Side by side

Raccoon vs Tracardi

Both stand on event tracking software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

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. Look elsewhere, or plan supporting infrastructure, if you need the ingestion service itself to provide application-level HTTPS or authentication.

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Tracardi

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Tracardi offers customer-data collection, profile management, and journey automation for tailored CDP deployments. The free plan has stated limits, and commercial hosted use requires a commercial license.

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The facts

	Raccoon	Tracardi
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	API, Self-hosted	API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Free or on request
Plans published	None	3
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	raystack.github.io	tracardi.com
On event tracking software	#13 of 24	#9 of 24

Raccoon: what it does well

Accepts events over WebSocket, REST and gRPC.
Routes varied event schemas using event metadata.
Kafka is a stable message-queue destination.
Monitoring covers latency and active connections.
Docker and Kubernetes deployment paths are documented.

What to know first

Application-level HTTPS and authentication are not provided.
Pub/Sub and Kinesis destinations are marked alpha.

Tracardi: what it does well

Combines behavioral data into unified customer profiles
Can automatically deduplicate customer records
Journey automation supports targeting and recommendations
Open-source version is free

What to know first

Free plan limits events per second and automation
Free plan is single tenant and lacks event validation
Does not send marketing campaigns
Production deployment lists four dependencies

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