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Highseat vs Pirsch

A Pirsch alternativewith revenue from your payments.

Pirsch keeps funnels and revenue on Plus, and revenue there is a number you send with an event. Highseat reads payments from Stripe or Polar, refunds included, on every plan.

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The short answer

Highseat costs $700 less a year than Pirsch Plus at 1M events, and reads revenue from Stripe or Polar instead of numbers you send.

FactHighseatPirsch
1M events a month$89, every feature$159 on Plus
Funnels and revenueEvery planPlus plan
Revenue sourceStripe and PolarEvent metadata

Fit

Which one fits you?Only one reads your payments.

Both are cookieless, both store data in the EU and both keep it forever. The difference is how revenue gets in.

Choose Highseat if

  • YesYou sell through Stripe or Polar and want refunds taken off.
  • YesYou want funnels without moving to a higher plan.
  • YesYou track 1M events a month or more.
  • YesYou want an MCP server the vendor runs.

Stay on Pirsch if

  • You never need funnels or revenue, so Standard is enough.
  • You resell analytics under your own brand.
  • You need history from Google Analytics or Fathom carried over.

Gaps

Pirsch keeps revenue on Plus.Then you send it by hand.

Three limits show up once a site sells or traffic grows. Each one comes from Pirsch's own pricing page and docs.

  1. 01

    Funnels and revenue need Plus

    Funnels, revenue and custom domains start on Plus: $159 a month at 1M pageviews, against $54 on Standard.

  2. 02

    Revenue you send yourself

    Pirsch has no payment integration. You send the amount as event metadata and build a custom metric from it.

  3. 03

    Sessions add to the count

    Custom events and a tenth of session extensions count toward the pageview limit, and so does a deleted site until the month resets.

Side by side

Highseat and Pirsch,row by row.

Where Pirsch wins a row, the table says so.

FeatureHighseatPirsch
Price and plans
Price at 100k events a month$29, every feature$12 or $27 by plan
Price at 1M events a month$89, every feature$54 or $159 by plan
SitesYesUnlimitedWith a condition50 on Standard, unlimited on Plus
Team membersYesUnlimitedYesUnlimited
Free trial14 days, no card30 days, no card
Reports
FunnelsYesEvery planWith a conditionPlus only
Revenue attributionYesStripe and Polar, net of refundsWith a conditionEvent metadata, on Plus
Custom event propertiesYesEvery planYesEvery plan
Email reportsNoNot yetYesEvery plan
White labelNoNoWith a conditionPlus only
Collection
CookielessYesYesYesYes
Script sizeYesUnder 3 KB gzippedYesAbout 3.5 KB gzipped
Collection on your own domainYesGenerated handler, every planWith a conditionSelf-hosted proxy, or a custom domain on Plus
Where data is storedYesFinland, EUYesGermany, EU
Your data
Data retentionYesForever, every planYesUnlimited, every plan
Stats APIYesEvery planYesEvery plan
MCP serverYesEvery planWith a conditionCommunity-built, unofficial
ImportsWith a conditionPlausible exportsYesGoogle Analytics, Plausible, Fathom
Raw event exportYesCSV of every eventWith a conditionTotals as CSV, raw on request
Self-hostingNoNoWith a conditionEnterprise licence
HighseatPirsch
Price and plans
Price at 100k events a month
$29, every feature$12 or $27 by plan
Price at 1M events a month
$89, every feature$54 or $159 by plan
Sites
YesUnlimitedWith a condition50 on Standard, unlimited on Plus
Team members
YesUnlimitedYesUnlimited
Free trial
14 days, no card30 days, no card
Reports
Funnels
YesEvery planWith a conditionPlus only
Revenue attribution
YesStripe and Polar, net of refundsWith a conditionEvent metadata, on Plus
Custom event properties
YesEvery planYesEvery plan
Email reports
NoNot yetYesEvery plan
White label
NoNoWith a conditionPlus only
Collection
Cookieless
YesYesYesYes
Script size
YesUnder 3 KB gzippedYesAbout 3.5 KB gzipped
Collection on your own domain
YesGenerated handler, every planWith a conditionSelf-hosted proxy, or a custom domain on Plus
Where data is stored
YesFinland, EUYesGermany, EU
Your data
Data retention
YesForever, every planYesUnlimited, every plan
Stats API
YesEvery planYesEvery plan
MCP server
YesEvery planWith a conditionCommunity-built, unofficial
Imports
With a conditionPlausible exportsYesGoogle Analytics, Plausible, Fathom
Raw event export
YesCSV of every eventWith a conditionTotals as CSV, raw on request
Self-hosting
NoNoWith a conditionEnterprise licence

