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Heepsy vs Umami

Heepsy logo

Heepsy

Influencer Marketing

Find influencers in seconds

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Umami logo

Umami

Marketing

Open source, cookie-free web analytics you can self-host for the cost of a database

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Heepsy all paid plans billed annually only (up to 25% discount for yearly commitment); Umami there is no cohort analysis, retention curve, session replay or multi-touch attribution, so a marketing team that needs to justify channel spend will still buy a second tool and Umami becomes a supplementary dashboard.
  • They diverge on capability: Heepsy covers Influencer discovery, Umami covers Cookie-free tracking.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Heepsy and Umami actually diverge.

Attributes where Heepsy and Umami differ
AttributeHeepsyUmami
Pricing modelfreemiumPer month by event count
PlatformsWebWeb, Linux
CategoryInfluencer MarketingMarketing
Founded2018Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).

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 Heepsy

  • Influencer discovery
  • Audience demographics
  • Authenticity scoring
  • Engagement analysis
  • Contact information
  • List management
  • Data export
  • Multi-platform search

Only in Umami

  • Cookie-free tracking
  • Self-hosting
  • Small tracking script
  • Custom events
  • Funnels and goals
  • Multi-site and teams
  • Public dashboards
  • API access

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Heepsy

  • Influencer discoverynot Umami
  • Audience analysisnot Umami
  • Fraud detectionnot Umami
  • Competitor researchnot Umami
  • Campaign planningnot Umami

Umami

  • A developer who wants traffic numbers on a personal or client site without adding a consent bannernot Heepsy
  • An organisation whose legal or procurement team has ruled out sending visitor data to a US advertising companynot Heepsy
  • A high-traffic site where hosted analytics priced by pageview band has become expensive and self-hosting removes the ceiling entirelynot Heepsy
  • A team that wants analytics data in a database they already control so they can query and join it themselvesnot Heepsy

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Heepsy

  • All paid plans billed annually only (up to 25% discount for yearly commitment)
  • No monthly billing option for paid tiers

Umami

  • There is no cohort analysis, retention curve, session replay or multi-touch attribution, so a marketing team that needs to justify channel spend will still buy a second tool and Umami becomes a supplementary dashboard.
  • Self-hosting is only free in licence terms; you own the database, the upgrades, the backups and the query performance at scale, and a busy site's events table grows quickly enough to need real attention.
  • Because it stores no persistent identifier, it cannot follow a user across devices or sessions in any meaningful way, which makes returning-visitor and lifetime-value questions unanswerable by design rather than by omission.
  • Cloud overage is billed per event beyond the plan allowance, so a traffic spike or a badly instrumented custom event can produce a bill materially above the $20 or $200 headline before anyone notices.
  • It is maintained by a small team, so the pace of new capability is modest and enterprise expectations such as SSO, granular role permissions and formal support agreements are limited compared with commercial analytics vendors.

Pricing, plan by plan

Heepsy

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 500 search results/month
    • 10 advanced profiles/month
    • 1 project
  • Starter$69/month
    • 5,000 search results/month
    • 100 advanced profiles/month
    • 300 outreach emails/month
  • Plus$149/month
    • 25,000 search results/month
    • 500 advanced profiles/month
    • 1,200 outreach emails/month
  • Advanced$229/month
    • 50,000 search results/month
    • 1,000 advanced profiles/month
    • 6,000 outreach emails/month

Umami

Free
  • Self-hostedFree
    • MIT licensed, no licence fee
    • No event limit imposed by the software
    • Unlimited websites and users
  • Cloud HobbyFree
    • Up to 100,000 events per month
    • 3 websites
    • 6 months data retention
  • Cloud Pro$20/month
    • Up to 1,000,000 events per month
    • Unlimited websites
    • Unlimited team members
  • Cloud Business$200/month
    • Up to 10,000,000 events per month
    • All Pro features
    • Higher volume overage rate

Which should you pick?

Choose Heepsy if

  • You need influencer discovery.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want audience demographics.
Heepsy review

Choose Umami if

  • You need cookie-free tracking.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Linux.
  • You also want self-hosting.
Umami review

Questions people ask

Is Heepsy or Umami better?
Neither clearly leads. Heepsy starts at Free and Umami at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Heepsy or Umami?
Heepsy starts at Free and Umami at Free.
Does Heepsy or Umami run on more platforms?
Heepsy runs on Web. Umami runs on Web, Linux.
Can I use Heepsy for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Heepsy best used for?
Heepsy is most often used for influencer discovery, audience analysis, fraud detection, competitor research. Of those, influencer discovery and audience analysis are not what Umami is typically brought in for.
What can Heepsy do that Umami cannot?
Heepsy covers Influencer discovery, Audience demographics, Authenticity scoring, Engagement analysis. Umami covers Cookie-free tracking, Self-hosting, Small tracking script, Custom events.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Heepsy: How much does Heepsy cost?

Heepsy offers a free plan with 500 searches/month. Paid plans start at $69/month (Starter, annual billing) up to $229/month (Advanced, annual billing).

Source
Umami: Is Umami really free?

Self-hosted, yes; it is MIT licensed with no event cap. You pay for the server and database. Umami Cloud has a free tier at 100,000 events a month and paid tiers from $20.

Heepsy: Does Heepsy offer a free trial?

Yes, Heepsy offers a 14-day free trial with nearly all paid features and no credit card required.

Source
Umami: Do I need a cookie consent banner?

For Umami analytics specifically, generally no, because it sets no cookies and stores no personal data. Other tags on your site may still require one.

Heepsy: What discount does Heepsy offer for annual billing?

Heepsy offers up to 25% discount for annual billing, and nonprofits/NGOs receive an additional 20% discount.

Source
Umami: Can it replace Google Analytics?

For traffic, referrers and event counts, yes. For attribution modelling, audiences and advertising integration, no.

Umami: What does it need to run?

A container and a PostgreSQL or MySQL database. Most people deploy it on infrastructure they already pay for.

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