How fivebar compares

Where fivebar differs from the analytics tools people switch from, and where it doesn’t yet do what they do.

• Google Analytics: No cookies, one page to read, and speed and errors without building them yourself.
• Plausible: The closest to fivebar, without speed, a Bots page or an MCP server of its own.
• Fathom: Speed, errors without code, an MCP server, people who sign in to a shared site, and stats kept in the EU.
• Simple Analytics: Any AI app you use, rather than a chat in the dashboard, and speed, channels and errors.
• Pirsch: Speed, a Bots page and an MCP server of its own, for about the price of Pirsch Standard.
• Umami: Cheaper up to a few million, with more reports. fivebar shows its bots and errors, and keeps less.
• Cloudflare Web Analytics: Free, and deeper on speed, but no goals, campaigns, errors or engagement.
• Matomo: No cookies to turn off, one page to read, and Core Web Vitals from your visitors.
• Webflow Analyze: Every site you have on one plan, not an add-on for each Webflow site, with speed and errors besides.

Checked in October 2026.