Business Intelligence · head to head
Cabin vs Hebbia

Cabin
Business Intelligence
Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
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.; Hebbia no pricing published on website; prospects must book a demo
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Cabin and Hebbia actually diverge.
Identical on both: platforms (Web), 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 Hebbia
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 Hebbia
- An organisation with a published sustainability commitment that needs a reportable figure for its website emissionsnot Hebbia
- An agency managing many client sites that wants unlimited domains and branded client dashboards for a flat $45 a monthnot Hebbia
- A developer who wants to query site analytics conversationally through an MCP-connected assistant rather than reading a dashboardnot Hebbia
Hebbia
- Enterprise search and AI research platformnot 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.
Hebbia
- No pricing published on website; prospects must book a demo
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
Hebbia
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Hebbia review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Cabin if
- You need cookieless tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want carbon reporting.
Choose Hebbia if
Nothing in the data separates Hebbia from Cabin on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Cabin or Hebbia better?
- Neither clearly leads. Cabin starts at Free and Hebbia at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Cabin or Hebbia?
- Cabin has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Cabin and On request for Hebbia.
- Does Cabin or Hebbia run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Cabin for free?
- Yes. Cabin has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Hebbia 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 Hebbia is typically brought in for.
- What can Cabin do that Hebbia 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.
Hebbia: How much does Hebbia cost?
Hebbia does not publish pricing on its website. The company directs prospective customers to book a demo to discuss pricing and customization options.
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.
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.
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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