Privacy Policy

StackVersus is built to work without collecting personal information from visitors. This page explains exactly what data our site generates when you use it, and what we deliberately do not collect.

Analytics: no cookies, no personal identifiers

We use Umami, a privacy-focused, cookieless analytics tool, to understand aggregate traffic to StackVersus — which pages get read, how many people visit, and roughly where visits come from. Umami does not set cookies, does not use persistent device fingerprints, and does not track you across other websites. We cannot use it to identify an individual visitor or tie a page view back to a specific person.

Outbound link clicks

When you click a "Visit website" or similar call-to-action button, you are routed through a path like /go/[software] before landing on the vendor's site. We log that this redirect happened — which software it pointed to, the page you clicked from, the referring URL (if any), and when — so we can measure which comparisons are useful and keep our affiliate accounting accurate. This click log does not record your name, email address, IP address, or any other identifier that could tie the click back to you personally. It is an anonymous count, not a visitor profile.

What we don't collect

StackVersus has no user accounts, no comment system, and no newsletter signup on the site itself. We do not run advertising trackers, retargeting pixels, or third-party marketing cookies. If you email us directly through our contact page, we will of course have the email address and content you sent us — that correspondence is used only to respond to you and is not shared with third parties or used for marketing.

Third-party sites

Software vendors we link to and compare have their own privacy policies and data practices, which are entirely outside our control. Once you leave StackVersus through an outbound link, that vendor's privacy policy governs any data you provide to them.

California residents (CCPA)

Because StackVersus does not collect personal information through ordinary use of the site, there is generally no personal information for us to disclose, delete, or opt you out of selling under the California Consumer Privacy Act. If you believe we hold personal information about you — for example, from an email you sent us — and would like to make a CCPA access, deletion, or opt-out request, contact us at hello@stackversus.com and we will respond within the timeframes required by law.

Changes

If our data practices change — for example, if we add a feature that collects new information — we will update this page and its "last updated" date above.