Choose Jelto if…
- You want desktop installs and version adoption alongside your website metrics.
- You need retention reports for installations of your software.
- You want supported payment-provider connections and aggregate revenue reporting.
Pirsch alternative
Jelto vs Pirsch
See how your website and software are doing.
Pirsch offers privacy-friendly website analytics with events, goals, funnels, and developer integrations. Jelto combines website reporting with dedicated desktop install, release, retention, and revenue views.
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Choose Pirsch if…
- You want a website analytics tool with flexible APIs and integrations.
- You need website goals, funnels, and event-based segmentation.
- You value Pirsch’s managed, Germany-hosted website analytics offering.
Side by side
Jelto vs Pirsch: features and pricing
| What you need | Jelto | Pirsch |
|---|---|---|
| Website analytics | Traffic, pages, campaigns, goals, and website visit funnels. | Traffic sources, pages, campaigns, locations, and other website reports. |
| Desktop apps | Swift, Electron, Tauri, and .NET SDKs. Active installs, version adoption, and retention. | Developer libraries and APIs support custom tracking integrations; the product centers on web analytics. |
| Goals & funnels | Registered events and ordered steps within a website visit. | Custom events, conversion goals, funnels, and tag-based segmentation. |
| Revenue | Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, and a Payments API. Aggregate channel attribution needs checkout setup. | Conversion goals with event metadata for ecommerce. Custom metrics, such as revenue totals, require Pirsch Plus. |
| Collection choices | Cookieless by default. Cookie mode and attribution memory are optional. IP addresses are never stored. | Cookie-free website analytics with a privacy-focused collection model. |
| Hosting | Managed Jelto service, with your website and desktop reports in one dashboard. | Managed analytics hosted in Germany, with an open-source core. |
| Pricing model | Starter and Growth plans include both pageviews and monthly active installs. Monthly or yearly billing.View Jelto pricing | Managed plans based on traffic and features. Consult current pricing for your requirements.View Pirsch pricing |
Reviewed September 8, 2026. Features and plans can change. Official sources
Example workflows
Using Jelto and Pirsch
Two practical decisions, with steps from each product’s documentation.
Which registration goal should you track?
You want to distinguish reaching a signup page from completing a registration.
How to decidePirsch fits configurable website goals with metadata filters. Jelto fits goals and visit funnels alongside dedicated desktop adoption reports.
Compare setup steps: Which registration goal should you track?
In Jelto
Register a completion event as a goal, then compare its Unique visitors and Completions. Add the relevant page and goal to a website funnel when you need ordered progression.
Jelto goals and funnels guideIn Pirsch
In Pirsch’s goal settings, choose a path pattern, an event, or both. Event metadata can narrow the goal to a particular registration type; selecting the goal filters the dashboard.
Pirsch conversion goal instructionsHow do you turn a sale into a revenue metric?
Your checkout records purchases and you want to understand their value over time.
How to decidePirsch Plus fits custom numeric metrics attached to events. Jelto fits supported provider payments and aggregate channel attribution for a software business.
Compare setup steps: How do you turn a sale into a revenue metric?
In Jelto
Connect a supported payment provider or use the Payments API. Configure checkout attribution and read the revenue and purchase totals by channel.
Jelto revenue guideIn Pirsch
Send an event with a numeric amount and currency metadata. In Pirsch Plus, add a custom metric to the conversion goal and filter by currency to inspect its total and average.
Pirsch custom metric instructionsA look inside Jelto
Desktop adoption and retention in Jelto
For software teams, the next question is what happens after installation.
Website visits and app installs are not joined at the individual or marketing-channel level. Download to Install compares period totals; it is not a person-by-person conversion funnel. Read the app metric definitions.
How desktop metrics are counted
- Active installs
- Distinct installations that sent activity during the selected range. A reinstall is another install.
- Version adoption
- Active installs grouped by their latest reported version on the reference day. “% on latest” uses your configured latest version.
- D1, D7, and D30 retention
- Eligible installations that returned on the measured day. A cohort needs time to mature; unavailable does not mean zero.
Make the move
Switching from Pirsch to Jelto
Map the Pirsch events and goals you use to the actions you want to report in Jelto. Install Jelto, verify campaigns, and configure your website funnels. If your product includes desktop software, add its SDK and allow time for retention cohorts to mature.
Keep access to your existing history. These steps set up new collection; they do not import your Pirsch reports.
Before you choose
Jelto and Pirsch FAQ
Does Pirsch include revenue custom metrics in every plan?
Pirsch’s documentation places custom metrics, including revenue totals and averages, in Pirsch Plus. Compare that offering with the Jelto plan matching your pageviews and monthly active installs, and verify your intended payment integration.
Does Pirsch support custom integrations?
Yes. Pirsch offers developer libraries and APIs, as well as website integrations. Compare the reporting you need with the collection options for your particular stack.
How soon will app retention appear in Jelto?
Retention needs elapsed time and an eligible cohort. D1, D7, and D30 reports become meaningful as installs reach the day being measured; a recent cohort is not evidence of zero retention.
Can Jelto import my Pirsch history?
There is no Pirsch history import in this setup. Keep historical reports or exports available, and verify new Jelto collection before changing your existing installation.
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