Umami
Windmill
| Feature | Umami | Windmill |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $9/mo | Free / from $10/mo |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.5 / 5 | 4.4 / 5 |
| Best For | indie-developers, privacy-focused-sites, bloggers, small-businesses | developers, devops-teams, internal-tools, data-pipelines |
| Founded | 2020 | 2022 |
| Page Views | ✓ | ✗ |
| Custom Events | ✓ | ✗ |
| Realtime Dashboard | ✓ | ✗ |
| Utm Tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multi Site | ✓ | ✗ |
| Api | ✓ | ✗ |
| Teams | ✓ | ✗ |
| Workflow Editor | ✗ | ✓ |
| Script To Ui | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| Approval Flows | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi Language | ✗ | ✓ |
| Self Hostable | ✗ | ✓ |
| Audit Logs | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Umami Pros
- Completely open-source and self-hostable for free
- Beautiful, clean dashboard interface
- No cookies required (GDPR/CCPA compliant by default)
- Lightweight script (under 2KB) does not slow sites
✗ Umami Cons
- Limited advanced analytics features
- No conversion funnel or cohort analysis
- Self-hosting requires database management
✓ Windmill Pros
- Open-source and self-hostable
- Supports Python, TypeScript, Go, Bash, SQL natively
- Auto-generates UI from script parameters
- Excellent scheduling and workflow orchestration
✗ Windmill Cons
- Smaller community than Zapier/n8n
- Self-hosting requires infrastructure knowledge
- Less polished documentation for beginners
The Verdict
Umami is built for indie developers and privacy focused sites, with a focus on page-views and custom-events. Windmill targets developers and devops teams and leads with workflow-editor and script-to-ui.
Pricing is close: Umami starts at $9/mo versus $10/mo for Windmill — not a deciding factor on its own.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.