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Modash vs Umami

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Modash

Influencer Marketing

Find any influencer on Earth

From
$199/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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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

  • Only Umami has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Modash essentials plan at $199 per month includes only 2 team members and 300 profile opens per month; 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: Modash covers 250M+ creator database, Umami covers Cookie-free tracking.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Modash and Umami actually diverge.

Attributes where Modash and Umami differ
AttributeModashUmami
Starting price$199/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionPer month by event count
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, ApiWeb, Linux
CategoryInfluencer MarketingMarketing
Founded2018Unknown

Identical on both: 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 Modash

  • 250M+ creator database
  • Audience demographics
  • Fake follower detection
  • Lookalike discovery
  • Campaign monitoring
  • Influencer CRM
  • Data export
  • Email finder

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.

Modash

  • Searching a creator database for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube influencersnot Umami
  • Vetting influencer audience quality before outreachnot Umami
  • Tracking creator content and campaign performancenot Umami
  • Paying creators and running affiliate programmes from one platformnot Umami

Umami

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

Where each one falls short

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

Modash

  • Essentials plan at $199 per month includes only 2 team members and 300 profile opens per month
  • Essentials plan excludes creator payments and affiliate features entirely
  • Tracked creators are capped at 100 on Essentials and 250 on Performance
  • Email unlocks are capped at 150 per month on Essentials and 400 per month on Performance
  • Exceeding a plan limit requires upgrading the plan rather than paying an overage
  • Payments and affiliate payouts are charged 5% above the free threshold of $10,000 per year on Performance
  • Enterprise starts at $14,700 per year and is the only plan with customisable quotas
  • The 14 day free trial is capped at 20 profile opens, 6 email unlocks and 10 tracked creators

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

Modash

$199/month
  • Essentials$199/month
    • 300 opened profiles/month
    • 150 creator email unlocks/month
    • 100 tracked creators
  • Essentials Annual$2388/year
    • 25% discount from monthly billing
  • Performance$499/month
    • 800 opened profiles/month
    • 400 creator email unlocks/month
    • 250 tracked creators
  • Performance Annual$5988/year
    • 14% discount from monthly billing

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 Modash if

  • You need 250m+ creator database.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want audience demographics.
Modash 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 Modash or Umami better?
Neither clearly leads. Modash starts at $199/month and Umami at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Modash or Umami?
Umami has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $199/month for Modash and Free for Umami.
Does Modash or Umami run on more platforms?
Modash runs on Web, Api. Umami runs on Web, Linux.
Can I use Umami for free?
Yes. Umami has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Modash starts at $199/month.
What is Modash best used for?
Modash is most often used for searching a creator database for instagram, tiktok and youtube influencers, vetting influencer audience quality before outreach, tracking creator content and campaign performance, paying creators and running affiliate programmes from one platform. Of those, searching a creator database for instagram, tiktok and youtube influencers and vetting influencer audience quality before outreach are not what Umami is typically brought in for.
What can Modash do that Umami cannot?
Modash covers 250M+ creator database, Audience demographics, Fake follower detection, Lookalike discovery. Umami covers Cookie-free tracking, Self-hosting, Small tracking script, Custom events.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Modash: How much does Modash cost?

Modash costs 199 USD/month (Essentials), 499 USD/month (Performance), or 14,700 USD/year minimum (Enterprise). Annual plans provide 14-25% discounts.

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.

Modash: Is there a free trial?

Yes, a 14-day free trial is available without requiring a credit card, with limited access to 20 profile views, 6 email unlocks, and 10 tracked creators.

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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.

Modash: What are the usage limits per plan?

Essentials includes 300 opened profiles/month, 150 email unlocks/month, 100 tracked creators, and 2 team members. Performance increases to 800 profiles, 400 unlocks, 250 creators, and 5 team members.

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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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