Is Cabin or Cube better?

Neither clearly leads. Cabin starts at Free and Cube at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Cabin or Cube?

Cabin starts at Free and Cube at Free.

Does Cabin or Cube run on more platforms?

Cabin runs on Web. Cube runs on Cloud, Self-hosted.

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 Cube is typically brought in for.

What can Cabin do that Cube cannot?

Cabin covers Cookieless tracking, Carbon reporting, 1.2kb script, Custom events. Cube covers Analytics Chat, Workbooks, Dashboards, Embedded Analytics.

Business Intelligence · head to head

Cabin vs Cube

Cabin

Business Intelligence

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

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Cube

Business Intelligence

AI-native analytics platform with semantic layer and governed access

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

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.; Cube per-developer licensing can be expensive for large analytics teams
They diverge on capability: Cabin covers Cookieless tracking, Cube covers Analytics Chat.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cabin and Cube actually diverge.

Attributes where Cabin and Cube differ
Attribute	Cabin	Cube
Pricing model	Per month by pageview volume	Per-developer seats with volume pricing
Platforms	Web	Cloud, Self-hosted

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), 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 Cube

Analytics Chat
Workbooks
Dashboards
Embedded Analytics
AI Integrations
Core Data APIs
Caching and pre-aggregations

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

Cube

Building governed semantic data models for analyticsnot Cabin
Embedding analytics into customer-facing productsnot Cabin
Enabling natural language data queries for teamsnot Cabin
Creating conversational dashboards with AI assistancenot 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.

Cube

Per-developer licensing can be expensive for large analytics teams
Additional cost for Explorer and Viewer roles beyond developers
Semantic layer approach requires upfront modeling investment
Smaller connector ecosystem than dedicated BI platforms
May be overengineered for simple reporting needs

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

Cube

Free

FreeFree
- For hobbyists and personal projects
- Basic data source connection
- Semantic modeling
Starter$40/developer/month
- Extended agent limits
- Premium LLMs
- Unlimited workbooks
Premium$80/developer/month
- All Starter features
- Embedded dashboards
- Embedded analytics chat
Enterprise$null/custom
- 99.990% uptime SLA
- Dedicated single-tenant installation
- Bring Your Own Cloud

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 Cube if

You need analytics chat.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Cloud, Self-hosted.
You also want workbooks.

Cube review

Questions people ask

Is Cabin or Cube better?: Neither clearly leads. Cabin starts at Free and Cube at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cabin or Cube?: Cabin starts at Free and Cube at Free.
Does Cabin or Cube run on more platforms?: Cabin runs on Web. Cube runs on Cloud, Self-hosted.
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 Cube is typically brought in for.
What can Cabin do that Cube cannot?: Cabin covers Cookieless tracking, Carbon reporting, 1.2kb script, Custom events. Cube covers Analytics Chat, Workbooks, Dashboards, Embedded Analytics.

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.

Cube: What is the cost per developer on Cube?

Starter plan costs $40/developer/month. Premium adds embedded analytics at $80/developer/month. Explorer and Viewer roles cost $40 and $20/month respectively.

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.

Cube: What uptime SLAs does Cube offer?

Premium plan offers 99.950% uptime SLA. Enterprise plan provides 99.990% uptime SLA with dedicated support.

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.

Cube: Can I use Cube for free?

Yes, the Free plan includes basic data source connection, semantic modeling, workbooks, and dashboards for hobbyists and personal projects.

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 Cube

Cabin

Cube

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Cabin

Only in Cube

What people use each for

Cabin

Cube

Where each one falls short

Cabin

Cube

Pricing, plan by plan

Cabin

Cube

Which should you pick?

Choose Cabin if

Choose Cube if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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