Umami vs Vince
| Tagline | Simple, fast, privacy-focused web analytics in a single lightweight dashboard | Lightweight, privacy-first web analytics dashboard — single binary, no external deps |
| Category | Product & Web Analytics | Product & Web Analytics |
| Replaces | Google Analytics | Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Amplitude |
| GitHub stars | 37k | 2k |
| Language | TypeScript | Go |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 3/5 Moderate | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | One-Click Docker Docker Compose Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | yesterday | 9 months ago |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Umami
- Deliberately minimal: no heatmaps, session replay, or deep product-analytics like funnels/retention found in Mixpanel/Amplitude.
- Event/custom-property analytics are basic compared to dedicated product-analytics tools.
- No built-in alerting or anomaly detection.
Vince
- No heatmaps, session recordings, or user-level event streams
- Smaller destination ecosystem — no built-in integrations with ad platforms or CRMs
- Community is small; plugin/extension ecosystem is essentially nonexistent
- No multi-site team management or SSO in the self-hosted build
Bottom line
Choose Vince if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Umami for the larger community and ecosystem. Umami has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.