mrkr vs Umami. Umami counts the essentials and stops there, on purpose. mrkr covers the same ground and keeps going into replay, journeys and revenue.
In short
What is the difference between mrkr and Umami?
Umami is lightweight cookieless analytics covering pageviews, sources, events and funnels. mrkr covers the same ground, cookieless by default, and adds session replay, per-visitor journeys and revenue attribution. Umami is the smaller tool; mrkr answers what the visits did and what they were worth.
The difference
What mrkr adds on top of the counts.
Session replay, per-visitor timelines, revenue attribution, Core Web Vitals and a managed first-party proxy. Whether that is worth it depends on whether you need more than the counts.
mrkr
Where mrkr goes further.
Replay, visitors, revenue
Umami counts and segments well. It records no sessions and attributes no revenue.
Adblock resistance, managed
The tracker serves from your own subdomain and mrkr provisions the certificate.
Bots separated and shown
Known bots and crawlers are filtered out of the numbers and reported on their own.
Compared
Side by side.
| Feature | mrkr | Umami |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Privacy analytics with replay | Privacy analytics |
| Session replay | On every paid plan | No |
| Heatmaps | No | No |
| Funnels | Yes | Yes |
| Saved cohorts | No | No |
| Revenue attribution | Yes | Goal revenue only |
| Cookieless | By default (optional cookie mode) | Yes |
| Free plan | No, $1 for 14 days | Varies |
| Entry paid price | $5/mo, 100K pageviews, session replay included | Varies, see the vendor's pricing page |
| Per-visitor timeline | Yes | No |
| Core Web Vitals | Yes | No |
| First-party proxy on your own subdomain | Managed | Yours to configure |
Umami details checked against the vendor's own pricing and feature pages on 2026-08-24. Where a vendor does not publish a fixed list price, this table says how they charge rather than guessing a number. Vendors change packaging often, so confirm before you buy.
Umami
Where Umami is the better pick.
Deliberately minimal
Pageviews, sources, events and funnels on one calm screen. Less to learn, less to look at.
Lightweight and pleasant
Small, quick to set up, and it does not sprawl. One of the easiest tools to live with.
FAQ
How do Umami and mrkr price?
Umami publishes its own plans, so check its pricing page for current figures. mrkr starts at $1 for 14 days, card required, then $5/mo, billed on pageviews.
Do Umami and mrkr both avoid cookie banners?
In their standard modes, yes. Neither writes an identifier to the visitor's device by default. mrkr also offers an optional per-site cookie mode for cross-session identity, and turning it on means consent applies again.
Does Umami have session replay?
No. Umami has no session replay and no heatmaps. mrkr includes session replay on every plan, and has no heatmaps either.
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