Back to the reportAPI experiment, not consumer appOpenAI API, run 2

Q06: What is the cheapest privacy-focused analytics tool for a website with about 50,000 monthly visitors?

OpenAI Responses API + web_search, model gpt-6-luna, requested 2026-10-31T15:43:44Z, 9.27 s, intent: recommendation

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Stored answer

**Cheapest overall: Umami, if you’re willing to self-host it**—the software is free, so your cost is just the server you run it on and the time to maintain it. Matomo’s self-hosted Community edition is also free, with unlimited hits. ([umami.is](https://umami.is/pricing)) **Cheapest managed option to try: Umami Cloud’s free Hobby plan**, which includes up to **100,000 events/month** for one website. Each pageview counts as an event, so with **50,000 visitors**, it’ll only fit if you generate no more than 100,000 pageviews and custom events combined. ([umami.is](https://umami.is/pricing)) If you want a paid hosted service with more headroom and simple pricing, **Fathom is $15/month for up to 100,000 pageviews**. Note that “50,000 visitors” isn’t the same as 50,000 pageviews—check your actual pageview count before choosing a tier. ([usefathom.com](https://usefathom.com/pricing))

Marked yellow: the target brand; underlined: competitors, as found by the matching rules in targets.yaml. The text is exactly what the API returned.

What the rules extracted

BrandNamedRecommended (rule)Own site citedContext
Plausible (target)nonono
Fathomyes x3noyes
Simple Analyticsnonono
Matomoyes x1nono
Umamiyes x6noyes
GA4 (Google Analytics)nonono

Search queries the engine issued

URLs cited in the answer (2)

Links the engine attached to its answer text.

DomainPage
umami.isPricing – Umami
https://umami.is/pricing
usefathom.comPricing — plans from $15/month - Fathom Analytics
https://usefathom.com/pricing

Other sources the engine consulted (30)

Returned by the search step but not attached to the answer text.

DomainPage
elsop.comhttps://www.elsop.com/analytics-tools/umami/pricing/
https://www.elsop.com/analytics-tools/umami/pricing/
tracker.kimsalmi.comhttps://tracker.kimsalmi.com/pricing/web-analytics
https://tracker.kimsalmi.com/pricing/web-analytics
matomo.orghttps://matomo.org/pricing/
https://matomo.org/pricing/
measr.apphttps://measr.app/compare/privacy-analytics/
https://measr.app/compare/privacy-analytics/
plausible.iohttps://plausible.io/docs/subscription-plans
https://plausible.io/docs/subscription-plans
howmakersbuild.comhttps://howmakersbuild.com/tools/umami/pricing
https://howmakersbuild.com/tools/umami/pricing
stackcompare.nethttps://stackcompare.net/plausible-vs-fathom-vs-umami-2026-privacy-analytics-pricing-compa
https://stackcompare.net/plausible-vs-fathom-vs-umami-2026-privacy-analytics-pricing-compared/
opensourcedrop.comhttps://www.opensourcedrop.com/tools/umami-software/umami
https://www.opensourcedrop.com/tools/umami-software/umami
spreelytics.comhttps://spreelytics.com/blog/web-analytics-pricing-compared
https://spreelytics.com/blog/web-analytics-pricing-compared
mystackplan.comhttps://www.mystackplan.com/categories/analytics
https://www.mystackplan.com/categories/analytics
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/u_ThoughtMetric/comments/1w77m8t/analytics_tools_for_ecommerce_st
https://www.reddit.com/r/u_ThoughtMetric/comments/1w77m8t/analytics_tools_for_ecommerce_stores_what_they/
sweetpricing.comhttps://sweetpricing.com/demoslides.pdf
https://sweetpricing.com/demoslides.pdf
piwik.prohttps://piwik.pro/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/free-web-analytics-platforms-table.pdf
https://piwik.pro/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/free-web-analytics-platforms-table.pdf
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1u7ilsq/analytics_tool_for_smaller_website/
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1u7ilsq/analytics_tool_for_smaller_website/
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/umamiengine/comments/1vmocs0/umami_analytics_vs_plausible_analyti
https://www.reddit.com/r/umamiengine/comments/1vmocs0/umami_analytics_vs_plausible_analytics_which_is/
a-propos-travel.comhttps://www.a-propos-travel.com/media/pages/mentions-legales/eb01412c09-1704352415/plausib
https://www.a-propos-travel.com/media/pages/mentions-legales/eb01412c09-1704352415/plausible-privacy-focused-g
storage.ghost.iohttps://storage.ghost.io/c/12/80/128006a8-b15c-4dad-906c-f7f1eb057499/content/files/2023/0
https://storage.ghost.io/c/12/80/128006a8-b15c-4dad-906c-f7f1eb057499/content/files/2023/05/FRA_-Raise_25-May-
wpdemo.nethttps://wpdemo.net/pdf/plausible-analytics-p1508.pdf
https://wpdemo.net/pdf/plausible-analytics-p1508.pdf
a.storyblok.comhttps://a.storyblok.com/f/119964/x/33f7569959/iomarcom-3224-whitepaper-alternativesforgoog
https://a.storyblok.com/f/119964/x/33f7569959/iomarcom-3224-whitepaper-alternativesforgoogleanalytics4-e.pdf
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1wcs1t5/i_got_one_paying_customer_in_2_months_this_
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1wcs1t5/i_got_one_paying_customer_in_2_months_this_is_my/
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/microsaas/comments/1v4v0at/has_anyone_here_used_umami_analytics_i
https://www.reddit.com/r/microsaas/comments/1v4v0at/has_anyone_here_used_umami_analytics_in_production/
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1v57bjs/anybody_able_to_offer_some_insights_into/
https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1v57bjs/anybody_able_to_offer_some_insights_into/
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1gz5nfg
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1gz5nfg
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/umamiengine/comments/1vm6064/umami_vs_google_analytics_which_web_
https://www.reddit.com/r/umamiengine/comments/1vm6064/umami_vs_google_analytics_which_web_analytics/
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/analytics/comments/1so7ior/plausible_pricing_plans/
https://www.reddit.com/r/analytics/comments/1so7ior/plausible_pricing_plans/
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1gkubpc
https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1gkubpc
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1n8c1d7/analytics_is_the_most_overpriced_category_i
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1n8c1d7/analytics_is_the_most_overpriced_category_in_saas/
reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/lxj0gi
https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/lxj0gi
en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausible_Analytics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausible_Analytics
en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matomo_%28software%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matomo_%28software%29

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