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Piwik PRO

ANALYTICS
Velocity2.5

Piwik PRO ships steady fortnightly point releases — analytics polish without category moves.

web analyticsprivacy-firstconsent managementgoogle ads integrationscheduled reportsplatform polish
◆Current state
Piwik PRO is a privacy-first web analytics and tag manager platform on a disciplined two-week release cadence (18.57 through 18.66 over the last several months). Recent versions are dominated by Analytics polish and bug fixes — PDF export reliability, dashboard widget edge cases, scheduled-report date range flexibility, Google Ads integration management, and a small but meaningful change letting consent-related reports work without the Consent Manager license. The product looks mature and stable; there's no visible attempt at category-redefining work in this window.
◆Where it's heading
Piwik PRO appears to be in a depth-and-reliability phase rather than a category-expansion one. The themes that do show up — better Google Ads handling, decoupling consent reports from the Consent Manager license, more flexible scheduled-report ranges — point at making the platform more usable inside multi-vendor stacks rather than at staking new ground. The release notes also signal a pricing/plan transition (Core countdown, Business plan upgrade path) that may be the biggest non-product move underway.
◆Prediction
Expect the steady fortnightly cadence to continue with Analytics polish dominating. The pricing transition for Core customers (countdown to February 28, 2026 already passed, Business plan migration path defined) suggests the next directional move is likely commercial rather than product — repackaging or AI-augmented analytics features tied to the higher tier.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    18.66.0 — User flow placement and dashboard widget fixes

    User-flow report button placement updated for consistency with the rest of the app, plus fixes for dashboard text widget editor edge cases (formatting drops, link window disappearing on type) and a blank-page bug when switching between regular and meta sites. Routine fortnightly polish.

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  2. 2mo ago

    18.65.0 — Better Google Ads integration management

    Google Ads integration management gets meaningfully better — switch accounts without breaking the link, see active/inactive state, and identify which Google account drives the integration. Plus a small dead-button cleanup on Goals mapping. Useful for teams running multi-account ad operations.

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  3. 2mo ago

    18.64.0 — Bug fix release

    All-fixes release: translation-key text bug in content performance, alerts pagination, dashboard widget sort persistence, and several other small reports defects. No new features or directional improvements — pure stability work.

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  4. 3mo ago

    18.63.0 — PDF reporting clarity and crash fixes

    PDF report titles now include parent tab names so dataset source is visible at a glance. Plus fixes for nested-table dynamic value grouping crashes, sparkline alignment in PDF exports, and currency conversion crashes. Quality-of-life work for users who depend on scheduled PDF reports.

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  5. 3mo ago

    18.62.0 — Grid export GA and report-PDF parity fixes

    Grid layout export drops its Beta label and goes fully released, plus a handful of label and chart-name consistency fixes between live reports and scheduled PDFs. Small but meaningful for teams who present the same data via both surfaces.

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  6. 4mo ago

    18.61.0 — Consent reports without Consent Manager and biweekly device refresh

    Two notable changes: consent-related reports, dimensions, and metrics now work without Consent Manager in the license — meaningful for customers using third-party consent tools. Device definitions also now refresh every two weeks for better reporting accuracy.

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