Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.
All website owners, from small businesses to enterprises
Important considerations: GA4 has a steep reporting and consent-configuration learning curve; Analytics 360 pricing is not public and standard properties have lower limits.
Tech-savvy users and businesses prioritizing privacy and simplicity
Important considerations: Cloud usage counts page hits, custom events, and stored event properties; self-hosting shifts upgrades, database operation, and backups to your team.
| Attribute | Google Analytics (GA4) | Umami |
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| Overview | Google's mainstream analytics platform for web and app measurement, built around GA4 events, attribution, advertising integrations, and BigQuery-connected reporting for larger deployments. | 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 | GA4 standard is free; Google Analytics 360 is enterprise-priced via Google sales | Self-hosted open source; Umami Cloud plans are Hobby $0, Pro $20/month, Business $200/month, Enterprise custom |
| Deployment | Vendor-hosted cloud | Self-hosted and hosted options |
| Best for | All website owners, from small businesses to enterprises | Tech-savvy users and businesses prioritizing privacy and simplicity |
| Operator | Google LLC Subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. | Umami Software, Inc. Independent private company |
| Company base | Mountain View, United States · United States | San Francisco, United States · United States |
| Organization scale | 190,820 employees · parent company, as of 31 Dec 2025 | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. |
| Recent direction | marketing attribution Recent official evidence shows a focus on marketing attribution. | behavior analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on behavior analysis. |
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| Important considerations | GA4 has a steep reporting and consent-configuration learning curve; Analytics 360 pricing is not public and standard properties have lower limits. | Cloud usage counts page hits, custom events, and stored event properties; self-hosting shifts upgrades, database operation, and backups to your team. |
| Integrations | Google Ads, BigQuery, Shopify | WordPress, Vercel |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. | 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.
| Attribute | Google Analytics (GA4) | Umami |
|---|---|---|
| AI insights | Listed | Not listed |
| App analytics | Listed | Not listed |
| Audience insights | Listed | Listed |
| Behavior analytics | Listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cohort analysis | Listed | Not listed |
| Cookieless | Not listed | Listed |
| Cross-device tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Custom reports | Listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Enterprise | Listed | Not listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Listed |
| Funnels | Listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Listed | Listed |
| Heatmaps | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Listed |
| Open source | Not listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Not listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Retention analytics | Listed | Listed |
| Revenue tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Not listed | Listed |
| Session recordings | Not listed | Listed |
| User segments | Listed | Listed |