Pirsch figures from pirsch.io, read 31 October 2026. The script size is measured. Spot a mistake? Write to support@highseat.com.

Credit

Where Pirsch still wins.The short list.

If none of these is a must for you, there is little reason to stay on Pirsch.

  1. 01

    A cheaper basic plan

    Standard costs $6 at 10k pageviews and $12 at 100k, if you can do without funnels and revenue.

  2. 02

    Imports from three tools

    Pirsch imports Google Analytics, Plausible and Fathom history. Highseat imports only Plausible.

  3. 03

    Reports and branding

    Email reports on every plan, and a white-label dashboard on Plus. Highseat has neither yet.

Revenue

Revenue on every breakdown.Net of refunds.

Connect Stripe or Polar. Each page, source, country and device shows what it earned, with refunds taken off.

The Sources card with gross revenue, refunds and net revenue for the last 30 days, and each source's revenue beside its visitors. A new Stripe payment lands on the Google row.

  • Payments joined to the visit

    Pass the visit's attribution id to your checkout. The payment lands on the source that sent the buyer.

  • Last click, first click or linear

    Credit goes to the visit that bought, last click by default. Switch the model any time.

Cost

$700 less a yearthan Pirsch Plus.

Highseat at 1M events against Pirsch Plus at 1M pageviews, both billed yearly. Plus is the plan with funnels and revenue.

Highseat

$890a year

or $89 a month

  • Unlimited sites
  • Funnels and revenue
  • Revenue from Stripe and Polar
  • Data kept forever

Pirsch Plus

$1,590a year

or $159 a month

  • Unlimited sites
  • Funnels and revenue
  • Revenue from event metadata
  • Data kept forever

At 100k, Plus costs $270 a year against $290, so Pirsch is the cheaper one there. Standard costs less again and leaves out funnels and revenue.

Switch

Run both for a week.Then keep a copy and cancel.

Highseat does not import Pirsch data. Export your totals as CSV before you cancel, or ask Pirsch's support for a raw export.

  1. Day 1

    Install

    Add the snippet or the handler for your framework. Keep your event names as they are.

  2. Week 1

    Compare side by side

    Keep both scripts on the page and check the numbers against each other. Connect Stripe or Polar.

  3. Month 1

    Export, then cancel

    Set up funnels, export your Pirsch history, then cancel Pirsch.

Pirsch's terms end an account 30 days after notice, and its plans have no refunds.

FAQ

Moving from Pirsch?Common questions.

Anything else? Write to support@highseat.com.

Can I import my Pirsch data?

No. Highseat imports only Plausible exports. Export your Pirsch totals as CSV before you cancel, and run both scripts for a week so the two overlap.

Is Highseat cookieless like Pirsch?

Yes. The script sets no cookies and honours Global Privacy Control. Visitors are counted with a hash that rotates every day.

Do I need a higher plan for funnels or revenue?

No. Every plan has every feature. A plan is a monthly event allowance and nothing else.

How do events compare with Pirsch pageviews?

Both count a pageview or a custom event as one unit. Highseat counts nothing for sessions, and properties on an event never count extra.

Can I keep Pirsch running while I test?

Yes. Both scripts can run on the same page, so you can compare a week of numbers before you cancel.

What happens after the 14-day trial?

Pick a plan to keep going. Without one, collection runs for 14 more days and stops, and your sites are deleted after 60 days.

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