Overview
The short version
Fathom Analytics: Fathom Analytics is a privacy-focused web analytics product with a simple dashboard, cookieless tracking and event goals. Plans are priced by monthly pageviews. It deliberately keeps its feature set small.
OnyxMetric: a paid web and product analytics platform with cookieless tracking, session replay on the Pro tier, funnels, retention, goals, events, Web Vitals, error tracking, feature flags and experiments, Google Search Console data and an MCP server for AI assistants. Pricing is per site per month: Base $99, Plus $199, Pro $299.
Fathom Analytics fits best when: Site owners who want a calm, simple traffic report and prefer not to manage anything else.
Feature comparison
| Feature | OnyxMetric | Fathom Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per site per month: Base $99, Plus $199, Pro $299. Yearly is 10x monthly. | Plans scaled by monthly pageviews. |
| Cookieless by default | No cookies, no consent banner for analytics. | |
| Session replay | Included on the Pro tier. | |
| Funnels | ||
| Retention | ||
| Feature flags and experiments | ||
| Web Vitals | ||
| Error tracking |
Fathom Analytics details reflect public information at time of writing and may have changed. Confirm on the Fathom Analytics site. A dash means partial or optional. Rows with no verified data for a product are omitted.
Which one should you pick?
Choose Fathom Analytics if
- You want the smallest possible tool for traffic numbers.
- Pageview-based pricing matches your site size.
- You do not need replay, retention or error tracking.
Choose OnyxMetric if
- Funnels, retention, session replay (Pro) and error tracking for deeper questions.
- Feature flags and experiments for testing changes.
- An MCP server so AI assistants can read your analytics.
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