Countly vs TelemetryDeck (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, TelemetryDeck grades higher than Countly: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
TelemetryDeck grades higher on value for money, features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Countly
Self-hosted product analytics for web, mobile and desktop apps
TelemetryDeck
Privacy-first, cookieless analytics for mobile, desktop and web apps
Which one is for you
Pick Countly if
- Fits if you track mobile apps and want your data on your own server
- Works for teams that want the choice of self-hosted or hosted
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want the full platform: Flex starts at $175 a month
- Skip it if you don't want to run a server, as Lite is self-hosted
- Watch out: Adaptivity, Intelligence and the uptime SLA are paid add-ons on Flex
- Watch out: Enterprise has no published price and bills yearly
Pick TelemetryDeck if
- Fits if you ship an app and want analytics without tracking users
- Works for indie developers under 50,000 events a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you need real-time data on free, as events process between hourly and daily
- Watch out: prices are in euros and only the Indie step is readable, with higher tiers up to 15,000,000 events
- Watch out: annual billing is pre-selected, and monthly plans are not refunded
- Watch out: the pricing page text would not load here, so the prices are from the listing
How we grade them
| 2.2GPACountlyFair | 2.8GPATelemetryDeckGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CFlex from $175 a month, above the category's dearer-quarter start of $159. Lite is free if you host it, which is a C by our rule. | BIndie is €9 a month for 750,000 events, inside the cheaper quarter of analytics tools. |
| Free plan and trial | BLite is free with 20+ plugins and community support, and Flex has a 14-day trial. Lite needs your own server. | BA free plan with 50,000 events, 3 apps and 3 months of retention, which a small app could live on. |
| Features | CAnalytics, engagement, funnels and retention. Lite lacks Cee, Drill and Journeys, which are in the full platform. | BOn-device anonymization, a query editor, funnels, retention and SDKs with ingest and query APIs cover the whole job of app analytics. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Flex is hosted for you, but Lite means running a server. | CSDKs to add to your app code, and no store rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | CA web dashboard. The listing names no integrations. | BWeb dashboard with SDKs for apps, and links to RevenueCat, Superwall and Google Tag Manager. |
| Best for | product analytics for web and mobile apps | privacy-first analytics for apps |
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: Countly and TelemetryDeck. How we grade
Price against what you get
Countly starts at $175 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. TelemetryDeck starts at about $10.05 a month and scores 2.7.
TelemetryDeck scores higher and starts $164.95 a month lower. Of the other website and product analytics tools on the chart, 47 score higher than Countly for less, and none scores higher than TelemetryDeck 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
- Countly is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Countly also covers surveys and a/B testing.
- TelemetryDeck also covers dashboards.
At a glance
| Countly | TelemetryDeck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $175 per month and up | €9 per month for up to 750,000 events (billing basis not shown) |
| Free plan | Countly Lite: the open-source core, self-hosted on your own server, with community support only and no SLA. | 50,000 events a month, 3 apps and 3 months of data retention; events are processed once a day, or every few hours. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Flex | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Countly Ltd. | TelemetryDeck GmbH |
| Price read from | countly.com | dashboard.telemetrydeck.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Countly
- Flex is billed by monthly active users rather than seats; the page gives only a $175 starting price and an estimator.
- On Flex, Adaptivity and Intelligence are paid add-ons, and the uptime SLA is an add-on.
- Enterprise has no published price and is billed annually per deployment.
- Lite is self-hosted with community support only and does not include the full platform, such as Cee, Drill and Journeys.
TelemetryDeck
- Prices are in euros and the dollar price was not shown.
- The Free plan has no real-time data, and events are processed between once an hour and once a day.
- Only the Indie step (€9 for 750,000 events) was readable; higher self-service tiers go up to 15,000,000 events and are chosen with a slider.
- Annual billing is pre-selected and saves 20%; the annual refund window is 14 days and monthly plans are not refunded.
Key features
Countly
- Mobile, web and desktop analytics
- SDKs for iOS, Android, JavaScript, macOS, Windows and Linux apps feed one data layer with real-time events, sessions and user profiles.
- Engagement tools
- The Adaptivity capability covers push notifications, in-app messages, journeys, A/B tests, surveys and hooks, acting on the same data.
- Funnels, retention and flows
- The Intelligence capability adds funnels, retention, flows, formulas, crash reporting and the Drill query tool.
- Data control
- Data can be masked, transformed and validated as it is collected, and the vendor says it has no default access to Flex or Enterprise data.
- Cee AI agent and MCP
- Cee is Countly's AI agent, part of the Intelligence add-on on Flex. Your own AI can also connect to Countly through MCP.
- Choice of hosting
- Run it on your own infrastructure, including air-gapped networks, or on Flex in the Google Cloud region you choose.
TelemetryDeck
- On-device anonymization
- Anonymizes the user identifier on the device and adds platform metadata such as system version, app version and model name automatically.
- Visual query editor and dashboards
- Build insights visually or with the TelemetryDeck Query Language, and arrange them in custom dashboards and notebooks.
- Funnels and retention
- Funnel analysis from onboarding to purchase, and retention analysis over time.
- SDKs and test mode
- SDKs for iOS, macOS, visionOS, Android, React Native, Flutter and websites; test mode keeps development data out of live data.
- Ingest and query APIs
- A public ingest API and a query API using personal access tokens, which paid plans include.
- MCP for AI
- Lists an MCP server so AI assistants can work with analytics data.
Plans
Countly
Countly Lite$0
Open-source core you host yourself, with 20+ plugins including dashboards, profiles, crashes, funnels and retention.
Countly Flex$175
per month and up
Dedicated private-cloud instance billed monthly by usage (MAU). Includes Advanced Analytics; Adaptivity and Intelligence are add-ons.
Countly EnterpriseCustom
Self-hosted or in your own cloud, priced per deployment and billed annually, with every capability and dedicated support.
TelemetryDeck
Free€0
50,000 events a month, 3 apps, 3 months of retention and no real-time data.
Indie€9
per month for up to 750,000 events; billing basis not shown
24 months of retention, real-time data and unlimited apps. Self-service plans run from 750,000 to 15,000,000 events a month, and prices for the higher tiers were not visible.
CustomCustom
Custom event volume and retention, custom exports, live support, training, single sign-on and data science services.
Ways to pay less
Countly
No public discounts listed.
TelemetryDeck
- Annual discount
20% off with annual billing
The pricing page's Annual option states a 20% saving over monthly billing.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Countly or TelemetryDeck?
As of Nov 13, 2026, TelemetryDeck is cheaper to start with: about $10.05 a month, against $175 a month for Countly. Countly starts at $175 per month and up, and TelemetryDeck starts at €9 per month for up to 750,000 events (billing basis not shown).
Which has a free plan, Countly or TelemetryDeck?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Countly and TelemetryDeck have a free plan.
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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.