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Top Simple Analytics alternatives
We compared 16 products and found 10 cheaper options (8 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Simple Analytics Self-serve at $20/mo · scenario: 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing, USD.
Simple Analytics’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.
Simple Analytics costs $20/mo on the Self-serve plan at 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing. We found 10 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 4 of them cover at least 75% of the 5 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is DataBull at $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan), 55% less. Simple Analytics'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? ⓘ | $132 / year 55% cheaper | |
Pirsch Analytics Standard · 100k plan | 100% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | $96 / year 40% cheaper | |
Fathom Analytics Base plan | 100% | $15/mo how? ⓘ | $60 / year 25% cheaper | |
Plausible Analytics Starter · 100k plan · missing: Analytics API | 80% | $19/mo how? ⓘ | $12 / year 5% cheaper | |
DataFast Starter · 100k plan · missing: Privacy-focused analytics, Cookie-free analytics | 60% | $19/mo how? ⓘ | $12 / year 5% cheaper |
Which Simple Analytics 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
- Umami — $0/mo (Hobby plan) · covers 60%
- 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 or analytics API?
- Mixpanel — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need privacy-focused analytics?
- Umami — from $0/mo (Hobby plan)
- Need cookie-free analytics?
- DataBull — from $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Simple Analytics has that the top alternatives lack.
- Privacy-focused analytics — Track visitors without using personally identifying data.Missing from Mixpanel, PostHog, Amplitude.
- Cookie-free analytics — Track visitors without setting cookies.Missing from Mixpanel, PostHog, Umami, Amplitude.
- Analytics API — Pull analytics data programmatically via an API.Missing from Umami, Amplitude.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Simple Analytics vs the top alternatives, on the 5 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Simple Analytics | Mixpanel | PostHog | Umami | Amplitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pageview analytics from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking from Self-serve | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Privacy-focused analytics from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Cookie-free analytics from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Analytics API from Self-serve | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $20/mo Self-serve | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Hobby | $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 Simple Analytics covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Pageview analytics — from Free
- ✓ Event tracking — from Self-serve
- ✓ Privacy-focused analytics — from Free
- ✓ Cookie-free analytics — from Free
- ✓ Analytics API — from Self-serve
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://www.simpleanalytics.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-29)
Frequently asked
How much does Simple Analytics cost?
Simple Analytics's Self-serve plan costs $20/mo in our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Simple Analytics alternative?
Yes. Umami has a free plan that covers 60% of the 5 capabilities we compared against Simple Analytics.
What is the cheapest Simple Analytics alternative?
In our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing), Mixpanel is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Simple Analytics alternative with Cookie-free analytics?
DataBull covers Cookie-free analytics and costs $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) in our scenario.
Does Simple Analytics have a free plan?
Yes. Simple Analytics's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.