Best Umami Alternative

Love Umami's simplicity and privacy focus? OpenPanel adds deeper product analytics - user identification, mobile SDKs, A/B testing, and detailed user profiles - while staying open source and cookie-free.

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Open-source
Privacy-first
User Identification
Mobile SDKs

This is our web analytics dashboard, its an out-of-the-box experience so you can start understanding your traffic and engagement right away.

Why consider OpenPanel over Umami?

Umami Analytics is a popular open-source web analytics tool known for its clean interface, lightweight script, and privacy-friendly design. It's a great option for developers who want simple, anonymous website metrics. But as your product grows beyond a simple website, Umami's anonymous-only model and lack of product analytics features become limiting.

OpenPanel builds on the same open-source, privacy-first foundation but adds the product analytics layer that Umami doesn't have. User identification lets you track logged-in users across sessions, while funnels, retention analysis, and cohort breakdowns help you understand how people actually use your product — not just that they visited your site.

Mobile app analytics is another area where OpenPanel pulls ahead. Umami is web-only with no native mobile SDKs, while OpenPanel offers first-party SDKs for iOS, Android, and React Native. OpenPanel also includes built-in A/B testing for experimentation, which Umami doesn't offer at all.

Both tools are MIT-licensed and support self-hosting, so you won't sacrifice the open-source values that made Umami appealing. If you need to go beyond anonymous pageview counting and actually understand your users, OpenPanel is the natural upgrade from Umami.

OpenPanel vs Umami: Which is right for you?

Both are open-source, privacy-focused analytics tools. Umami focuses on anonymous web analytics. OpenPanel adds user identification and product analytics.

Choose OpenPanel if...

SaaS products needing user identification and retention tracking

Mobile app developers needing native iOS, Android, React Native SDKs

Teams needing A/B testing and experimentation capabilities

Choose Umami Analytics if...

Simple content sites and blogs wanting anonymous traffic stats

Developers prioritizing PostgreSQL over ClickHouse

Teams valuing extremely generous free tier (1M events/month)

Comprehensive analytics dashboard with real-time insights and customizable views.

Key differences at a glance

Here's how OpenPanel and Umami compare on key factors.

Feature	OpenPanel	Umami Analytics
User Identification	Yes - Track individual users	No - Anonymous aggregate only
Mobile SDKs	iOS, Android, React Native	Web only (API for backend)
A/B Testing	Built-in experimentation	Not available
Cloud Free Tier	10,000 events/month	1 million events/month
Open Source License	MIT License	MIT License
Page Views & Visitors
Traffic Sources & Referrers
Geographic Data		Both offer country, region, and city-level data
Device & Browser
UTM Campaign Tracking
Real-Time Dashboard
Bounce Rate
Custom Event Tracking
Funnel Analysis		Umami added funnels in 2023, supports URLs and custom events
Retention Analysis		Umami v3 added retention reports
User Profiles		Umami intentionally doesn't track individual users
Cohort Analysis		Umami v3 added cohort analysis
User Path/Journey Analysis		Umami v3 added journey reports
User Identification		Umami has distinct ID but no true user identification
A/B Testing		Umami is analytics-only, no experimentation
Custom Properties on Events
Segments		Umami v3 added saved filter segments
Shareable Dashboards		Both support public/private shareable links
Email Reports		Umami email reports only on cloud/paid plans
Tracking Pixels		Umami v3 added invisible tracking pixels for emails
Link Tracking		Umami v3 added short URL link tracking
Cookie-Free by Default
No Consent Banner Required		Both claim no consent needed for basic analytics
GDPR Compliant
CCPA Compliant
IP Anonymization
Self-Hostable
JavaScript SDK
React SDK		Via npm packages for both
Next.js SDK
iOS SDK		Umami is web-focused, no native mobile SDKs
Android SDK
React Native SDK
Python SDK		umami-analytics package available on PyPI
REST API
Data Export		Umami v3 added UI-based data export

Feature comparison

Both are open source and privacy-focused, but with different depths of analytics capabilities.

