Clerion vs. Cloudflare Analytics

Cloudflare counts visits for free. Clerion tells you why the numbers moved.

Three things Cloudflare Analytics does not do

Clerion explains the numbers instead of only counting them

Cloudflare tells you 400 people visited. Clerion tells you why it moved and what to do.

Clerion catches errors. Cloudflare does not

Cloudflare has no error monitoring. Clerion catches errors and ranks them by the sessions they hit.

Two years of history instead of six months

Cloudflare keeps six months of history. Clerion keeps up to 24, so year-over-year is possible.

Side by side

Price

Clerion $14/mo (Solo, 25k pageviews) up to $99/mo (Business, 1M pageviews)

Cloudflare Analytics Free

Free tier

Clerion No, 14-day trial (card required, $0 for 14 days)

Cloudflare Analytics Yes, free

Cookies

Clerion None

Cloudflare Analytics None

Consent banner

Clerion Not needed

Cloudflare Analytics Not needed

Open source

Clerion No

Cloudflare Analytics No

Hosting

Clerion EU infrastructure

Cloudflare Analytics Cloudflare, global

Best for

Clerion Founders and small teams with no analyst, who want the interpretation done for them rather than another dashboard to read.

Cloudflare Analytics Side projects and anyone who only needs to know how many people visited and roughly where from.

Watch out for

Clerion It is built for site-wide traffic and growth questions. If you need programmatic event pipelines for a complex product funnel, a dedicated product-analytics tool fits better.

Cloudflare Analytics No custom events, goals or funnels, and history is limited. It answers one question and stops there.

Read from each vendor’s own pages, July 2026.

What a visit count leaves out

Maybe an error broke checkout for some of them. Maybe your best page has had a broken meta description for weeks. Cloudflare showed you 800 visitors. Clerion's job is to notice the rest and say which one matters most.

When Cloudflare Analytics is still the right tool

If you are already on Cloudflare and want free, zero-setup counts, use it. It works. The moment you ask why signups dropped, Clerion earns its place.

Switching from Cloudflare Analytics

Cloudflare Web Analytics has no export, so Clerion starts from the day you paste the line. The dashboard is live the moment the first visitor arrives. You can leave Cloudflare's beacon in place. The two do not conflict.

Questions

Cloudflare Web Analytics is free. Why pay?
Cloudflare counts visits. Clerion tells you why the count moved, catches errors, checks SEO and keeps two years of history instead of six months. If a count is all you need, keep Cloudflare.
Do I need to be on Cloudflare?
No. Clerion works on any host.
Can I import Cloudflare history?
No. Cloudflare has no export. Clerion starts counting the day you paste the line.
Does Clerion set cookies?
No. Both tools are cookie-free.

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