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beamanalytics.io Is Shutting Down: Your Migration Options

beamanalytics.io announced it will shut down on September 1, 2026. Here's an honest look at your migration options — Plausible, Fathom, Umami, Simple Analytics, and Beam — with practical trade-offs to help you decide.

Key date: beamanalytics.io is shutting down on September 1, 2026. After that date, tracking will stop and your dashboard will become inaccessible. Export your data now.

What Happened

beamanalytics.io announced it is shutting down its service on September 1, 2026. The team has decided to wind down the product, and users need to migrate to a different analytics provider before that date to avoid losing their tracking data going forward.

If you're a beamanalytics.io user, you have a few months to make a decision — but the sooner you act, the more historical data you'll be able to capture from your new provider before the cutover. The step-by-step migration guide on this site walks through the full process.

Step 1: Export Your Data First

Before switching anything, download your historical data from beamanalytics.io. Most providers offer a CSV export from the dashboard settings. Do this regardless of which tool you choose next — you'll want a record of your historical traffic even if your new provider can't import it.

Your Migration Options

There are several privacy-first analytics tools that cover similar use cases to beamanalytics.io. Here's an honest comparison to help you choose.

1. Beam — Best Value for Indie Makers

Beam is a privacy-first analytics tool with a free tier (1 site, 50K pageviews/month) and a $5/month Pro plan for unlimited sites. Like beamanalytics.io, it's cookieless, GDPR-compliant, and focused on simple traffic metrics rather than complex event pipelines.

Why it's a close match: The product philosophy is similar — fast, lightweight, privacy-respecting analytics without the complexity of GA4. The tracking script is under 2KB and there's no consent banner required. If you were happy with beamanalytics.io's simplicity, Beam is probably the most natural landing spot.

What's different: Beam runs on Cloudflare's global edge network (Workers + D1), adds custom event support, goal/conversion tracking, and a traffic channel breakdown. The free tier is permanent, not a trial.

Pricing: Free (1 site, 50K pageviews/month) or $5/month Pro (unlimited sites, 500K pageviews/month).

See the full beamanalytics.io → Beam migration checklist, or check the Beam as a beamanalytics.io alternative overview page.

2. Plausible — Best Established Privacy-First Option

Plausible is the most widely used privacy-first web analytics tool. It launched in 2018 and has a mature, well-documented product. Plans start at $9/month for up to 10,000 pageviews; it's open-source and also self-hostable.

Strengths: Polished UI, active development, strong community, EU-based hosting option, good documentation. This is the tool most beamanalytics.io users are probably familiar with as the "default" privacy analytics alternative.

Weaknesses: No permanent free tier (30-day trial only), pricing scales with pageviews and can get expensive for high-traffic sites.

Pricing: $9/month for up to 10K pageviews; scales up with traffic.

3. Fathom — Best for Simplicity

Fathom is a clean, hosted-only analytics tool. It's not open-source but has a strong track record for uptime and reliability. Plans start at $15/month and include unlimited sites.

Strengths: Very clean dashboard, unlimited sites on all plans, strong uptime history, excellent customer support.

Weaknesses: No free tier, no open-source or self-hosting option, higher price point.

Pricing: $15/month for unlimited sites and up to 100K pageviews.

4. Umami — Best Free Self-Hosted Option

Umami is a free, open-source analytics tool you can host yourself. It supports custom events and multiple sites. A managed cloud version is also available for $9/month if you'd rather not manage infrastructure.

Strengths: Free if self-hosted, clean UI, open-source, active community, no pageview limits on self-hosted.

Weaknesses: Self-hosting requires a server and database — ongoing operational work. No free tier on the cloud version.

Pricing: Free (self-hosted) or $9/month (cloud).

5. Simple Analytics — Best for EU Data Residency

Simple Analytics is a Netherlands-based privacy-first analytics service with strong data export tooling and EU data residency guarantees.

Strengths: EU-based, strong privacy guarantees, good data export features, clean interface.

Weaknesses: Most expensive in this category at $19/month; no open-source or self-hosting option.

Pricing: $19/month starter.

Quick Comparison

Tool Starting Price Free Tier Open Source Self-Host Cookieless
Beam Free / $5/mo ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Plausible $9/mo — ✓ ✓ ✓
Fathom $15/mo — — — ✓
Umami Free (self-host) / $9/mo ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Simple Analytics $19/mo — — — ✓

How to Choose

  • Want the closest match to beamanalytics.io's simplicity at the lowest cost? Beam — free tier available, $5/mo Pro.
  • Want the most established, well-documented option? Plausible — mature product, large community.
  • Want zero hosting cost and don't mind managing a server? Umami self-hosted.
  • Want strict EU data residency? Plausible (EU infrastructure) or Simple Analytics (Netherlands).
  • Want unlimited sites at a flat price without self-hosting? Fathom at $15/month.

What's Not Covered Here

This guide focuses on lightweight, privacy-first web analytics tools — the category where beamanalytics.io competed. If you need product analytics (in-app event funnels, user cohorts, session recordings), you're probably looking at a different category of tool like PostHog or Mixpanel. If you need enterprise reporting with full GA4 feature parity, Matomo is worth evaluating. Those use cases are out of scope for this comparison.

Ready to migrate? Start with the step-by-step guide.

The beamanalytics.io → Beam migration checklist covers data export, script swap, and verification — about 15 minutes total.

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