SHSelfHostIndex

Countly Community Edition vs Rakam Analytics

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted web analytics options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

Not the right match-up?
CO Countly Community Edition Product analytics for web, mobile, and desktop VS RA Rakam Analytics Custom analytics platform with SQL on event data
FeatureCountly Community EditionRakam Analytics
Deploy effortUnder-an-hour setupUnder-an-hour setup
Health score90 · Excellent15 · At risk
CategoryWeb AnalyticsWeb Analytics
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
LanguageJavaScriptJava
Setup difficultyMediumHard
Min. RAM2,048 MB2,048 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metaldocker
GitHub stars★ 5,907★ 790
First released20122014
ReplacesMixpanel, Firebase AnalyticsMixpanel, Amplitude

What are Countly Community Edition and Rakam Analytics?

Countly Community Edition

Countly Community Edition is an open-source product analytics platform that tracks user behavior across web, mobile, and desktop applications. It offers funnels, retention, and crash analytics in a self-hosted package.

  • Cross-platform tracking
  • Funnels and retention
  • Crash analytics
  • Custom events

Read the full Countly Community Edition guide →

Rakam Analytics

Rakam is an analytics platform that lets you collect custom events and run SQL queries to build reports. It is designed for product teams that want flexible self-hosted analytics.

  • Custom event collection
  • SQL on event data
  • Flexible reports
  • Self-hosted control

Countly Community Edition vs Rakam Analytics: key differences

Countly Community Edition is written in JavaScript, while Rakam Analytics is built with Java. Licensing differs — AGPL-3.0 for Countly Community Edition versus Apache-2.0 for Rakam Analytics. Countly Community Edition is the more established project (first released 2012), while Rakam Analytics arrived in 2014. Countly Community Edition has the considerably larger community, at 5,907 GitHub stars versus 790.

Why pick each one

Choose Countly Community Edition if…

  • Mature product analytics
  • Strong mobile support

Watch out for

  • MongoDB-based stack
  • Heavier resource needs
Countly Community Edition details

Choose Rakam Analytics if…

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Java
Rakam Analytics details

Frequently asked questions

Is Countly Community Edition or Rakam Analytics better?

Countly Community Edition is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler medium setup. Consider Rakam Analytics if its specific feature set fits your needs better.

Are Countly Community Edition and Rakam Analytics free and open-source?

Yes. Countly Community Edition is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Rakam Analytics under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Countly Community Edition and Rakam Analytics with Docker?

Countly Community Edition: yes. Rakam Analytics: yes.

Related comparisons