Quantalog vs Umami
A hosted Umami alternative: the same cookieless, no-banner tracking with no server to run, plus SEO audits, scheduled reports and a multi-tenant API built in.
Umami is a well-liked open-source analytics app you host yourself, or pay Umami Cloud to host. Quantalog is a hosted service only. This page is for teams deciding whether running the stack themselves is worth it.
4 favour Quantalog · 3 tied · 1 favour Umami
Quantalog vs Umami, point by point
| What you are comparing | Quantalog | Umami |
|---|---|---|
| Server and database to maintainQuantalog | None. Hosted service, one script tag. | Self-hosted Umami needs a Node host and a Postgres or MySQL database. Umami Cloud removes this. |
| Cookieless, no consent bannerBoth | Yes. | Yes. Umami is cookieless by design. |
| SEO audits and Lighthouse scoresQuantalog | Built in. | Not offered. |
| Funnels and retention cohortsBoth | Included on every plan. | Funnels and retention are in recent versions; depth is more limited than a dedicated product analytics tool. |
| Scheduled email and WhatsApp reportsQuantalog | Yes, with an AI summary and XLSX attachment. | Not part of the product. |
| Data ownershipUmami | Hosted by Quantalog; raw events exportable as CSV or XLSX any time. | Complete, when self-hosted. The database is yours. |
| Multi-tenant API for reselling analyticsQuantalog | Yes, as a first-class product surface. | The API and multi-site support exist, but are not packaged for reselling to your own customers. |
| Cost modelBoth | Free to 10k pageviews a month, then usage-based. | Free software; you pay for the server, or for Umami Cloud by event volume. |
When Umami is the better choice
Stay with Umami if self-hosting is a requirement — full data ownership on your own database, MIT-licensed code you can modify, and no per-event pricing because the cost is your own server. Quantalog does none of that.
Common questions
- Can Quantalog replace a self-hosted Umami?
- For traffic, events, funnels, goals and SEO, yes, without a server to run. It cannot put the database on your own infrastructure, which is the main reason teams self-host Umami.
- Is Quantalog open source like Umami?
- No. Quantalog is a hosted service. If running MIT-licensed code you can fork is a hard requirement, Umami is the better fit.
- Which is faster to get running?
- Quantalog — one script tag, live in seconds, no database to provision. Umami Cloud is also quick; self-hosted Umami is a deployment task.
Try it against your own traffic
Run Quantalog alongside Umami for a couple of weeks and compare the numbers yourself. The free tier covers 10,000 pageviews a month and needs no card.