Page Views & Visitors

Traffic Sources & Referrers

Geographic Data

Device & Browser

UTM Campaign Tracking

Real-Time Dashboard

Bounce Rate

Custom Event Tracking

Track events in real-time as they happen with instant updates and live monitoring.

Technical comparison

For developers evaluating analytics tools, here's the technical breakdown.

Feature	OpenPanel	Umami Analytics
SDK Size	2.3 KB (gzipped)	~2 KB (~1.5 KB gzipped)
Platforms	JavaScript/TypeScript React Next.js Vue React Native iOS Android Node.js Python PHP Go Rust	JavaScript (browser) React (via npm) Next.js Vue Python (umami-analytics) REST API
Open Source	Yes - MIT License	Yes - MIT LicenseBoth are MIT licensed. Umami has 23,000+ GitHub stars.
Self Hosting	Docker (simple single-container setup)	Docker Compose with PostgreSQL (Node.js 18.18+ required)
Database	ClickHouse	PostgreSQL (v3 dropped MySQL support)
Data Retention	Unlimited (self-hosted), configurable (cloud)	5 years (cloud), unlimited (self-hosted)
Language	TypeScript/Node.js	React/Next.js/Node.js

Pricing comparison

Umami offers a very generous free tier. OpenPanel offers simpler event-based pricing with all features.

OpenPanel

Event-based, transparent

Simple pricing with 10,000 free events per month.

All features included at every tier.

Self-host for free with unlimited events.

Free tier:Self-hosting (unlimited events)

Free trial:30 days

Umami Analytics

Event-based with very generous free tier

1M events/month free. $0.00002/event after free tier.

Unlimited websites, unlimited team members, 5 years data retention.

Self-hosted is completely free with no limits.

Free tier:1,000,000 events/month free

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Migrating from Umami to OpenPanel

Both use lightweight scripts with similar event tracking, making migration straightforward.

Difficulty:easy

Estimated time:30 minutes to 2 hours

Install OpenPanel SDK

Add the OpenPanel SDK to your application. Both use lightweight scripts with similar size (~2KB), making the transition easy.

Map Custom Events

Umami custom events translate directly to OpenPanel. umami.track('signup', {plan: 'pro'}) becomes op.track('signup', {plan: 'pro'}).

Add User Identification (New)

Unlike Umami which is fully anonymous, OpenPanel supports user identification. Add op.identify() calls to unlock user profiles, retention by user, and cohort analysis.

Recreate Funnels and Reports

Set up your funnels in OpenPanel. You'll have access to additional product analytics features like user-level analysis that Umami doesn't provide.

Remove Umami Script

Once verified, remove the Umami tracking script. Both are cookie-free so no consent flow changes are needed.

SDK Compatibility

Both use event-based tracking with similar APIs. umami.track() becomes op.track().

Historical Data Import

Most teams start fresh with OpenPanel and run both tools in parallel briefly.

Where OpenPanel is a better fit than Umami

Choose OpenPanel when you need user identification, mobile SDKs, or A/B testing.

SaaS Products Needing User Identification

Umami anonymizes all visitors by design. If you need to track logged-in users, understand individual customer journeys, or analyze user-level retention, OpenPanel provides these capabilities while still respecting privacy.

Mobile App Analytics

Umami is designed for web analytics and doesn't offer native mobile SDKs. OpenPanel provides native iOS, Android, and React Native SDKs with full product analytics capabilities.

Teams Needing A/B Testing

Umami focuses purely on analytics without experimentation features. If you need to run A/B tests and measure their impact, OpenPanel includes built-in experimentation.

Companies Building Data Pipelines

While Umami offers API access and data export, OpenPanel's ClickHouse backend is optimized for high-volume analytics queries and integrations with data warehouses.

Products Requiring Session-Level Analysis

Umami provides aggregate metrics but doesn't track individual sessions in detail. OpenPanel lets you analyze specific user sessions and behaviors.

Generate detailed reports and insights with customizable metrics and visualizations.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about switching from Umami to OpenPanel.

Related resources

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