Feder and Statcounter: keep Statcounter, check the numbers you run on.
No, Feder is not a replacement for Statcounter. Keep Statcounter. Feder does a different job beside it: it reads what your connected apps recorded and compares each number with your own history, so you know when one cannot be trusted.
Why would I need this?
Because the question is not what the number is. It is whether you can trust it.
Is Feder an alternative to Statcounter?
No. Statcounter shows you how visitors are really experiencing your website. Feder does a different job: it watches the numbers your tools record and says when one cannot be trusted. Nothing here asks you to switch.
Do I need Feder if I have Statcounter?
They do different jobs, so one does not stand in for the other. Keep Statcounter for the job it does. Feder's job is to say when a number your tools record has gone quiet or moved outside your own history.
What does Statcounter do better?
Statcounter's session replay plays back a recording of what a visitor saw and did on the site.
In Statcounter's words:
When you click the play button, a new window opens and plays a visual recording of what that visitor saw and did in their browser while they were on your website.
See How Visitors Are Really Experiencing Your Site With Session Replay | Statcounter Support, read 2026-11-12.Statcounter has tools that help spot click fraud on paid ads and keep evidence of it.
In Statcounter's words:
Statcounter has a number of tools that can help you detect and provide evidence of click fraud
Detect Click Fraud | Statcounter Support, read 2026-11-12.Statcounter lets you label an IP address you suspect of invalid ad clicks, so you can follow it.
In Statcounter's words:
Labels are also a great way to tag an IP address you suspect is generating invalid clicks on your ads.
Detect Click Fraud | Statcounter Support, read 2026-11-12.
What can go wrong with Statcounter's numbers?
Statcounter's numbers can differ a lot from a server log report. Statcounter explains that it counts browsers on pages that carry its code and leaves out robots, which server logs include.
In Statcounter's words:
StatCounter.Com can produce far different results to standard log file analysis.
FAQ | Statcounter, read 2026-11-12.Statcounter's unique and returning visitor counts rest on cookies, so a returning visitor with cookies turned off can be counted as new each time.
In Statcounter's words:
If a person's browser has cookies disabled they will always be counted as a unique visitor.
FAQ | Statcounter, read 2026-11-12.Statcounter measures visit length by movement between pages, so a one-page visit can show no length unless session replay is on, as Statcounter explains.
In Statcounter's words:
If you do not have session replay and a visitor loads only 1 page on the site unfortunately we can not determine the visit length time.
FAQ | Statcounter, read 2026-11-12.
How does Feder work with Statcounter?
- Feder has no connection to Statcounter today, so it reads nothing from it.
- The two can run side by side: Statcounter keeps doing its job, and Feder checks the numbers your other tools record against your own history.
- Feder only reads. It never changes anything in a connected app.
What should I ask about my Statcounter setup?
- Which numbers on my dashboard are counted at the source, and which are modeled or estimated?
- If this number stopped counting tomorrow, who would notice, and when?
- What does a normal week look like for this number, in my own history?
Questions owners ask
- Does Feder replace Statcounter?
- No. Keep Statcounter. Feder sits beside it.
- Does Feder send data into Statcounter?
- No. Feder only reads.
- How accurate is Feder?
- We do not publish an accuracy number yet. When there is a measured one, it will be here with how it was measured.
Where do these claims come from?
Every quoted statement about Statcounter on this page comes from Statcounter's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. We read them again by 2027-05-11. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.