Matomo vs Umami

Matomo is a web analytics platform for tracking events, conversions, ecommerce activity, and visitor sessions. It includes heatmaps, session recordings, A/B testing, funnels, and flows, with API access and more than 100 integrations. It is available as Cloud-hosted or self-hosted on-premise software. The Community plan is free forever, with unlimited users and hits and forum support; self-hosted Matomo is also available free forever. Cloud plans start at €230/mo (annual), and a 21-day Cloud trial does not require a credit card. Cloud billing can be monthly or annual, with two months free annually. Matomo says its data is unsampled and customers retain ownership through cloud or on-premise hosting. Privacy capabilities include support for GDPR compliance, cookieless tracking, and anonymisation; the platform is certified to ISO 27001:2022. Cloud data is stored in Frankfurt, Germany. Raw data retention is 24 months, while report data is retained forever. Matomo was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

Umami is an open-source analytics platform for understanding website and product traffic, campaigns, visitor behavior, conversions, retention and revenue. Reports cover pageviews, visitor metrics, UTM campaigns, real-time activity, funnels, goals, journeys, attribution and revenue. Session replays and click and scroll heatmaps are available on Business and above. Umami says standard analytics uses no cookies, does not track people across websites, and does not collect directly identifying information. Optional features such as distinct IDs, custom properties, revenue tracking, replays and heatmaps can collect additional information when enabled; replays are off by default and mask input fields by default. Customers can choose managed Umami Cloud or host the open-source platform themselves. The free Hobby cloud plan sits alongside Pro at $20 a month and Business at $200 a month. Pro includes one million events monthly and up to 20 websites; Business includes 10 million events monthly, unlimited websites and heatmaps. Cloud event usage includes pageviews and custom events, with excess events billed per event without stopping collection. The platform also provides API access and a read-only MCP server on specified plans or self-hosted versions.