Blog · 2026-09-22
Uplitycs vs Umami
Umami is free if you run the server. Uplitycs is free if you paste a tag, and the uptime is already built.
Why Uplitycs instead of Umami
Umami is a good project. The free part assumes you want a database to patch. The evening it goes down is the evening your analytics go down with it.
Uplitycs is already hosted. The free plan is a website and 10,000 events, not a VPS. Pro at $19 covers 2 million events and the uptime checks Umami will never ship as a pager.
Pricing and features
Thirteen rows. Same questions on every comparison, so the gap is easy to see. Uplitycs prices below are the public Free, Pro, and Max plans.
| Umami | Uplitycs | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Self-host is your server bill. Cloud plans start free and then rise | Free, then $6, $19, or $39 |
| Free plan | Yes, if you operate it. Cloud free tiers are limited | Yes. 10,000 events and 1 website |
| Around 2 million events | Cloud lists in 2026 put about 1 million pageviews near $20, then higher | $19 on Pro covers 2 million events |
| Cookies | Cookieless mode | No analytics cookie |
| Script | Small | Under 1kb |
| Profile of each visitor | No, in the simple setup | No. Counts of visits only |
| Uptime checks | You add another service | Yes. 1 page on Free, 3 on paid |
| Public status page | You build or buy one | Yes. Public page, 90 days |
| Team | Whoever you let into the server or the cloud org | 10 people on Pro, 30 on Max |
| Custom events | Yes | Yes. One track() call |
| People on the site now | Yes | Yes. Who is here now |
| At the monthly cap | Your disk, or the cloud tier | Collection stops. The bill does not jump |
| Setup | Deploy, database, updates, backups | One tag. First visit verifies the site |
What the bill actually does
Self-hosting Umami looks like $0 and becomes a server, backups, and your time. Umami Cloud removes that work and, on public 2026 tables, meets paid pricing once pageviews leave the free allowance.
Uplitycs posts four numbers: $0, $6, $19, and $39. No server to size. No second invoice for “is the homepage up?”
Make the switch
Run Umami if the data must live on a machine you administer. Use Uplitycs if you want the charts this afternoon and a status page tonight.
Paste the Uplitycs tag, open the site once, and the first visit verifies it. The demo is public if you want the charts before you create an account.