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upTake vs Umami
Umami: open-source web analytics that can be self-hosted for free, with a hosted cloud version. source
See which posts and releases bring visits, signups and revenue. Get a weekly report that helps you choose what to do next.
Who Umami suits
- You want to host your analytics yourself, or keep them open source.
- You want funnels, journeys, retention and session replays in one traffic tool.
- You want a free hosted plan for one small site.
Who upTake suits
- You want payments read from Stripe or another payment connector, and matched to the post, link or release behind the visit.
- You want a weekly report that ends with moves to make, and drafts for what you ship.
- You already have a traffic analytics tool, or do not need one.
Point by point
| upTake | Umami | |
|---|---|---|
| Ties a post to the revenue it brought | Yes. Each tracked post, link and release is tied to the visits, signups and payments that followed. | Lists revenue and attribution reports among its features, with UTM parameters collected automatically. source |
| Weekly report | Yes, with the moves to make next. | Scheduled email reports. source |
| Release announcement drafts | Yes, written from your GitHub releases and merged pull requests. | Not listed among its features. source |
| Works without cookies | Yes. The script sets no cookie. | No cookies in its tracking code. source |
| Price | Free plan, then from $19 a month. | Cloud: free up to 100K events a month for one website, then $20 a month. Self-hosting is free. source |
| Setup | 5 minutes: one script, then your payment provider. | A tracking script in the head of your site. source |
Can you use upTake with Umami?
Yes. upTake can import your Umami history, and neither script sets a cookie. Keep Umami for traffic analysis, and use upTake for which post or release brought customers and what to do next.
Sources
Everything said here about Umami comes from its own pages, read on October 9, 2026. Tools change: follow the links for what they say today, and tell us if something here is out of date.
A concrete task to compare
You shared a release on two networks. Compare recorded visits, signups and revenue, then choose what to repeat. This is the upTake interface for that decision; it is not a benchmark or a screenshot of the other tool.
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