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Umami alternatives
As of Nov 13, 2026, the best Umami alternative for most people is PostHog (3.2 GPA), second in our ranking of website and product analytics tools. It's also the best free one.
Umami compared with 12 alternatives: Plausible, Matomo, PostHog, Fathom Analytics, Simple Analytics and 7 more.
Umami has a free plan. Paid plans start at $20 per month, with 1 million events included. 8 of the 12 alternatives are free or have a free plan. 4 more offer a free trial.
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At a glance
| Tool | Price | Free plan | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|
| UmamiThis tool | Free plan · from $20/mo | Yes | Web |
| Plausible | Free plan · from $7.50/mo | Yes | Web |
| Matomo | Free plan · from $26/mo | Yes | Web |
| PostHog | Free plan · from $0.00005 | Yes | Web |
| Fathom Analytics | Free trial · from $12.50/mo | Trial only | Web |
| Simple Analytics | Free plan · from $20/mo | Yes | Web |
| Ackee | Free | Free | Web |
| Counter.dev | Free | Free | Web |
| GoatCounter | Free | Free | Web |
| Offen | Free | Free | Web |
| Pirsch | Free trial · from $6/mo | Trial only | Web |
| Rybbit | Free trial · from $13/mo | Trial only | Web |
| Swetrix | Free trial · from $19/mo | Trial only | Web |
Price against what you get
Umami starts at $20 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. None of the 11 alternatives on this chart both scores higher and starts lower.
Plausible, Fathom Analytics, Ackee, Counter.dev, GoatCounter, Offen and 3 more start lower without scoring higher.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
How each one differs from Umami
Plausible
Cookie-free, privacy-first website analytics made and hosted in the EU
- Plausible starts at $7.50 per month for up to 10k pageviews, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly).
- Plausible does not cover reports and session replay, which Umami does.
Suits: Site owners who want traffic numbers without a cookie banner
Matomo
Open-source web analytics you can host yourself or in Matomo's cloud
- Matomo starts at $26 per month for up to 50,000 hits, billed monthly (Cloud Business).
- Matomo also covers a/B testing.
- Matomo does not cover reports, which Umami does.
Suits: Organizations that must keep analytics data on their own servers
PostHog
Open-source product analytics with replays, flags and surveys
- PostHog starts at $0.00005 per analytics event past the free 1M (pay-as-you-go).
- PostHog also covers surveys and a/B testing.
- PostHog does not cover reports, which Umami does.
Suits: Startups and developers who want many product tools under one bill
Fathom Analytics
Cookie-free, privacy-first website analytics priced by pageviews
- Fathom Analytics starts at $12.50 per month for up to 100k pageviews, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly).
- Fathom Analytics has no free plan, only a free trial, unlike Umami.
- Fathom Analytics does not cover session replay, which Umami does.
Suits: Site owners who want traffic stats without a cookie banner
Simple Analytics
Cookieless web analytics hosted in the EU
- Simple Analytics starts at $20 per month for up to 100k pageviews.
- Simple Analytics does not cover session replay, which Umami does.
Suits: Sites that want traffic numbers without a cookie banner
Ackee
Self-hosted, cookie-free analytics you run on your own server
- Ackee is free.
- Ackee does not cover reports and session replay, which Umami does.
Suits: Developers comfortable running a Node.js service
Counter.dev
Free, open-source, cookie-free web analytics for small sites
- Counter.dev is free.
- Counter.dev does not cover session replay, which Umami does.
Suits: Personal sites and small projects that need basic traffic counts
GoatCounter
Open source web analytics, free and donation-supported
- GoatCounter is free.
- GoatCounter does not cover reports and session replay, which Umami does.
Suits: Personal sites and blogs that want counts without a consent notice
Offen
Open-source, self-hosted web analytics with user data access
- Offen is free.
- Offen is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Offen does not cover reports and session replay, which Umami does.
Suits: Operators who want consent-based, self-hosted analytics
Pirsch
Privacy-friendly web analytics hosted in Germany
- Pirsch starts at $6 per month for up to 10,000 page views.
- Pirsch has no free plan, only a free trial, unlike Umami.
- Pirsch also covers a/B testing.
- Pirsch does not cover session replay, which Umami does.
Suits: Teams that want EU-hosted analytics without a consent banner
Rybbit
Open-source, cookieless web analytics with session replay
- Rybbit starts at $13 per month for 100,000 pageviews, billed annually.
- Rybbit has no free plan, only a free trial, unlike Umami.
- Rybbit also covers dashboards.
Suits: Teams replacing Google Analytics without a cookie banner
Swetrix
Cookieless, open-source web analytics with session replays
- Swetrix starts at $19 per month for 100,000 events, billed yearly.
- Swetrix has no free plan, only a free trial, unlike Umami.
- Swetrix also covers dashboards and a/B testing.
- Swetrix does not cover reports, which Umami does.
Suits: Sites that want privacy-friendly analytics without a cookie banner
Limits worth knowing in Umami
- Hobby covers one website and 100K events a month, with no teams, API or email reports.
- Usage counts pageviews and every stored event property as events, so heavy tagging raises the bill.
- Replays and heatmaps start at Business ($200 a month), which includes 5,000 replays; extra replays cost $0.005 each.
- Self-hosting means you run and update the server; the docs warn to change the default admin password.
Common questions
What are the alternatives to Umami?
The alternatives to Umami in this directory are Plausible, Matomo, PostHog, Fathom Analytics, Simple Analytics, Ackee, Counter.dev, GoatCounter, Offen, Pirsch, Rybbit and Swetrix. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Umami.
Is there a free alternative to Umami?
Yes. Ackee, Counter.dev, GoatCounter and Offen are free to use. Plausible, Matomo, PostHog and Simple Analytics have a free plan alongside paid ones.
When were these prices checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 18, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.





