PlainStats vs Fathom Analytics
Both are cookieless, privacy-first analytics with no consent banner. Fathom is more mature and better value at higher volume; PlainStats is EU-built with EU processing by default. A fair look, as of June 2026. Check Fathom's own pages for current pricing and features.
At a glance
| PlainStats | Fathom | |
|---|---|---|
| Cookieless, no consent banner | Yes | Yes |
| Company and data location | EU-built, EU-processed by default | Canadian company; EU-visitor isolation on AWS |
| Open source | No | No |
| Self-hostable | No | No |
| Real-time dashboard | Yes | Yes |
| Read-only stats API | Yes | Yes |
| Sites included | Founding plans | Up to 50 |
| Data retention | Aggregate, per plan | Forever |
| Entry pricing | Founding access (waitlist) | From about $15/mo (100k pageviews) |
| In market since | New, pre-launch | 2018 |
Fathom details as of June 2026 from usefathom.com/pricing and usefathom.com/data. Prices and features change.
Where Fathom is stronger
- Value at volume. A generous entry tier (100k pageviews) and all features included at every price level.
- More sites and forever retention. Up to 50 sites on a standard account, with data kept indefinitely.
- Maturity. Years in market, a well-known team, and polished integrations and importers.
- EU isolation engineering. A documented data-flow option that keeps EU visitor IPs out of US infrastructure.
Where PlainStats fits
Fathom is a Canadian company running on AWS, with an EU-isolation option for European visitors. PlainStats is EU-built and EU-processed by default, so the EU data story is the baseline rather than a routing feature. If that, plus a focused, GDPR-first product, is what you want, that is the lane PlainStats is built for.
- EU company, EU processing by default. See EU web analytics.
- Cookieless and consent-banner-free, with a GDPR-first data model. See GDPR-compliant analytics.
- Founding access for early members. Join the waitlist.
See it yourself
The live demo shows the real PlainStats dashboard with no signup. For Fathom, their own demo and docs are the best current reference.