Software · head to head
June vs Matomo
The short version
- Each has a real cost: June the pricing page lists a single all-in-one plan with no price, no minimum and no named cost driver; Matomo the self hosted Community Edition is free but excludes A/B testing, heatmaps, session recording, cohorts, crash analytics and multi channel attribution, all of which are paid plugins
- They diverge on capability: June covers B2B analytics, Matomo covers Web analytics.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which June and Matomo actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 June
- B2B analytics
- Account tracking
- Cohort analysis
- Dashboards
- Slack
- Segment
- GDPR
- English language support
Only in Matomo
- Web analytics
- Real-time reports
- Custom dimensions
- Goal tracking
- E-commerce tracking
- Google Search Console
- Privacy-focused
- On-premise deployment
Both cover
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
June
- Company-level product analytics for B2B SaaSnot Matomo
- Spotting churn risk from account usage patternsnot Matomo
- Pushing product usage data into Salesforce, HubSpot or Attionot Matomo
Matomo
- Privacy focused web analytics as an alternative to Google Analyticsnot June
- Self hosting analytics so visitor data stays on owned infrastructurenot June
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
June
- The pricing page lists a single all-in-one plan with no price, no minimum and no named cost driver
- There is no startup plan; the vendor states June is a fit for companies with at least $1M of ARR
- Setup fees are charged separately and the vendor states they vary based on implementation complexity
- The vendor states June is a poor fit for products with a large user base but low revenue per user
Matomo
- The self hosted Community Edition is free but excludes A/B testing, heatmaps, session recording, cohorts, crash analytics and multi channel attribution, all of which are paid plugins
- Premium plugin bundles for self hosted installs run from 275 EUR a month for 4 users to 3,400 EUR for 50
- Cloud pricing is banded by monthly hits, and anything above 10 million requires contacting sales
- Self hosting places all operation and upgrades on the operator while still needing paid plugins for the advanced features
Pricing, plan by plan
June
Free- FreeFree
- Basic analytics
- 1 user
- 30 days retention
Matomo
Free- Self-hostedFree
- Open-source
- Full analytics
- Privacy-focused
Which should you pick?
Choose June if
- You need b2b analytics.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want account tracking.
Choose Matomo if
- You need web analytics.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, On-premise.
- You also want real-time reports.
Questions people ask
- Is June or Matomo better?
- Neither clearly leads. June starts at Free and Matomo at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, June or Matomo?
- June starts at Free and Matomo at Free.
- Does June or Matomo run on more platforms?
- June runs on Web. Matomo runs on Web, On-premise.
- Can I use June for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is June best used for?
- June is most often used for company-level product analytics for b2b saas, spotting churn risk from account usage patterns, pushing product usage data into salesforce, hubspot or attio. Of those, company-level product analytics for b2b saas and spotting churn risk from account usage patterns are not what Matomo is typically brought in for.
- What can June do that Matomo cannot?
- June covers B2B analytics, Account tracking, Cohort analysis, Dashboards. Matomo covers Web analytics, Real-time reports, Custom dimensions, Goal tracking. Both handle Cloud deployment, Web support.