Minilytics
Web Analytics · minilytics.app
Minilytics is open-source (MIT), revenue-first web analytics for indie makers: it links each Stripe or Dodo Payments sale to the visitor and the post, link or AI chat that brought them. Free to self-host on your own Cloudflare account, or a one-time hosted lifetime deal.
We only list alternatives we can defend with sourced pricing data.
Top Minilytics alternatives
We compared 16 products and found 16 alternatives · Minilytics pricing is still being verified, so savings are not computed yet · scenario: 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing, USD.
Minilytics’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
We list 16 assessed alternatives; Minilytics's own price is not verified yet, so no cheaper-than claim is made. Minilytics's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK DataBull Hosted Starter (beta) plan | 100% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Pirsch Analytics Standard · 100k plan · missing: Realtime visitor view, Unlimited websites | 67% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Fathom Analytics Base plan · missing: Revenue attribution, Funnels, Unlimited websites | 50% | $15/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
DataFast Starter · 100k plan · missing: Unlimited websites | 83% | $19/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Plausible Analytics Starter · 100k plan · missing: Revenue attribution, Unlimited websites | 67% | $19/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Umami Pro plan · missing: Revenue attribution, Funnels, Unlimited websites | 50% | $20/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Simple Analytics Self-serve plan · missing: Revenue attribution, Funnels, Realtime visitor view, Unlimited websites | 33% | $20/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Seline Analytics Pro · 100k plan | 100% | $24/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Matomo Cloud plan · missing: Revenue attribution | 83% | $25.66/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Piwik PRO Business plan · missing: Funnels, Realtime visitor view, Unlimited websites | 50% | $42/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Humblytics Business plan · missing: Realtime visitor view | 83% | $79/mo how? ⓘ | — |
Which Minilytics alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Matomo — $0/mo (On-Premise Community plan) · covers 83%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 100%
- Best paid drop-in
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 100%
- Need pageview analytics, event tracking, funnels, realtime visitor view or unlimited websites?
- Matomo — from $0/mo (On-Premise Community plan)
- Need revenue attribution?
- Google Analytics — from $0/mo (Google Analytics plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Minilytics has that the top alternatives lack.
- Event tracking — Track specific user actions like clicks or sign-ups.Missing from Google Analytics.
- Revenue attribution — Link revenue back to the marketing source that generated it.Missing from Matomo, PostHog, Mixpanel.
- Funnels — See where visitors drop off across a multi-step process.Missing from PostHog.
- Realtime visitor view — See visitors on the site right now (live or last-minutes view).Missing from Mixpanel.
- Unlimited websites — Track any number of websites (e.g. client sites) on one plan; a fixed site cap counts as partial.Missing from Google Analytics, PostHog, Mixpanel.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Minilytics vs the top alternatives, on the 6 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Minilytics | Matomo | Google Analytics | PostHog | Mixpanel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pageview analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revenue attribution | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Funnels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Realtime visitor view | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Unlimited websites | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | — | $0/mo On-Premise Community | $0/mo Google Analytics | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ 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 Minilytics covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Pageview analytics
- ✓ Event tracking
- ✓ Revenue attribution
- ✓ Funnels
- ✓ Realtime visitor view
- ✓ Unlimited websites
- ✗ Cookie-free analytics
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://minilytics.app/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-28)
- https://github.com/surendrapandar/minilytics (feature_page, checked 2026-10-28)
Frequently asked
Is there a free Minilytics alternative?
Yes. Matomo has a free plan that covers 83% of the 6 capabilities we compared against Minilytics.
What is the cheapest Minilytics alternative?
In our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing), Matomo is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (On-Premise Community plan).
What is the cheapest Minilytics alternative with Revenue attribution?
Google Analytics covers Revenue attribution and costs $0/mo (Google Analytics plan) in our scenario.
Does Minilytics have a free plan?
Yes. Minilytics's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-28, on the vendors' official pricing pages.
