Attrifast vs Umami
A hosted Umami alternative — Umami is "free."
Until you do the math.
Umami is a great open-source analytics tool. But "free" self-hosting costs $100–450/mo in servers, databases, and your time. Attrifast is fully hosted, adds revenue attribution, and starts at $9.99/mo — still a fraction of what the server bill alone costs.
Free for 7 days, then $9.99/mo. We handle the infrastructure.
The real cost of self-hosting Umami
Umami's software is free. Your time and infrastructure are not. Here is what you actually pay every month to run Umami yourself.
Monthly invoice — Umami self-hosted
VPS / server
per month (DigitalOcean, Hetzner, etc.)
Managed database (PostgreSQL / MySQL)
per month
Automated backups
per month
Uptime monitoring
per month (Better Uptime, etc.)
SSL certificate
Let's Encrypt — free but must be renewed
Maintenance time (2–4 hrs/mo)
at $50–$100/hr opportunity cost
Real monthly total
Infrastructure + opportunity cost of your time
Umami self-hosted
$112 – $450
per month, real cost
Attrifast
$9.99
per month, all-inclusive · 7-day free trial
Attrifast includes hosting, backups, SSL, monitoring, and updates. No servers to manage, no ops debt.
The founder's time trap
Two to four hours a month does not sound like much. Until you account for what those hours are actually worth.
Routine maintenance never ends
Umami releases updates regularly. Each update means reading changelogs, pulling new images, running database migrations, and verifying nothing broke. That is recurring time every month, forever.
Incidents happen at the worst moment
Database runs out of disk space. VPS goes down. Certificate expires. These happen outside business hours. Every hour you spend firefighting is an hour you are not building your product.
Opportunity cost is invisible
A founder billing $100/hr spending 3 hours a month on server ops is paying $300/mo — in time they do not log. That cost never shows up in a budget, but it is completely real.
Knowledge debt compounds
Self-hosting creates institutional knowledge only you have. Onboarding a new team member means teaching them your specific server setup. Attrifast eliminates that dependency entirely.
Side-by-side comparison
| Feature | Attrifast | Umami |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Fully hosted (zero ops) | Self-host required |
| Monthly maintenance | 0 hours | 2–4 hours |
| Open source | ||
| Revenue attribution | ||
| Stripe integration | ||
| Revenue per Visitor metric | ||
| Cookie-free tracking | ||
| No third-party cookies or fingerprinting | ||
| Custom events | ||
| Starting price | $9.99/mo fully managed | $112–$450/mo real cost |
When self-hosting Umami actually makes sense
To be direct: there are legitimate reasons to self-host. Here is when Umami is the right call, and when Attrifast is.
Self-host Umami if...
- •Data sovereignty is a hard requirement — your data must never leave your own servers under any circumstance
- •You need custom modifications to the Umami source code for a specific workflow
- •You already have a DevOps team that manages servers anyway — marginal cost is near zero
- •Open source licensing and auditability are a compliance requirement in your organization
Use Attrifast if...
- •You want analytics that run themselves — no server provisioning, patching, or on-call risk
- •You process payments via Stripe and want to know which channels actually drive revenue
- •Your opportunity cost is high — every hour on ops is an hour not spent on product or customers
- •You want to try it in minutes with zero infrastructure commitment
Frequently asked questions
Is Umami really free to self-host?
The software is free, but self-hosting requires a VPS, managed database, backups, and 2–4 hours/month of maintenance. The real monthly cost is $112–$450 when you include your time at opportunity cost.
Does Umami track revenue?
No. Umami tracks pageviews and custom events but has no Stripe integration. It cannot show revenue per visitor or attribute payments to traffic sources. Attrifast adds that layer starting at $9.99/mo, after a 7-day free trial.
How does Attrifast compare to Umami for founders?
Umami requires self-hosting infrastructure you maintain forever. Attrifast is fully hosted with no ops burden, adds revenue attribution, and comes with a 7-day free trial ($9.99/mo after) — so you can spend those 2–4 hours/mo building your product instead.
Hosted revenue analytics. No server required.
Revenue attribution from $9.99/mo, with a 7-day free trial. We handle hosting, backups, updates, and monitoring.
- One script tag and a Stripe key — live in minutes
- First-party measurement without third-party cookies
- Recognized AI referrals joined to Stripe payments
7-day free trial · $0 due today · then $9.99/mo · cancel anytime
