Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.
Catalog capabilities may require a paid plan, add-on or hosted edition. “Not listed” means unverified here, not unavailable. Confirm the exact edition, usage limits and privacy settings.
Starting prices use different billing periods and usage units. Compare the same traffic, events, retention and seats.
Choose GoatCounter ifWebsite owners who want simple, privacy-focused analytics
Important considerations: Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted.
Choose Umami ifTech-savvy users and businesses prioritizing privacy and simplicity
Important considerations: Cloud counts pageviews, custom events and each stored event property toward usage. Session replay and heatmaps require Cloud Business or Enterprise; Business includes 5,000 replays, then $0.005 each. Cloud has features beyond self-hosting; check edition parity and operating costs.
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| Attribute | GoatCounter | Umami |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | A lightweight, privacy-aware open-source web analytics service with cookieless visit counting, referrers, campaigns, browser and location reports, exports, and JavaScript-free tracking options. | An open-source, self-hosted or managed-cloud analytics platform with cookieless traffic and event reporting plus newer funnels, revenue, Web Vitals, session replay, and heatmap capabilities. |
| Pricing | Hosted service is donation-supported and free for reasonable public use; self-hosting is free and open source | Free self-hosting. Cloud Hobby: $0 for 100K events/month and one website; Pro: $20/month with 1M events; Business: $200/month with 10M events; Enterprise: custom. Paid overages are metered. |
| Deployment | Self-hosted and hosted options | Self-hosted and hosted options |
| Best for | Website owners who want simple, privacy-focused analytics | Tech-savvy users and businesses prioritizing privacy and simplicity |
| Operator | Martin Tournoij Independent project | Umami Software, Inc. Independent private company |
| Company base | Ireland · European Union | San Francisco, United States · United States |
| Organization scale | 1 maintainers · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. |
| Recent direction | self-hosted expansion Recent official evidence shows a focus on self-hosted expansion. | behavior analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on behavior analysis. |
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| Important considerations | Hosted use is donation-supported with a reasonable-use policy; high-volume or specialized deployments should be self-hosted. | Cloud counts pageviews, custom events and each stored event property toward usage. Session replay and heatmaps require Cloud Business or Enterprise; Business includes 5,000 replays, then $0.005 each. Cloud has features beyond self-hosting; check edition parity and operating costs. |
| Integrations | Ghost, Hugo | WordPress, Vercel |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-27. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. |
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 | GoatCounter | Umami |
|---|---|---|
| Audience insights | Listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Listed |
| Cross-device tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Not listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Goals | Not listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Retention analytics | Not listed | Listed |
| Revenue tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Listed | Listed |