Jitsu vs walkerOS
Jitsu
jitsu.comwalkerOS
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| Figure | Jitsu | walkerOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $99/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Event Tracking Software | 9.2 (#2) | 7.7 (#13) |
| Deployment | Jitsu is available as a hosted cloud service or as open-source software deployed on on-premise infrastructure; its feature-complete self-hosted deployment requires Kubernetes. | Users can run walkerOS themselves with Docker or Node.js, bundle it as a standalone artifact, or integrate it into application code; managed hosting is also described as an option. |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Hamburg, Germany |
| Integrations | The integrations catalog lists more than 609 connectors and more than 32 destinations. | Documented destinations include analytics tools such as GA4, Amplitude, Mixpanel, PostHog and Segment; marketing tools such as Google Ads, Meta and TikTok; and warehouses such as BigQuery, Kafka and SQLite. |
| License | The public Jitsu repository is released under the MIT license. | The maker describes walkerOS as MIT-licensed and free forever, with no restrictions. |
| Product | Jitsu collects event data from sources such as websites, apps, email, chatbots, and CRMs and sends it to a data warehouse. | walkerOS is an open-source event data collection platform that captures, transforms, and routes behavioral events with built-in consent management. |
| Security | Jitsu states that customer data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit via TLS. | The documented Docker image runs as a non-root user, uses a minimal Alpine base, excludes build tools, and includes health checks. |
| Support | The open-source plan includes community support, and the pricing page invites users to contact the team with questions. | elbwalker offers implementation guidance, consulting, and ongoing support, including a 2-hour session listed at €399. |
Plans
In their own words
Jitsu
Jitsu collects event data from websites, apps, email, chatbots, and CRMs, then sends it to a data warehouse. It says delivery can take under a second, with optional batching, and buffers data in Kafka during warehouse maintenance so it can send the data after service resumes. Jitsu can deduplicate repeated events and create warehouse tables and columns from incoming data. JavaScript Functions can filter, transform, or enrich events before delivery. Its integrations page lists 609+ sources and 32+ destinations, including warehouses, object storage, analytics tools, CRMs, and ad platforms. Collection options include web snippets, HTTP and Pixel APIs, React Native, iOS, Android, and server-to-server. Jitsu is available as a hosted service or open-source software for on-premise deployment; feature-complete self-hosting requires Kubernetes. The Free plan includes 200k active events per month, while Business costs $99 a month and includes 2M active events per month. Captured events are free, but billing counts active events successfully sent to at least one destination. The service states that data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit via TLS.
walkerOS
walkerOS is an open-source event data collection platform that captures, transforms, and routes behavioral events, with consent management built in. An event flow connects sources through a collector to destinations and can run client-side, server-side, or in both places. Tracking features include HTML-attribute tagging, event mapping, and consent-aware event queuing. Teams can require consent for particular destinations or properties, with events held until consent is granted. Documented destinations span analytics services such as GA4, Amplitude, Mixpanel, PostHog, and Segment; marketing services such as Google Ads, Meta, and TikTok; and warehouses such as BigQuery, Kafka, and SQLite. Users can build destinations for custom endpoints. The MIT-licensed software is described as free with no event limits. It can be self-hosted with Docker or Node.js, bundled as a standalone artifact, or integrated into application code; managed hosting is also described. Self-hosters pay their own infrastructure costs. Integrated mode offers TypeScript control, while bundled mode uses JSON configuration and the CLI.