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title: "Privacy-first product analytics for education · Countly"
description: "Privacy-first product analytics for learning platforms and student apps. Self-host Countly so student data stays in the country you choose."
url: https://countly.com/solutions/education
last_modified: 2026-11-11
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Solutions · Education

# Privacy-first product analytics for education

Understand how students interact with your digital products, then act on those insights with targeted engagement. Improve learning journeys, course completion and retention while keeping student data private.

Key questions

## Key challenges in education

The three questions we hear most often in this space, and how Countly answers them on data you keep.

- 01 How can we boost student engagement? Pinpoint where students lose interest or struggle. Optimize content and flows to improve completion and knowledge retention.
- 02 Which learning modules are most effective? See which features, courses and formats lead to the best outcomes and invest in what works.
- 03 How do we ensure student data privacy? Own and control your data with self-hosted or private cloud hosting. Support COPPA and GDPR requirements.
How Countly helps

## How Countly powers educational advancement

One platform covers the whole loop: Capture, Analyze, Act, Adapt. The insight and the action stay in the same place.

- Understand the complete learner journey Web portals and mobile learning apps in one unified view of every student’s path.
- Analyze engagement with learning content Funnels for course progression, Profiles for individual interaction, friction points made visible.
- Act on insights to improve outcomes Targeted notifications, A/B-tested teaching methods, personalized learning paths.
Features teams use most here

[Funnels](https://countly.com/feature/funnels) [Profiles](https://countly.com/feature/profiles) [Push notifications](https://countly.com/feature/push-notifications) [Experiments](https://countly.com/feature/experiments) [Surveys](https://countly.com/feature/surveys) [Compliance Hub](https://countly.com/feature/compliance-hub)

Data ownership

## Protect student privacy with a secure platform

Safeguarding student data is non-negotiable. Deploy self-hosted or in a private cloud to support COPPA and GDPR requirements, protecting your institution and your students.

[Explore data privacy](https://countly.com/platform/data-privacy)

ISO 27001 Certified

ISO 27017 Certified

ISO 27018 Certified

SOC 2 Type II examined

TISAX® Participant*

*Countly Ltd. is a TISAX® Participant. TISAX® is a registered trademark of and governed by ENX Association. Learn more at [enx.com/tisax](https://enx.com/tisax)

FAQ

## Questions about Education

Straight answers for this space. For anything else, talk to us.

**Can we self-host Countly?**

Yes. [Self-host Countly](https://countly.com/enterprise) on your own infrastructure and student data stays within the infrastructure you operate, in the country you choose. Or run it in a dedicated [private-cloud environment](https://countly.com/flex) in the region you choose.

**Which platforms can Countly capture data from?**

Learning apps, web portals and desktop tools, through Countly SDKs for iOS, Android, Web, Node.js, Flutter, React Native, Unity, C++, Java and Windows, plus APIs for custom ingestion.

**Does Countly support student privacy requirements?**

Countly’s consent controls, masking at ingestion and data subject request handling support [GDPR and COPPA requirements](https://countly.com/platform/data-privacy).

**Can we see which learning content works?**

Yes. Funnels show where students stop in a course, cohorts group them by behavior, and surveys ask why. Your team decides what to change; Countly measures what happened next.

Solutions

## Related solutions

The same platform, seen from the next industry or use case over.

[All solutions](https://countly.com/solutions)

[Use case Web analytics Explore](https://countly.com/solutions/web-analytics) [Use case Mobile analytics Explore](https://countly.com/solutions/mobile-analytics) [Industry Healthcare Explore](https://countly.com/solutions/healthcare)