vsUmami Analytics

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.

Umami excels at anonymous web analytics; OpenPanel adds user identification, product analytics, and mobile SDKs.

Pick OpenPanel if

SaaS products needing user identification and retention tracking
Mobile app developers needing native iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter SDKs
Teams needing A/B testing and experimentation capabilities
Products requiring session-level analysis and user behavior tracking

Pick 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)
Projects wanting the lightest possible tracking script

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Key differences at a glance

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

Topic	OpenPanel	Umami Analytics
User Identification	Yes - Track individual users	No - Anonymous aggregate only
Mobile SDKs	iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter	Web only (API for backend)
A/B Testing	Built-in experimentation	Not available
Free self-hosting	Yes - unlimited events, self-host free	1 million events/month (cloud)
Open Source License	AGPL-3.0	MIT License

Pricing comparison

Umami offers a very generous free cloud tier. OpenPanel offers a 30-day free trial on cloud, simple event-based pricing with all features, and free unlimited self-hosting.

OpenPanel

Flat monthly by event volume, transparent

Transparent pricing from $2.50/month for 5,000 events, with a 30-day free trial. All features included at every tier. Self-host free with unlimited events.

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

Umami Analytics pricing page

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, React Native, and Flutter. OpenPanel also includes built-in A/B testing for experimentation, which Umami doesn't offer at all.

OpenPanel is AGPL-3.0 licensed and Umami is MIT — both are open source 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.

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, React Native, and Flutter 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, with raw data available via its export API (native data-warehouse export coming 2026).

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.

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 Flutter iOS Android Node.js Python Ruby Java Rust PHP	JavaScript (browser) React (via npm) Next.js Vue Python (umami-analytics) REST API
Open Source	Yes - AGPL-3.0	Yes - MIT LicenseOpenPanel is AGPL-3.0; Umami is MIT. Both are open source. Umami has 23,000+ GitHub stars.
Self Hosting	Docker Compose, guided setup wizard	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

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.

Feature comparison

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

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Feature	OpenPanel	Umami Analytics
Web Analytics
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
Product Analytics
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
Advanced Features
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 OpenPanel doesn't offer scheduled email reports — it sends real-time alerts via Slack, Discord, webhook, and in-app. Umami's email reports are cloud/paid only.
Tracking Pixels Umami v3 added invisible tracking pixels for emails
Link Tracking Umami v3 added short URL link tracking
Privacy & Compliance
Cookie-Free by Default
No Consent Banner Required Both claim no consent needed for basic analytics
GDPR Compliant
CCPA Compliant
IP Anonymization
Self-Hostable
Integrations & SDKs
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

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about switching from Umami to OpenPanel.

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