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Alternatives to Countly
19 marketing & analytics tools sit alongside Countly in this directory. Below is what separates each from Countly on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Countly starts at
- Free
Why people look past Countly
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Countly entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Countly publishes a single plan, Open Source at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Free behaviour analytics tool with session recordings, heatmaps, and AI insights
- Sold on a free model rather than freemium.
B2B revenue attribution platform
- Starts $750 a month dearer, at $750/month.
A/B testing for Google Analytics
Priced and rated the same as Countly on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
All-in-one conversion optimization
- Starts $32 a month dearer, at $32/month.
- 5 tiers to Countly's 1.
B2B product analytics
Priced and rated the same as Countly on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Privacy-focused web analytics
Priced and rated the same as Countly on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Countly alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countly (this page) | Free | Freemium | 1 | |
| Microsoft Clarity | Free | Free | - | vs Countly |
| Dreamdata | Free, then $750/month | - | - | vs Countly |
| Google Optimize | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Countly |
| Lucky Orange | Free, then $32/month | - | 5 | vs Countly |
| June | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Countly |
| Matomo | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Countly |
| Funnel.io | $299/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Countly |
| Convert | $1000/month | Quote | 1 | vs Countly |
| Marketing Evolution | $5000/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Countly |
| Improvado | $1000/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Countly |
| Northbeam | $1500/month | - | 2 | vs Countly |
| Adobe Analytics | $5000/month | Quote | 1 | vs Countly |
| Datorama | $1500/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Countly |
| Attribution | $2000/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Countly |
| Optimizely | $10000/year | Quote | 1 | vs Countly |
| Fathom Analytics | $14/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Countly |
| Adverity | $999/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Countly |
| Crazy Egg | $29/month | - | - | vs Countly |
| Kissmetrics | $500/month | Quote | 1 | vs Countly |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Countly badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (6)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Microsoft Clarity , Free
- Dreamdata , Free, then $750/month
- Google Optimize , Free
- Lucky Orange , Free, then $32/month
- June , Free
- Matomo , Free
What you would be giving up
Countly is most often brought in for product analytics for mobile and web applications, self hosting analytics where data cannot leave the organisation. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Countly is broadly right and the question is cost, the Countly pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Marketing & Analytics category lists everything the directory holds, and best marketing & analytics tools ranks them.
Countly runs on web, mobile, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Countly alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Countly?
- 19 other marketing & analytics tools are listed in this directory, led by Microsoft Clarity, Dreamdata, Google Optimize, Lucky Orange. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Countly?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Microsoft Clarity, Dreamdata, Google Optimize, Lucky Orange, June.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Countly?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Countly?
- Countly is most often brought in for product analytics for mobile and web applications, self hosting analytics where data cannot leave the organisation. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Countly?
- None of the marketing & analytics tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Countly alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Marketing & Analytics, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Countly against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Countly covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every marketing & analytics tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Marketing & Analytics category, 19 tools beside Countly. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.