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

Checked in October 2026.