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Umami

Privacy-friendly web analytics for marketing sites

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Overview

Umami is a simple, privacy-focused analytics platform. Marketing teams measure site traffic for tour landing pages without heavy third-party trackers.

At a glance

FieldValue
Categoriesanalytics-bi
Deploymentself-hosted, managed-saas
License classoss-osi-approved (MIT)
Cost modelfreemium
Implementation difficultyeasy
Maintenance burdenmedium
Maturitystable
Verificationpartially-verified (2026-07-17)

Cost reality

Self-host free; Umami Cloud has paid plans—check official pricing.

Pricing and free-tier limits change frequently; re-check official pricing before budget decisions.

Official pricing

Tasks reduced or augmented

Software does not replace community or ops staff. It may reduce or augment:

  • Measuring landing-page conversion funnels
  • Reducing reliance on invasive analytics

Human oversight still needed

  • Cookie/consent policy alignment
  • Access to analytics dashboards

Data held

  • pageviews

  • events

  • device/browser metadata

  • Personal data: no / limited

  • Payment data: no / not primary

Risks

AreaNotes
Vendor lock-inEvaluate export formats and API completeness before deep customization.
SecurityApply updates promptly; restrict admin access; enable TLS.
ComplianceOperator remains responsible for privacy and local regulatory obligations.
LicensingConfirm license fits commercial coworking use.
OperationalPlan backups, monitoring, and a restore drill before production use.

Coworking fit

Roles: marketing, owner-operator, technical-operator

Workflows: marketing-campaigns, reporting-kpis

Problems: privacy-compliance, grow-pipeline, self-host-for-data-control

Smallest useful experiment

Deploy Umami, add tracking script to the marketing site staging slot, validate pageviews for tour CTAs.

Typical time to first value: 1–3 days

Implementation guide

See the human-written implementation guide.

Verification

Seed entry compiled from official project sites and repositories. Re-verify pricing, license text, and feature claims before production decisions. Star counts and free-tier numeric limits intentionally omitted unless verified at review time.