Medama review (2026): is it any good?
Open-source, cookie-free analytics you host yourself
Medama report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for cookie-free page counts on your own server
Medama is a single-binary analytics server with a tracker under 1KB, no cookies and no IP addresses. It reports page views, referrers and locations only, with no hosted plan, so you run it.
Who Medama is for
- Fits if you want a light analytics server with no cookies
- Works for developers who can run a binary or Docker
Who Medama is not for
- Skip it if you don't want to host anything, as there's no hosted plan
- Too light for funnels, heatmaps or session recordings, none of which are listed
- Watch out: the binary guide covers Linux and macOS only
- Watch out: updates are your job
Why Medama gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyFree and open source, but only if you host it, which needs a server.
- BFree plan and trialNo paid edition and no limits listed, once you've deployed it yourself.
- CFeaturesPage views, referrers, UTM sources, locations and custom properties. No heatmaps or recordings, and it's a small job.
- DEase of useYou run the binary or container yourself, on a VM, Docker, Fly.io or Railway.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only. Linux, macOS or containers on the server side.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Medama's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Medama's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 18 of the 100 other website and product analytics tools we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 72 of 100) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Medama has no paid plan.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 101 website and product analytics tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Medama’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 11 of 100, level with 54
- BFree plan and trialAbove 72 of 100, level with 22
- CFeaturesAbove 3 of 100, level with 48
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 100, level with 5
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 100, level with 31
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 74 website and product analytics tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Medama, or make your own?
Keep it
Medama is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 72 of the 100 other website and product analytics tools grade higher.
What you could not
- A tracking script and a database that counts every visit.
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- It plugs into other products, Docker, Fly.io and Railway among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Medama’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Medama?
Medama Analytics is an open-source website analytics server that ships as a single binary with no external database. Its tracker is under 1KB and sets no cookies and collects no IP addresses. You host it yourself, on a small VM, Docker, Fly.io or Railway, and read page view stats in its own dashboard.
Worth knowing
- It is self-hosted only on the pages read; there is no hosted plan, so you run the server and updates yourself.
- The single-binary guide covers Linux and macOS; Docker images, Fly.io and Railway are the other documented routes.
- Reports center on page views, referrers, UTM sources and location; no heatmaps or session recordings are listed.
Key features
- Cookie-free tracking
- A tracker under 1KB that uses no cookies, IP addresses or other identifiers, which the project says supports GDPR and PECR compliance.
- Real-time page view stats
- Page view tracking is on by default once the snippet is added, with referrer, UTM source, location and time statistics.
- Custom properties
- Page events and click events can carry custom properties, so actions beyond page views can be recorded.
- Single-binary self-hosting
- No separate database to set up; the project says most small sites run on a VM with 256MB of memory.
- OpenAPI-based API
- A documented API covers login, websites, events and stat summaries for building your own dashboards.
Medama pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Medama is free to use.
- Starts at
- Free
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | $0 | Open-source server you run yourself as a single binary or container. The documentation lists no paid edition. |
Read from oss.medama.io on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Medama before you buy.
Works with
- Docker
- Fly.io
- Railway
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Common questions
Does Medama have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Medama is listed for Web.
Does Medama have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Medama is listed for Web.
Is Medama open source?
Yes. Medama is open source, according to its own site. It can also be run on a server of your own.
Does Medama have an API?
Yes. Medama offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.