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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Heap.

US-incorporated autocapture analytics, acquired by Contentsquare (FR) in 2024.

ALTERNATIVES
3
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
0
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
3

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Heap alternatives?

Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.

PostHog
United Kingdom · Founded 2020
EU-HOSTED
★ #1 PICK

London-based open-source product analytics (PostHog, 2020, Y Combinator W20), US + EU Frankfurt cloud regions, MIT-licensed self-host.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€0/mo
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
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Matomo
New Zealand · Founded 2007
EU-HOSTED
★ #2 PICK

Open-source web analytics (NZ-incorporated InnoCraft) with EU-hosted Matomo Cloud on AWS and full self-hosted option.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€29/mo
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
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TelemetryDeck
Germany · Founded 2020
EU-HOSTED
★ #3 PICK

German privacy-first mobile + web app analytics with on-device anonymisation, EN/DE DPA, and a transparent sub-processors list.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€9/mo
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
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SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 3 European alternatives to Heap compare?

All 3 alternatives, benchmarked against Heap.

Feature comparison

Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.

Feature PostHog Matomo TelemetryDeck
Cookieless No Yes Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes No
Custom events Yes Yes Yes
Funnels Yes Yes Yes
Session replay Yes Yes No
GA import Yes Yes No
Stats API Yes Yes Yes
WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING
What are you leaving behind with Heap?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

Heap US-incorporated

US-incorporated autocapture analytics, acquired by Contentsquare (FR) in 2024.

US-based
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Signals are editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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