--- title: 4Analytics overview. Joomla privacy-friendly analytics component description: 4Analytics is as a privacy-friendly website analytics solution for Joomla 5, 4, 3 which provides website traffic statistics: page views, visitor count and more canonical_url: https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/extensions/4analytics language: en-GB date: 2025-05-25T11:49:41Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/extensions/4analytics. markdown-tokens: 2239 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/extensions/4analytics. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. Featured # 4Analytics overview. Joomla privacy-friendly analytics component - Type – Joomla analytics component. - [Video overview](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/extensions/4analytics#video-overview "Video overview"). - [4Analytics features](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/extensions/4analytics#analytics-features "4Analytics features"). 4Analytics is as a privacy-friendly website analytics solution for Joomla 5, 4, 3 designed to provide website traffic statistics. A key feature is its focus on privacy, as it does not use cookies and stores data on your own server. This helps with compliance regarding regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and PECR. It aims to be lightweight and have minimal impact on website loading speed. It offers essential analytics features like tracking page views, visitors, referrers, and more, while also distinguishing between human visitors and bot traffic. ## Video overview - Summary – 00:02:10. - Visitors – 00:04:27. - Sources – 00:05:00. - Content – 00:05:17. - Tracking rules – 00:05:58. - Measuring – 00:06:48. - Reporting – 00:07:23. - Database – 00:08:46. - System – 00:09:35. Better watch video with «1080p HD» quality. This and other video reviews and tutorials can be found on my [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@aleksejs-software-stories "YouTube channel"). Links from the video: - [Joomla 4 video tutorials](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/how-to-build-a-website-from-scratch "Joomla tutorial for beginners (part 1). How to build a website from scratch"). - [Official website of the developer](https://weeblr.com/joomla-seo/4analytics-private-analytics-for-joomla "Weeblr.com"). There is one review on [Joomla Extensions Directory (JED)](https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/4analytics/ "4Analytics"). Date added on JED – January 15, 2025. - Overall rating – 4,5 out of 5. - Functionality – 4,5 out of 5. - Ease of use – 4,5 out of 5. - Support – 4,5 out of 5. - Documentation – 4,5 out of 5. - Value for money – 4,5 out of 5. Video review recording date – May 24, 2025. Software from video review: 4Analytics 3.0.1.479, Joomla 5.3.0. ## 4Analytics features 4Analytics is a privacy-friendly website analytics solution for Joomla. Here are the main features of the component. - Privacy-focused and compliant. 4Analytics does not use cookies, ensuring anonymous traffic measurement. It stores data on your own server, complying with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR without needing a cookie-consent extension. - Website analytics (figure below). It measures website traffic, providing common metrics like page views, visitor count, duration, errors, referrers, and viewed pages. It also tracks search engine and AI robot visits and measures visitor engagement. [![4Analytics](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/rasshireniya/4analytics/4analytics.png)](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/rasshireniya/4analytics/4analytics-b.png "4Analytics") 4Analytics - Super-tiny, no impact on website speed. The entire script is only 1.9KB and injected directly into the page source code, minimizing speed impact. - «One-click» configuration. Installation and setup are simplified with a «one-click» process, automatically measuring traffic and excluding logged-in users. - Focused on human, real visitors (figure below). 4Analytics identifies and separates visits from search engines, social networks, and AI robots to provide actionable information. ![Joomla analytics solution](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/rasshireniya/4analytics/joomla-analytics-solution.png) Joomla analytics solution - Component runs on Joomla 3 (not older than 3.9.0), 4, and 5 and is available in 22 languages. - Automatically send reports by email (figure below). Users can automatically receive summary reports via email, with links to view the full report online. ![Email report](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/rasshireniya/4analytics/email-report.png) Email report Here are some of the differences between 4Analytics and Google Analytics, Matomo, Plausible, Fathom Analytics, Umami, Simple Analytics or other similar services. - Privacy-First Approach. Unlike Google Analytics, and by default, potentially Matomo, 4Analytics is built with privacy in mind from the start. It doesn't use cookies and doesn't store personal data, making it GDPR, CCPA, and PECR compliant out of the box without needing extra cookie consent mechanisms. This contrasts with tools that might require configuration to achieve similar privacy levels. - Data Ownership. With 4Analytics, all data is stored on your own Joomla server (figure below). This differs from Google Analytics, Plausible, Fathom Analytics, Umami, and Simple Analytics, which typically involve your data being stored on their servers. This gives you more control and potentially simplifies compliance. ![Data storage](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/rasshireniya/4analytics/data-storage.png) Data storage - Lightweight and Fast. The 4Analytics script is exceptionally small (1.9KB), which they claim is significantly smaller than Google Analytics (175KB) and even Matomo (23KB). This minimal footprint should lead to better website performance and Core Web Vitals compared to tools with larger tracking scripts. - Joomla Integration. Being a Joomla extension, 4Analytics offers seamless integration within the Joomla environment, with one-click configuration. This might be simpler for Joomla users compared to implementing external scripts from other services. - Focus on Real Visitors. 4Analytics is designed to effectively filter out bot traffic (search engines, social networks, AI robots), aiming to provide a clearer picture of human visitor behavior. If you are looking for an alternative to Google Analytics and other similar services for your Joomla website, 4Analytics as a good «candidate» primarily due to its strong focus on privacy, data ownership, lightweight nature, and seamless Joomla integration. I hope this review has helped you better understand the capabilities of this component. If you have any questions, please write them in the comments. | Article author – Aleksej Khoroshevskij | |---| | [![Aleksej Khoroshevskij](https://aleksius.com/images/sluzhebnye/khoroshevskij-aleksej.jpg "Aleksej Khoroshevskij")](https://aleksius.com/en/aleksej-khoroshevskij "Aleksej Khoroshevskij") Ph.D., lecturer at [Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics](https://nure.ua/en/staff/alexey-khoroshevsky "Nure.ua"), web developer, and SEO specialist with over 15 years of experience. Expert in website creation using Joomla and WebSite X5. Author of scientific publications, video courses, and educational content on web development and SEO. Runs a blog and a YouTube channel, sharing knowledge and practical experience. Provides [services](https://aleksius.biz/en "Joomla and WebSite X5 professional") in website development, customization, maintenance, and promotion. 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