Analytics Alternatives

Open Source Analytics

Open-source analytics give you control. But is managing servers really what you want to spend your time on?

The self-hosting trade-off

Open-source analytics tools like Umami, Matomo, Plausible, and Countly give you full control over your data. You can inspect the code, host it on your own servers, and customize everything. But that control comes with real costs: server provisioning, database management, security patches, scaling, and backups.

Happenstance takes a different approach. Instead of giving you source code to deploy, we give you analytics that just work. One script tag, zero configuration, automatic event tracking. No servers to manage, no infrastructure to maintain.

How they compare

FeatureHappenstanceUmamiMatomoCountly
Self-hosting requiredNoYesYesYes
Auto event trackingPage views onlyPage views onlyManual SDK
Setup time30 seconds1-2 hours2-4 hours2-4 hours
Error trackingNoNo
MaintenanceNoneRegular updatesPHP + DB updatesNode + DB updates
Open sourceNo

Detailed comparisons

vs Umami

Popular Node.js-based open-source analytics.

vs Matomo

The most established open-source analytics platform.

vs Plausible

Open-source, privacy-first page view analytics.

vs Countly

Open-source with mobile app support.

Analytics without the infrastructure

No servers to manage. No databases to maintain. Just one script tag and instant analytics.

Get your script tag