misomoon
- License
- MIT
- What self-hosting needs
- A Cloudflare account
- Cookies
- None
- Tracker
- 1.0 KB core
VS Self-hosted tool
misomoon vs GoatCounter
GoatCounter is a small open-source counter, free on its donation-supported service or as one Go binary on your server. It counts pages and events and stops there: we found no funnels, goals, revenue or dated Google history. misomoon has all four and needs no server.
7-day free trial · No card needed · Or self-host free
Why teams switch from GoatCounter
Page weight
1.7×
lighter on every page
misomoon’s Light preset is 1.9 KB gzipped. GoatCounter’s tracker measured 3.3 KB.8
What self-hosting needs
No server to run
- misomoon
- A Cloudflare account
- GoatCounter
- A server for its Go binary, with SQLite or PostgreSQL2
Funnels and goals
Funnels and goals included
- misomoon
- Yes
- GoatCounter
- Not found5
The short answer
misomoon is the better fit if
- You want funnels, goals and revenue, not only page counts.5
- You want your Google Analytics history by day. GoatCounter adds Google’s totals to its visitor counter only.6
- You don’t want a server to run, back up and patch.2
Every row, side by side
Each fact about GoatCounter links to the page it came from, with the day we read it.
| Feature | misomoon | GoatCounter | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | A modified EUPL 1.21 | Even |
| What self-hosting needs | A Cloudflare account | A server for its Go binary, with SQLite or PostgreSQL2 | misomoon |
| Hosted price | Cloud from $5 a month for 100k events on 1 site, or $14 for 1M on unlimited sites. 7 days free. Free to self-host | Free, supported by donations3 | GoatCounter |
| Cookies | None | None (their claim)4 | Even |
| Funnels and goals | Yes | Not found5 | misomoon |
| Revenue from payments | Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Dodo Payments, or your own server | Not found5 | misomoon |
| Import from Google | Yes | Totals for its visitor counter, no daily history6 | misomoon |
| Official MCP server | Built in | Not found7 | misomoon |
| Tracker, gzipped | 1.0 KB core, 1.9 KB Light, 4.8 KB with every feature | 3.3 KB8 | misomoon |
1.7× lighter on every page
- misomoon, core 1.0 KB
- misomoon, Light 1.9 KB
- GoatCounter 3.3 KB
- misomoon, every feature 4.8 KB
Switch without losing a day of data
Run misomoon next to GoatCounter first. Your old numbers keep counting until the new ones line up.
- 1
Add the misomoon script next to GoatCounter’s count.js and compare for a few weeks.
- 2
Turn the events you send to GoatCounter into goals, then build a funnel from them.
- 3
Connect your payment provider under Settings > Revenue.
Questions
Is misomoon as simple as GoatCounter?
The install is the same: one script tag. The dashboard has more in it, such as funnels and revenue. The Light preset keeps the tracker at 1.9 KB.
Can I keep my GoatCounter history?
Yes. Upload GoatCounter’s CSV or JSON export under Settings > Integrations as you downloaded it. The CSV export of single pageviews fills almost every report.
Is misomoon open source too?
Yes, under the MIT license.
Sources
misomoon’s own facts are in its docs, and its prices on the pricing page. Its plans count events: pageviews and custom events together. Prices and features change: follow the links to confirm.
- github.com/arp242/goatcounter/blob/master/LICENSE checked 25 October 2026
- github.com/arp242/goatcounter checked 25 October 2026
- goatcounter.com checked 25 October 2026
- goatcounter.com/privacy checked 25 October 2026
- goatcounter.com/help/faq checked 25 October 2026
- github.com/arp242/goatcounter/blob/master/tpl/settings_export.gohtml checked 25 October 2026
- goatcounter.com/api checked 25 October 2026
- github.com/jackzard/misomoon/blob/main/docs/comparison.md checked 25 October 2026
Other comparisons
Run it next to GoatCounter for a week.
One script tag, no cookies, and your own numbers to compare. 7 days free with no card, or self-host it in your Cloudflare account.