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Starting prices use different billing periods and usage units. Compare the same traffic, events, retention and seats.
Choose Ackee ifDevelopers and website owners who need simple traffic and event reporting on infrastructure they control.
Important considerations: Current releases require Node.js 24 or newer and MongoDB. Your team owns upgrades, availability and security; evaluate its aggregate reports against your funnel and replay requirements.
Choose FullStory ifMid-to-large product teams and UX researchers
Important considerations: Free excludes advanced dashboards, StoryAI, mobile capture, and configurable privacy; paid pricing is quote-based.
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| Attribute | Ackee | FullStory |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | A small, self-hosted web analytics tool with cookieless traffic statistics, custom actions and a GraphQL API. You run the Node.js application and MongoDB database. | A digital experience analytics platform combining session replay, heatmaps, funnels, event analytics, and AI insights for both web and mobile. |
| Pricing | Free MIT-licensed software; budget separately for hosting, backups and maintenance. No vendor-hosted subscription is listed. | Fullstory Free includes 30,000 monthly sessions and 12 months of analytics retention; Business, Advanced, and Enterprise pricing is quote-based |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for | Developers and website owners who need simple traffic and event reporting on infrastructure they control. | Mid-to-large product teams and UX researchers |
| Operator | Tobias Reich Independent project | Fullstory, Inc. Independent private company |
| Company base | Usingen, Germany · European Union | Atlanta, United States · United States |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | at least 200 employees · operator, as of 5 May 2020 |
| Recent direction | operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
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| Important considerations | Current releases require Node.js 24 or newer and MongoDB. Your team owns upgrades, availability and security; evaluate its aggregate reports against your funnel and replay requirements. | Free excludes advanced dashboards, StoryAI, mobile capture, and configurable privacy; paid pricing is quote-based. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, GraphQL, Docker | Segment, Salesforce, CRMs, Dev tools |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. |
This matrix shows capabilities recorded in our catalog. Not listed means we have not confirmed the capability here. Check the linked vendor sources for plan, deployment, and usage limits.
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| Attribute | Ackee | FullStory |
|---|---|---|
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| App analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cohort analysis | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Not listed |
| Cross-device tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Not listed | Listed |
| Data export | Not listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Not listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Error tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Not listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Not listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Not listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Not listed |
| Real-time data | Not listed | Listed |
| Retention analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Revenue tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Not listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |