Is Cabin or Evidence better?

Neither clearly leads. Cabin starts at Free and Evidence at $2500/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Cabin or Evidence?

Cabin has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Cabin and $2500/month for Evidence.

Does Cabin or Evidence run on more platforms?

Cabin runs on Web. Evidence runs on Cloud, Embedded.

Can I use Cabin for free?

Yes. Cabin has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Evidence starts at $2500/month.

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 Evidence is typically brought in for.

What can Cabin do that Evidence cannot?

Cabin covers Cookieless tracking, Carbon reporting, 1.2kb script, Custom events. Evidence covers Analytics Agent, Code-based infrastructure, Development environment, Visualization tools.

Business Intelligence · head to head

Cabin vs Evidence

Cabin

Business Intelligence

Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Evidence

Business Intelligence

Business intelligence as code for teams and AI agents

From: $2500/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Cabin has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: 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.; Evidence high starting price at $2,500/month limits small team adoption
They diverge on capability: Cabin covers Cookieless tracking, Evidence covers Analytics Agent.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cabin and Evidence actually diverge.

Attributes where Cabin and Evidence differ
Attribute	Cabin	Evidence
Starting price	Free	$2500/month
Pricing model	Per month by pageview volume	Flat team pricing with no per-user fees
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	Web	Cloud, Embedded

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Business Intelligence).

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 Evidence

Analytics Agent
Code-based infrastructure
Development environment
Visualization tools
Embedded analytics
Enterprise security
Multi-channel access

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 Evidence
An organisation with a published sustainability commitment that needs a reportable figure for its website emissionsnot Evidence
An agency managing many client sites that wants unlimited domains and branded client dashboards for a flat $45 a monthnot Evidence
A developer who wants to query site analytics conversationally through an MCP-connected assistant rather than reading a dashboardnot Evidence

Evidence

Building version-controlled analytics infrastructurenot Cabin
Enabling AI agents to answer business questionsnot Cabin
Delivering analytics through multiple channels (web, Slack, ChatGPT)not Cabin
Embedding white-labeled analytics in productsnot 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.

Evidence

High starting price at $2,500/month limits small team adoption
No freemium option for evaluation or learning
Code-based approach has steeper learning curve than visual tools
AI credits limited on Team plan; additional credits cost extra
Requires Git workflow familiarity for effective collaboration

Pricing, plan by plan

Cabin

Free

FreeFree
- 1 domain
- 10,000 pageviews per month
- 30-day data retention
Plus$14/month
- Up to 10 domains
- 100,000 pageviews per month
- 12-month retention
Scale$45/month
- Unlimited domains
- 5,000,000 pageviews per month
- Unlimited retention

Evidence

$2500/month

Team$2500/month
- Unlimited users
- Monthly billing
- Analytics Agent
Enterprise$null/custom
- All Team features
- SSO/SAML authentication
- SCIM directory sync

Which should you pick?

Choose Cabin if

You need cookieless tracking.
You want to start without paying.
You also want carbon reporting.

Cabin review

Choose Evidence if

You need analytics agent.
You work on Cloud, Embedded.
You also want code-based infrastructure.

Evidence review

Questions people ask

Is Cabin or Evidence better?: Neither clearly leads. Cabin starts at Free and Evidence at $2500/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cabin or Evidence?: Cabin has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Cabin and $2500/month for Evidence.
Does Cabin or Evidence run on more platforms?: Cabin runs on Web. Evidence runs on Cloud, Embedded.
Can I use Cabin for free?: Yes. Cabin has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Evidence starts at $2500/month.
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 Evidence is typically brought in for.
What can Cabin do that Evidence cannot?: Cabin covers Cookieless tracking, Carbon reporting, 1.2kb script, Custom events. Evidence covers Analytics Agent, Code-based infrastructure, Development environment, Visualization tools.

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.

Evidence: Does Evidence have per-user pricing?

No, Evidence offers one flat price for unlimited users at $2,500/month on the Team plan with a 30-day free trial.

Source

Cabin: 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.

Evidence: How many AI credits come with Team plan?

Team plan includes 20,000 AI credits monthly at $0.01 per additional credit. Enterprise offers custom credit packages.

Source

Cabin: 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.

Evidence: What is included in the Enterprise plan?

Enterprise adds SSO/SAML, SCIM directory sync, row-level access rules, embedding capabilities, and custom deployment options at custom pricing.

Source

Cabin: Can it replace Google Analytics entirely?

For traffic, referrer and event reporting, yes. For advertising attribution, audience building and funnel analysis, no.

Cabin vs Evidence

Cabin

Evidence

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Cabin

Only in Evidence

What people use each for

Cabin

Evidence

Where each one falls short

Cabin

Evidence

Pricing, plan by plan

Cabin

Evidence

Which should you pick?

Choose Cabin if

Choose Evidence if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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