Fathom Analytics alternatives
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Privacy-first, cookie-free website analytics with a flat price that scales by pageviews.
Switching to Umami, which covers 71% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Fathom Analytics alternatives
We compared 16 products and found 8 cheaper options (5 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Fathom Analytics Base at $15/mo · scenario: 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing, USD.
Fathom Analytics costs $15/mo on the Base plan at 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing. We found 8 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 2 of them cover at least 75% of the 7 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK DataBull Hosted Starter (beta) plan · missing: Data export | 86% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | $72 / year 40% cheaper | |
Pirsch Analytics Standard · 100k plan · missing: Realtime visitor view | 86% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | $36 / year 20% cheaper |
Which Fathom Analytics alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Umami — $0/mo (Hobby plan) · covers 71%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 86%
- Best paid drop-in
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 86%
- Need pageview analytics, event tracking, data export, analytics API or realtime visitor view?
- PostHog — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need privacy-focused analytics?
- Umami — from $0/mo (Hobby plan)
- Need cookie-free analytics?
- Simple Analytics — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Fathom Analytics has that the top alternatives lack.
- Privacy-focused analytics — Track visitors without using personally identifying data.Missing from PostHog, Mixpanel, Minilytics.
- Cookie-free analytics — Track visitors without setting cookies.Missing from PostHog, Umami, Mixpanel, Minilytics.
- Data export — Export raw analytics data for use in other tools.Missing from Minilytics.
- Analytics API — Pull analytics data programmatically via an API.Missing from Umami, Minilytics.
- Realtime visitor view — See visitors on the site right now (live or last-minutes view).Missing from Mixpanel.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Fathom Analytics vs the top alternatives, on the 7 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Fathom Analytics | PostHog | Umami | Mixpanel | Minilytics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pageview analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Privacy-focused analytics | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cookie-free analytics | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Data export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Analytics API | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Realtime visitor view | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $15/mo Base | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Hobby | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Self-hosted (open source) |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Fathom Analytics covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Pageview analytics
- ✓ Event tracking
- ✓ Privacy-focused analytics
- ✓ Cookie-free analytics
- ✓ Data export
- ✓ Analytics API
- ✓ Realtime visitor view
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://usefathom.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-28)
- https://usefathom.com/docs/account/faq (official_billing_docs, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://usefathom.com (feature_page, checked 2026-10-28)
Frequently asked
How much does Fathom Analytics cost?
Fathom Analytics's Base plan costs $15/mo in our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing).
Is there a free Fathom Analytics alternative?
Yes. Umami has a free plan that covers 71% of the 7 capabilities we compared against Fathom Analytics.
What is the cheapest Fathom Analytics alternative?
In our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing), PostHog is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Fathom Analytics alternative with Cookie-free analytics?
Simple Analytics covers Cookie-free analytics and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Fathom Analytics have a free plan?
No. Fathom Analytics has no free plan on its official pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.