Learning curve | one readable page, no training | powerful but complex: events, explorations, training often needed |
| Documented compliance + DPA | ✓ 5 frameworks, DPA signable online | Google's standard processing terms — banner and CMP are on you |
| Price | from €6/month · 30-day trial, no card | free (GA4 360: custom quote) — indirect cost: CMP, banner, compliance |
Three things your numbers didn't do yet.
Snorklee AI
A clear summary of the period in one click, or a natural-language question — numbers-backed answer with a chart drawn from your real data, never invented.
AI presence
Which AI crawlers read your site, which pages they cite, how many visitors arrive from ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity — with a 0–100 visibility score.
Compliance ready to review
5 documented frameworks (EU/EEA, California, United States, Canada, Australia), DPA signable online, published retention periods, one-click export and erasure.
And when Google Analytics remains the right choice.
We prefer an honest comparison: if your business relies on Google Ads (attribution, conversion imports), BigQuery export or mobile-app measurement, GA4 keeps a real advantage — it is the tool of Google's advertising ecosystem. Snorklee is the opposite choice: measuring your site simply, with no banner and no data sent to an ad network — with a French counterpart.