All the privacy. None of the ops burden.
Self-hosting analytics sounds great until a Hacker News spike crashes your database or you have to spend your weekend debugging Docker updates. Sift gives you privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics with zero infrastructure maintenance.
Zero Ops vs Self-Hosting Maintenance
Sift is fully managed on Cloudflare Workers and Neon. No Docker containers to patch, no Postgres connection pool limits to debug, and no server crashes during traffic spikes.
While Umami has a paid cloud plan, self-hosting requires maintaining VPS instances, database backups, security patches, and schema migrations.
Agent-Native Protocol (/auth.md)
Standardized machine protocol allows AI coding agents (Claude, Cursor, AGY) to discover endpoints, register sites, and verify tracking autonomously.
Requires humans to log in manually, create API tokens in the admin panel, and copy-paste them into environment variables.
Global Edge Ingestion Latency
Every visitor hit is accepted at the nearest Cloudflare edge PoP in <10ms, avoiding transatlantic round-trip delays.
Self-hosted instances typically run in a single region (e.g. us-east or eu-central), causing higher latency for visitors from the other side of the world.
Design Craft & Typography
Tailored with Emil Kowalski design engineering principles: custom easing curves, responsive active feedback, and editorial typography.
Clean and functional, but uses a standard generic utility dashboard aesthetic with basic charts.
Leave server maintenance behind
Add Sift in 60 seconds with one snippet. No servers, no database setups.