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Umami is a lightweight, privacy-focused web analytics platform — Plausible competitor with even simpler tracking, no cookies, full self-host parity. Next.js-based, Postgres / MySQL backend. Sub-1 KB tracking script.
Umami is a lightweight, privacy-focused web analytics platform — Plausible competitor with even simpler tracking, no cookies, full self-host parity. Next.js-based, Postgres / MySQL backend. Sub-1 KB tracking script.
Where Plausible has more features (funnels, goals), Umami is the most minimalist option in the privacy-friendly analytics space.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick Umami over the SaaS alternative.
pageviews, sessions, sources
no cookies, no consent banner
track many properties
same features as Umami Cloud
public stats sharing
If your team profile matches one of these, Umami is a strong fit out of the box.
with side projects needing minimal analytics
valuing simplicity
needing GA4 alternative without Plausible's depth
managing analytics for multiple client sites
wanting analytics on cheap VPS
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Umami consistently lands above the alternatives.
The stack you'll plug Umami into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
ghcr.io/umami-software/umami:v2 (release-tagged)Operational guidance from running this in production — what to do before you scale, what to lock down, what surprises people.
postgres:15-alpine · ghcr.io/umami-software/umami:postgresql-latest