Site Analytics

Q: "How is data collected?"

"We use anonymous client-side event tracking. When you visit a tool page or copy a prompt, a lightweight event is sent to our API. No personal data, cookies, or IP addresses are stored."

Q: "Is any personal data stored?"

"No. We only store aggregate counts — how many times each tool was viewed and how many actions were taken. No IP addresses, no user agents, no cookies, no personal information of any kind."

Q: "Why show analytics publicly?"

"Transparency builds trust. We believe in showing exactly how our tools are used rather than hiding behind vague claims. These numbers help us prioritise which tools to improve."

Q: "Are the numbers exact?"

"Numbers are approximate. We use rate limiting and bot filtering, but some automated traffic may inflate counts slightly. All displayed numbers are rounded."

Q: "Can I access the raw data?"

"The stats API is public at /api/stats — you can fetch it programmatically. It returns tool leaderboards, daily trends, and top search queries in JSON format."

Q: "Is this tool still being improved?"

"Yes! This is a V1 release and we're actively improving it based on user feedback. If you have suggestions, find a bug, or want a new feature, please visit our Community Feedback page at aguidetocloud.com/feedback/ — every piece of feedback is read and acted on."

Live transparent usage stats — tool leaderboard & trends

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30-Day Traffic Trend

Top Countries

Traffic Sources

Devices

Transparency Note

Traffic from Google Analytics (30-day window). All counts are approximate and anonymous — no personal data stored.

This data is real and unfiltered. Learn how it's collected →

Tool Leaderboard

All 52 free tools ranked by page views (30 days)

Rising Stars

Biggest week-over-week growth

Hidden Gems

Great tools you might have missed

Tool of the Day

Activity Breakdown

What's on the Site

52 Free Tools

11 Blog Posts

500 Prompts

53 Cert Guides

Top Pages

Most visited pages across the entire site

What People Search For

Top Google queries that bring visitors here (Search Console data, ~48h delay)

Content Freshness

How recently each content area was updated

AI News 4× daily

M365 Roadmap Daily

Service Health Every 2 hours

Cert Study Guides Weekly

Deprecation Timeline Daily

Blog Posts As written

Licensing Data Bi-weekly check

Copilot Matrix Bi-weekly check

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The story

A few years ago, building something like this required a dev team and a budget. Today, with AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude, anyone with an idea can build real tools that help real people. This site is proof — built by an IT pro who'd never written code before. If you've got a problem worth solving, the tools to build the solution are already in your hands.

Framework Hugo (static site generator) Free

Hosting Cloudflare Pages Free

Tools engine 100% client-side JavaScript Free

Analytics Google Analytics 4 Free

Pipelines GitHub Actions (5 repos) Free

Search Pagefind (static index) Free

Infrastructure cost $0/month

* Excludes domain registration (~$12/yr) and optional AI subscriptions. All tools run in your browser — no server-side processing.

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Growth Milestones

Mar 2026Site launched with 13 tools

Apr 7AI News pipeline goes live

Apr 10M365 Roadmap Tracker

Apr 13Community tools launched

Apr 1752 tools milestone

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Community Impact

Estimated from usage patterns

Fun Facts

Open Data

All this data is free and open. Build something with it.

curl https://www.aguidetocloud.com/api/stats?range=30d

Main stats /api/stats?range=30d

Realtime /api/stats?realtime=1

Custom range /api/stats?range=custom&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-17

Best-effort public API. Response cached for 5 minutes. Data refreshes continuously from GA4 + Google Search Console.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is data collected?

We use anonymous client-side event tracking. When you visit a tool page or copy a prompt, a lightweight event is sent to our API. No personal data, cookies, or IP addresses are stored.

Is any personal data stored?

No. We only store aggregate counts — how many times each tool was viewed and how many actions were taken. No IP addresses, no user agents, no cookies, no personal information of any kind.

Why show analytics publicly?

Transparency builds trust. We believe in showing exactly how our tools are used rather than hiding behind vague claims. These numbers help us prioritise which tools to improve.

Are the numbers exact?

Numbers are approximate. We use rate limiting and bot filtering, but some automated traffic may inflate counts slightly. All displayed numbers are rounded.

Can I access the raw data?

The stats API is public at /api/stats — you can fetch it programmatically. It returns tool leaderboards, daily trends, and top search queries in JSON format.

Is this tool still being improved?

Yes! This is a V1 release and we're actively improving it based on user feedback. If you have suggestions, find a bug, or want a new feature, please visit our Community Feedback page at aguidetocloud.com/feedback/ — every piece of feedback is read and acted on.