PageHum vs Fathom Analytics
Fathom Analytics suits
Owners of many sites who want simple privacy analytics with unlimited history and EU isolation.
PageHum suits
A small site’s owner who wants traffic, speed, errors, broken links, uptime, and a status page from one script, and the one problem worth fixing named each week.
| Compared | PageHum | Fathom Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 sites, 40,000 pageviews a month, the board, a status page, and the badge. source | None; a 7-day trial with a card. source (opens in a new tab) |
| Cheapest paid plan | Starter $9/mo ($90/yr): 5 sites, 100,000 pageviews, 90 days. source | $15/mo: 100,000 pageviews and 50 sites; yearly gives 2 months free. source (opens in a new tab) |
| What it covers | Privacy analytics, real-visitor speed (load, LCP, INP, CLS), JavaScript error counts, broken links, uptime, page checks, browser flows, and a status page, from one script. source | Analytics: events, revenue, UTM, shared dashboards, GA4 and Search Console import. No uptime, status page, or error tracking. source (opens in a new tab) |
| Cookies and identifiers | No cookies and no identifiers; counts only. The script is about 5 KB gzipped. source | No cookies; EU visitors' data isolated in the EU, anonymized analytics stored in the US. source (opens in a new tab) |
| Uptime checks | Homepage every 5 minutes from 1 region on Free, 3 on Starter, 4 on Pro and Ultra; extra pages every 30 to 5 minutes. source | None. |
| Status page | On every plan, with incidents and maintenance; your own domain from Starter. source | None. |
| Alerts | Push on Free; email, Slack, Discord, Teams, and signed webhooks on paid plans. No SMS or phone calls yet. source | Email reports. source (opens in a new tab) |
| API and MCP | REST API and an MCP server on every plan (60 calls an hour on Free). source | Analytics API on every plan. source (opens in a new tab) |
| History kept | 40 days on Free, 90 days on Starter, 13 months on Pro and Ultra. source | All of it, while subscribed. source (opens in a new tab) |
Where Fathom Analytics is better
- 50 sites on the entry plan.
- Unlimited history.
- GA4 and Search Console imports, and EU isolation.
Where PageHum is better
- A free plan, and a cheaper start ($9).
- Uptime, broken links, client errors, real-visitor speed, and a status page.
- Team access per site from Starter (Fathom shares dashboards by link while user accounts are being built).
What PageHum doesn’t do
- No session replay or heatmaps.
- Counts only: no per-visitor paths, user profiles, or cohorts.
- One funnel per site, not many.
- No stack traces: error messages, pages, browsers, and counts.
- Homepage checks every 5 minutes, and no SMS or phone alerts yet.
- Young: launched in 2026, so a short track record and short histories.
Switching
Swap the script tag. PageHum doesn't import Fathom's history.
Fathom Analytics is a trademark of its owner; PageHum isn’t affiliated with it. Facts were checked October 13, 2026 and will be checked again by January 13, 2027. Something wrong or out of date? Write to hello@pagehum.com.