Cabin vs Fathom Analytics (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Cabin grades higher than Fathom Analytics: 2.8 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Cabin grades higher on the free plan and features. Fathom Analytics grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Cabin
Cookieless web analytics with carbon-emissions reporting
Fathom Analytics
Cookie-free, privacy-first website analytics priced by pageviews
Which one is for you
Pick Cabin if
- Fits if you run one or a few small sites and want stats without a cookie banner
- Works for people who want carbon figures for their pages
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 1 domain, 10,000 pageviews and 30 days of data
- Pricey if you need custom events or API access, which start at Plus, $14 a month
- Watch out: the vendor won't stop recording past your cap but asks you to upgrade
- Watch out: past 5 million pageviews it's a sales call
Pick Fathom Analytics if
- Fits if you're an agency sending traffic reports to many clients
- Works for bloggers and small businesses who want stats without a cookie banner
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try it without handing over a card, as the 7-day trial needs one and renews itself
- Tight if you track lots of custom events, as they eat into your pageview allowance across all sites
- Not for you if you want to host your analytics yourself, which Fathom doesn't offer
- Too light for anyone who wants recordings, funnels or visitor-level data
- Pricey if traffic grows: $60 a month at 1M pageviews, $200 at 10M, and $10 a month per extra pack of 50 sites
How we grade them
| 2.8GPACabinGood | 2.4GPAFathom AnalyticsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$14 a month for Plus, below the category's cheapest-quarter start of $16.58. | B$12.50 a month billed yearly ($15 monthly) covers up to 100k pageviews, which fits a 10,000-visitor site, across 50 sites. That's inside the cheapest quarter of what this category charges, with every feature on every plan. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree forever for 1 domain and 10,000 pageviews a month, with public dashboards and export. One site owner can live on that. | DNo free plan. The 7-day trial needs a card and the plan renews by itself, though Fathom emails you before billing starts. A week is short to judge traffic stats. |
| Features | BCookieless tracking, carbon reporting, scroll depth, dashboards, Search Console and AI traffic reporting. The listing shows no gap in the core job. | CPages, referrers, countries, campaigns, events with revenue, Search Console terms and client email reports. It does the page counting job fully, but it's a smaller job than the suites: no recordings, funnels or visitor-level data on record. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You add a script to your site. | BNo rating on record, but there's nothing to set up beyond a small script, or a plugin for WordPress, Ghost and the like. Everything is on one page. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Google Search Console, Claude, Cursor, Codex and ChatGPT connections and an API on paid plans. | BWeb only, no desktop or phone app. It works with WordPress, Ghost, Webflow, Next.js and Nuxt, pulls in Search Console and old Google Analytics data, and has an API. |
| Best for | cookieless web stats with carbon reporting | cookie-free stats across lots of client sites |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Cabin and Fathom Analytics. How we grade
Price against what you get
Cabin starts at $14 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Fathom Analytics starts at $12.50 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Fathom Analytics starts $1.50 a month lower. Of the other website and product analytics tools on the chart, none scores higher than Cabin for less, and none scores higher than Fathom Analytics for less.
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
Where they differ
At a glance
| Cabin | Fathom Analytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $14 per month | $12.50 per month for up to 100k pageviews, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 1 domain, 10,000 pageviews a month, 30 days of data retention, public dashboards and data export. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial, card required; Fathom emails you before billing starts |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Cabin | Fathom Analytics |
| Price read from | withcabin.com | usefathom.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Cabin
- The Free plan covers 1 domain, 10,000 pageviews a month and 30 days of data.
- Custom events, API access, Search Console and carbon reporting need Plus at $14 a month.
- The vendor says it will not stop recording traffic if you exceed your allowance, but asks you to upgrade; more than 5M pageviews means contacting sales.
- Data is stored in the EU, per the site footer.
Fathom Analytics
- There is no free plan: the 7-day trial needs a card, then the plan renews automatically.
- Custom events count against the monthly pageview allowance, shared across all your sites.
- Fathom is hosted only and cannot be self-hosted.
- Extra sites beyond those included cost $10 a month or $100 a year per pack of 50.
Key features
Cabin
- Cookieless tracking
- No cookies, IP address logging or fingerprints; the vendor says it is GDPR, CCPA and ePrivacy compliant by default.
- Carbon footprint reporting
- Calculates transferred data and CO2 emissions for a site from real visitor data. Carbon reporting is listed on Plus and above.
- AI traffic and MCP access
- Shows which AI assistants and crawlers read a site without counting them as pageviews. MCP access works on every plan.
- Scroll depth
- Shows how far down each page people read and where they stop.
- Public and password-protected dashboards
- Every plan can share a public dashboard link; password protection is listed on Plus and above.
- Search Console integration
- Plus and Scale connect Google Search Console and add weekly email reports.
Fathom Analytics
- No cookies or consent banner
- Counts visits without cookies and anonymizes data with hashes and salts, so the vendor says no analytics consent banner is needed. EU visitor data stays in the EU.
- Single-page dashboard
- Pages, referrers, countries, devices and UTM campaigns on one page, in real time, with saved filtered views and milestones marked on the chart.
- Events and revenue
- Tracks sign-ups, form submissions and purchases as events, with a value and currency so sales totals show beside counts.
- Client reports and sharing
- Weekly or monthly email reports covering one or several sites, and dashboards shared publicly or behind a password.
- Google Analytics and Search Console
- Imports historical GA4 data and shows Search Console terms, clicks, impressions and positions beside your traffic.
Plans
Cabin
Free$0
1 domain, 10,000 pageviews a month, 30 days retention, public dashboards, MCP access and data export.
Plus$14
per month
10 domains, 100,000 pageviews a month, 12 months retention, custom events, API access and sharing with 2 people.
Scale$45
per month
Unlimited domains, 5,000,000 pageviews a month, unlimited retention, branded client dashboards and priority support.
Fathom Analytics
Fathom Analytics$12.50
per month for up to 100k pageviews, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly)
Every feature, 50 sites, events and revenue, email reports, API. Rises with pageviews: $60 a month at 1M and $200 at 10M, billed monthly.
High trafficCustom
High-traffic plans above 25M monthly pageviews, quoted on request. The 25M tier itself is $470 a month, billed monthly.
Ways to pay less
Cabin
- Annual discount
Yearly billing saves two months
Cabin's pricing page and FAQ say yearly billing saves two months compared with paying monthly. Monthly prices are shown on the page.
Fathom Analytics
- Annual discount
2 months free with yearly billing
Yearly billing costs 10 times the monthly rate: $150 a year instead of $15 a month at 100,000 pageviews, and $600 instead of $60 a month at 1M.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Cabin or Fathom Analytics?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Fathom Analytics is cheaper to start with: $12.50 a month, against $14 a month for Cabin. Cabin starts at $14 per month, and Fathom Analytics starts at $12.50 per month for up to 100k pageviews, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Cabin or Fathom Analytics?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Cabin has a free plan. Fathom Analytics does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.