# Get started with Privatus Analytics

> Set up cookieless web analytics in about five minutes: create an account, add a site, install the tracker, verify it works and see your first visitors.

Privatus Analytics is cookieless web analytics. The tracker is one small
script with no cookies, no local storage and no fingerprinting, so in most
setups you don't need a consent banner for it. This section takes you from
sign-up to your first goal.

## The five-minute version

1. [Create an account](/docs/getting-started/create-account). The Free plan
   needs no card and includes 10,000 events a month.
2. [Add a site](/docs/getting-started/add-a-site): its domain and
   timezone.
3. Paste the snippet into the `<head>` of every page:

   ```html
   <script defer src="https://privatusanalytics.com/js/pa.js" data-site="pa_YOURSITEID"></script>
   ```

   Your site id (`pa_…`) is under **Site settings → Tracking**. It isn't a
   secret: it's visible in your page source, like the domain.
4. [Verify the installation](/docs/getting-started/verify-installation). The
   check fetches your page, looks for the script and warns about headers
   that block it.
5. [Create your first goal](/docs/getting-started/first-goal) and
   [invite your team](/docs/getting-started/invite-your-team).

Using a CMS, site builder or framework? Pick your platform in the
[install guides](/docs/install).

## What you get straight away

- **Visitors, visits, pageviews, bounce rate and visit duration** on the
  [Overview](/docs/dashboard/overview).
- **Sources and channels**, including a separate channel for
  [AI assistants](/docs/metrics/channels) such as ChatGPT and Perplexity.
- **Pages, entry and exit pages, locations, devices, browsers** and
  **UTM campaigns**.
- **Time on page and scroll depth** from the `engage` module, which is on
  by default.
- **Real-time** visitors on the [Live](/docs/dashboard/live) page.

Add [custom events](/docs/events), [goals](/docs/features/goals) and
[funnels](/docs/features/funnels) when you're ready.

## How it stays private

- No cookies, `localStorage`, `sessionStorage` or IndexedDB. The only
  exception is a flag a visitor sets themselves when they
  [opt out](/docs/privacy/opt-out).
- The visitor's IP address and User-Agent are used in memory to work out
  the country, the device and a daily visit key, and are then dropped. They
  are never written to disk or logs.
- Every visitor, including visitors from the EU, UK and Switzerland, is
  processed in our US region. Only the minimized event is stored.

Read [how it works](/docs/privacy) for the full picture, and
[how visitors are counted](/docs/metrics/how-visitors-are-counted) for the
details of visits and visitors.