SlimStat vs WP Statistics

Why this page exists at all

Two analytics plugins from one company invites an obvious question, and the honest answer is that they were built for different readers and both kept because both readerships are real. SlimStat came to VeronaLabs by acquisition in 2023, with fifteen years of its own history behind it; WP Statistics was VeronaLabs’ own from the start.

Both store analytics in your WordPress database. Their reports overlap, so the useful comparison is which questions each dashboard helps you answer.

Compare the reports you will actually use

WP Statistics answers questions about your content. Which posts perform, which categories pull, which authors earn attention, which campaigns brought people in. Its reports are organised around WordPress’s own structure — post types, taxonomies, authors — because the reader it imagines is publishing things and wants to know which of them worked.

SlimStat helps you understand traffic and what follows it. The Access Log shows individual visits. Free 6 also includes campaign and channel reports, a link builder and an opt-in WooCommerce dashboard. Pro 3 adds visual click and scroll heatmaps, more goals, funnels and deeper store reports.

Choose based on the reports you need every week. To see how SlimStat helps with missed clicks, sales questions and client reporting, explore Pro.

What each one costs

WP Statistics Premium is $119 a year for a single site, $249 for five and $449 for the unlimited tier — which its own page qualifies as “up to 100 sites under our fair usage policy”. SlimStat Pro is $49, $119 and $199 for the same three shapes.

On renewals, this page declines to give you a number, and the reason is worth stating. WP Statistics’ pricing page carries the footnote “Special introductory pricing, all renewals are at full price”, but never publishes what that full price is; its checkout simultaneously describes the same purchase as recurring at the listed amount. Those two vendor statements are in tension, and we are not going to resolve a sister product’s pricing on its behalf. Check the checkout before you buy. SlimStat’s own renewal terms are on the pricing page.

Compare list price to list price when you do. Both products run promotions, and a discounted price against an undiscounted one is not a comparison.

Can you run both?

You can — they write to separate tables and neither interferes with the other’s tracking — but there is rarely a reason to. Two trackers means two sets of numbers that will not agree, two sets of database rows growing with your traffic, and two consent surfaces to keep straight. If you are genuinely torn, install both for a fortnight, look at which dashboard you open by reflex, and remove the other.

Which one to choose

Choose WP Statistics if you publish content and measure content: if you want author and category reporting, UTM campaign analytics with a link builder, Search Console data beside your traffic, or an unlimited free tier across many sites. It is also the safer default if you are equipping a team rather than yourself.

Choose SlimStat if you want traffic and store reports in WordPress, then want to add visual click insights, funnels and automatic sharing. Start with the Free feature list and compare the specific Pro additions you would use. Check release-preview availability before buying for a new feature.

Neither answer is wrong, and neither of us loses if you pick the other one.