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Best Event Tracking Software in 2026

If you need to collect activity data and send it onward for analysis, event tracking software offers several dimensions to compare. Compared on web collection, mobile collection, server-side collection, and event routing, these options can be weighed against the ways events enter and move through your setup. Destination limits, data retention, and monthly event limits help describe scope; free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide cost reference points. Jitsu, SnowcatCloud, and RudderStack Customer Data Platform are among the entries shown. Consider which collection methods and routing requirements suit your analytics work, then use the listed limits and retention details in your comparison.

24 apps
Research read 23 Sept 2026
How the order is worked out

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Jitsu

Free plan Open source AndroidAPIiPhone+5

Jitsu combines broad event collection and routing with options for hosted or on-premise deployment. Check the active-event billing rules and self-hosting requirement against your expected setup.

9.0 Free plan · paid from $99/mo Visit site
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RudderStack Customer Data Platform

Free plan Open source AndroidAPIExtension+5

RudderStack combines warehouse-based data collection, customer profiles, governance, and downstream activation.

8.8 Free plan · paid from $265/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
3

Hightouch

Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1

7.5 Free plan Visit site
4

Gobble

Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

Choose Gobble if you need open-source, multi-tenant event collection with browser and server-side capture, tiered query history, and self-hosting options.

7.1 Free plan Visit site
5

SnowcatCloud

Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+6

SnowcatCloud offers multiple deployment models and a range of event-data integrations, with a free self-hosted option and paid cloud service from $750/mo.

7.1 Free plan · paid from $750/mo Visit site
6

Stape

Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+2

Stape brings server-side tagging infrastructure, integrations, and gateways into one platform, with a free tier and paid plans.

7.1 Free plan · paid from $8/mo (annual) · 7-day trial Visit site
7

Eventvisor

Free plan Self-hostedWeb

Choose Eventvisor if your team wants to govern event schemas and control routing through configuration that can change independently of application deployments.

7.0 Open source Visit site
8

OpenSnowcat

Free plan APISelf-hosted

OpenSnowcat combines collection, schema validation, privacy controls, and routing in a self-hosted pipeline. The free plan does not remove the paid-license requirement for data loaders.

7.0 Free plan Visit site
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Tracardi

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Tracardi offers customer-data collection, profile management, and journey automation for tailored CDP deployments.

7.0 Free plan Visit site
10

SetRoasFlow

Free plan APIWeb

SetRoasFlow combines event collection, customer identity resolution and audience syncing for businesses connecting marketing and data tools.

6.9 Free plan · paid from €29/mo Visit site
11

walkerOS

Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

walkerOS offers flexible collection and routing with configurable consent controls.

6.8 Free plan Visit site
12

CustomerLabs CDP

Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Choose CustomerLabs CDP if you need to unify first-party data and route server-side events to marketing and analytics destinations.

6.6 From $129/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
13

Raccoon

Free plan APISelf-hosted

Choose Raccoon if you need a free, Apache 2.0-licensed service to route events from web, mobile or other sources into message queues.

6.6 Open source Visit site
14

Trench

Free plan APISelf-hosted

Trench provides self-hosted event tracking, querying, and routing with an open-source plan and a separate Enterprise option. Teams should weigh its self-hosted deployment model and support needs.

6.6 Free plan Visit site
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Elevar

Free trial APIWeb

Elevar focuses on server-side conversion collection, identity, destination monitoring, and attribution. Its pricing and order limits make plan selection important for growing commerce operations.

6.3 From $225/mo · 15-day trial Visit site
16

GetSignal

Free trial APIWeb

GetSignal combines server-side event collection, destination routing, and delivery monitoring, with ecommerce webhooks and team controls.

6.2 From $29/mo Visit site
17

Freshpaint Event Tracker

Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Choose Freshpaint Event Tracker if your organization needs event collection, routing, and privacy controls for healthcare use cases.

6.0 Pricing on request Visit site
18

Keen Product Analytics

Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Keen offers event collection, inspection, querying, and embedded dashboards, with plan limits stated for Team and Business.

5.8 From $149/mo Visit site
19

Meiro Pipes

Free plan

5.8 Free plan · pricing on request · 30-day trial Visit site
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JENTIS

Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

Choose JENTIS if you need hybrid first-party data collection, processing and routing, with plans that add mobile and enterprise capabilities.

5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
21

mParticle

Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Choose mParticle if your team needs customer data collection, identity resolution, and routing to analytics, marketing, testing, or warehousing tools.

5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
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Snowplow
by Snowplow
Free trial API

Snowplow pairs event and ecommerce tracking with a choice between a self-hosted pipeline and a managed platform. Pricing requires an inquiry, and the free trial lasts 14 days.

5.6 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Visit site
23

Track

Free trial APIWeb

Track combines event collection, routing, consent controls and data-quality tools, with limits that vary by plan.

5.6 From €19/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
24

Tealium EventStream

Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

4.4 Pricing on request Visit site

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