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Cabin vs GoodData

Cabin logo

Cabin

Business Intelligence

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

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
GoodData logo

GoodData

Business Intelligence

Analytics platform for data products

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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.; GoodData pricing scales per workspace as customer base grows, increasing costs with scale
  • They diverge on capability: Cabin covers Cookieless tracking, GoodData covers Headless BI.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cabin and GoodData actually diverge.

Attributes where Cabin and GoodData differ
AttributeCabinGoodData
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelPer month by pageview volumeUnknown
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWebWeb, Cloud AWS, Cloud Azure
FoundedUnknown2007

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 GoodData

  • Headless BI
  • Semantic Layer
  • Embedded Analytics
  • Multi-tenancy
  • White-labeling
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery
  • Redshift

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

GoodData

  • Self-service analyticsnot Cabin
  • Data explorationnot Cabin
  • Ad-hoc reportingnot Cabin
  • Collaborative analysisnot Cabin
  • Embedded analyticsnot 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.

GoodData

  • Pricing scales per workspace as customer base grows, increasing costs with scale
  • Advanced security features like audit logging and HIPAA compliance only on Enterprise plan

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

GoodData

On request
  • Professional$undefined/mo
    • Core BI and analytics
    • Full embedding with whitelabeling
    • Multi-tenancy support
  • Enterprise$undefined/mo
    • All Professional features
    • Custom agents and Agent Builder
    • 99.5% guaranteed uptime SLA

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 GoodData if

  • You need headless bi.
  • You work on Web, Cloud AWS, Cloud Azure.
  • You also want semantic layer.
GoodData review

Questions people ask

Is Cabin or GoodData better?
Neither clearly leads. Cabin starts at Free and GoodData at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cabin or GoodData?
Cabin has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Cabin and On request for GoodData.
Does Cabin or GoodData run on more platforms?
Cabin runs on Web. GoodData runs on Web, Cloud AWS, Cloud Azure.
Can I use Cabin for free?
Yes. Cabin has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. GoodData starts at On request.
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 GoodData is typically brought in for.
What can Cabin do that GoodData cannot?
Cabin covers Cookieless tracking, Carbon reporting, 1.2kb script, Custom events. GoodData covers Headless BI, Semantic Layer, Embedded Analytics, Multi-tenancy.

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.

GoodData: Does GoodData offer a free tier?

No, GoodData does not offer a free tier. The platform has Professional and Enterprise pricing tiers that require sales contact for quotes.

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.

GoodData: What data warehouses can GoodData connect to?

GoodData supports direct connections to Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Azure Databricks, and PostgreSQL through a direct-query-only integration model.

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.

GoodData: Can you self-host GoodData?

Self-hosted deployment is only available on the Enterprise plan. Professional plan customers are limited to the managed SaaS offering.

Source
Cabin: 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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