Business Intelligence · head to head
Cabin vs Cody

Cabin
Business Intelligence
Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website
- From
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes

Cody
Developer Tools
AI coding assistant powered by code search
- From
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
The short version
- Cabin is a privacy-first analytics tool.
- Cody is free; Cabin starts at $14/mo.
- Where Cody falls short: sourcegraph now publishes a single Enterprise plan starting at $16K, with no free or individual Pro tier listed on the pricing page.
- Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Cabin and Cody actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web).
Not yet recorded: founded for Cabin.
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Cabin
- Cookieless tracking
- Carbon reporting
- 1.2kb script
- Custom events
- Ad-blocker bypass
- MCP access
- Branded dashboards
- EU data storage
Only in Cody
Nothing recorded that Cabin does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Cabin
- Replacing Google Analytics on a site where a cookie consent banner is hurting conversion and you do not need behavioural advertising datanot Cody
- An organisation with a published sustainability commitment that needs a reportable figure for its website emissionsnot Cody
- An agency managing many client sites that wants unlimited domains and branded client dashboards for a flat $45 a monthnot Cody
- A developer who wants to query site analytics conversationally through an MCP-connected assistant rather than reading a dashboardnot Cody
Cody
- Code completion and intelligent autocomplete in IDEsnot Cabin
- Developer chat with codebase context awarenessnot Cabin
- Automated debugging and error identificationnot Cabin
- Customizable prompts for workflow automationnot Cabin
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Cabin
- The analytics are deliberately shallow: no funnels, no cohort retention, no session replay and no user-level journeys, so anything beyond traffic and event counts requires a second tool
- Carbon figures are modelled from bytes transferred using CO2.js assumptions about grid intensity and device energy, not measured, so they are directionally useful and should never be presented as audited emissions data
- Cabin is a product of Normally, a design studio, rather than a company whose sole business is analytics, which puts a reasonable question mark over long-term roadmap investment and support depth
- The 30-day retention on the free tier and 12 months on Plus mean year-on-year comparison needs the $45 Scale plan, which is a large jump for a small site that only wanted longer history
- Because it does not use cookies or cross-site identifiers, returning-visitor and multi-session attribution are approximations, which matters if anyone in the business is trying to reconcile it with an ad platform's numbers
Cody
- Sourcegraph now publishes a single Enterprise plan starting at $16K, with no free or individual Pro tier listed on the pricing page
- sourcegraph.com/cody redirects to the documentation rather than a Cody product or pricing page
- AI features are metered as credits included per user, and exceeding the allocation requires buying a higher volume bucket
- Volume credit buckets are sold as an add-on rather than included
- A customer success manager and premium support are optional paid extras on top of the Enterprise plan
- Standard support is 24x5 rather than 24x7, with round-the-clock coverage sold as an upgrade
- The published $16K figure is a starting price that scales with team size, so the actual cost is quoted rather than listed
Pricing, plan by plan
Cabin
Free- FreeFree
- 1 domain
- 10,000 pageviews per month
- 30-day data retention
- Plus$14/mo
- Up to 10 domains
- 100,000 pageviews per month
- 12-month retention
- Scale$45/mo
- Unlimited domains
- 5,000,000 pageviews per month
- Unlimited retention
Cody
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Cody review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Cabin if
- You need cookieless tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want carbon reporting.
Questions people ask
- Is Cabin or Cody better?
- Neither clearly leads. Cabin starts at Free and Cody at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Cabin or Cody?
- Cabin starts at Free and Cody at Free.
- Does Cabin or Cody run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Cabin for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Cabin best used for?
- Cabin is most often used for replacing google analytics on a site where a cookie consent banner is hurting conversion and you do not need behavioural advertising data, an organisation with a published sustainability commitment that needs a reportable figure for its website emissions, an agency managing many client sites that wants unlimited domains and branded client dashboards for a flat $45 a month, a developer who wants to query site analytics conversationally through an mcp-connected assistant rather than reading a dashboard. Of those, replacing google analytics on a site where a cookie consent banner is hurting conversion and you do not need behavioural advertising data and an organisation with a published sustainability commitment that needs a reportable figure for its website emissions are not what Cody is typically brought in for.
- What can Cabin do that Cody cannot?
- Cabin covers Cookieless tracking, Carbon reporting, 1.2kb script, Custom events.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Cabin: Do I need a cookie consent banner with Cabin?
No. It sets no cookies and collects no cross-site identifiers, and data is stored in the EU, which is the specific reason most buyers switch to it.
Cody: Is Cody free?
Cody offers a free tier for individual developers via VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and the web app. Unlimited free usage is available for solo developers.
SourceCabin: How accurate is the carbon measurement?
It is an estimate derived from data transfer using the CO2.js model. It is reliable for tracking change over time on your own site and unsuitable as an audited emissions figure.
Cody: What does Cody Enterprise cost?
Cody Enterprise pricing is custom and requires contacting Sourcegraph sales. It is available for Sourcegraph Enterprise customers and must be quoted based on your deployment and usage needs.
SourceCabin: Who makes Cabin?
It was built at Normally, a research and design studio in London, out of work on data, privacy and the carbon footprint of digital products.
Cody: What LLMs does Cody use?
Cody uses the latest large language models for code completions, chat, and debugging. It leverages Sourcegraph's advanced Search API to pull codebase context from local and remote repositories.
SourceCabin: Can it replace Google Analytics entirely?
For traffic, referrer and event reporting, yes. For advertising attribution, audience building and funnel analysis, no.
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