Nexly
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Nexly vs Rybbit

Rybbit is an open source, cookieless Google Analytics replacement with session replay and web vitals. Nexly shares the privacy stance and adds a permanent free plan, AI insights, anomaly alerts, and SDKs beyond the browser.

Choose Nexly if

  • You want a permanent free plan instead of a 7 day trial
  • You want Insights, a built in AI assistant that explains the numbers — Rybbit has none
  • You want anomaly alerts watching your data instead of one more section to check
  • You track apps too: React Native, Flutter, native iOS, Kotlin Android, and Node SDKs are included
  • You want unlimited websites and team members on every plan, including free

Choose Rybbit if

  • You want an open source tool you can self host with full feature parity
  • You need session replay, web vitals, or error tracking
  • EU-hosted cloud by default is a hard requirement

Side by side

 NexlyRybbit
Free plan10,000 events per month (pageviews + custom), every feature7 day trial, paid from $13 per month billed annually; self hosting is free
Open sourceNo, managed serviceYes, AGPL 3.0, self hostable with full feature parity
PlatformsWeb, React, Next.js, React Native, Flutter, Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android), NodeWebsites, plus a REST API
CookiesNo cookies, optional privacy modeNo cookies
AI assistantNexly Insights built in, answers with live charts and dashboard linksNot built in; hosted MCP server for external agents
Anomaly detectionAdaptive alerts, one click opens Insights with the incident in contextNot available
Team membersUnlimited on every plan3 on Standard, unlimited on Pro
Session replay and web vitalsNot offeredWeb vitals and error tracking included; replay on the Pro plan
Bot and AI trafficOwn dashboard section: bots vs humans, crawler coverage, AI referralsBot filtering

Two takes on the same philosophy

Rybbit and Nexly agree on the fundamentals: no cookies, a lightweight script, no advertising agenda. Rybbit leans into surface area — session replay, journeys, retention, web vitals, error tracking, a real-time globe — and publishes everything under AGPL so you can run the full stack yourself. That breadth has a cost: the dashboard has grown into many sections to navigate, and it is on you to connect what they say. Nexly leans into the analysis layer instead: one calm page with the numbers that matter, anomaly detection that flags unusual days, and a consistent SDK family across web, mobile, and backend.

Nobody in the tool to ask why

Rybbit gives you the raw material — replays to watch, journeys to trace, errors to read — but no assistant to interpret any of it; its MCP server lets an external AI agent query the API, which helps if you already run one. In Nexly, Insights is built into the dashboard: ask why signups dipped on Tuesday and get an answer in plain language, with charts and links to the exact view, no agent setup required. Anomaly flags open in Insights with the incident already in context, and Insights can propose ready-to-create funnels from your real events.

Free plan versus free trial

Rybbit Cloud starts with a 7 day trial; after that the Standard plan is $13 per month billed annually, with team size capped at three until the Pro plan. Self hosting is genuinely free, but then the server, upgrades, and backups are yours to run. Nexly's free plan is permanent and hosted: 10,000 events per month with every feature, unlimited websites, and unlimited team members.

Events are not the same as pageviews

Nexly bills monthly events: each pageview and each custom product event counts once. Session housekeeping signals do not. Many privacy analytics tools label pricing tiers in pageviews — some bill pageviews only, others also count custom events under that label. Treat same-number volume comparisons as approximate. If you only know your pageview count, add the product events you plan to send (signups, checkouts, feature use) before picking a Nexly tier. A site that looks cheap at pageview-only volume can land on a higher plan once product analytics is in earnest.

Traffic that is not human

Most tools silently filter bot traffic out. Nexly classifies every event it receives instead — search engine crawlers, AI bots, link previews, datacenter traffic — and shows them in a dedicated section, kept out of your human metrics. It also tracks AI referrals: real visitors who arrive from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other assistants. One honest caveat applies to every script-based tool, Nexly included: crawlers that never execute JavaScript stay invisible.

Switching from Rybbit

  1. Create a free Nexly property and add the snippet next to your Rybbit script.
  2. Recreate your Rybbit goals and custom events as Nexly custom events with typed properties.
  3. Run both side by side until you trust the numbers, then remove the Rybbit script.

Common questions

Can I self host Nexly like Rybbit?
No. Nexly is a managed service only. If running analytics on your own infrastructure is a hard requirement, Rybbit's AGPL licensed stack with full feature parity is a strong fit. In exchange, Nexly ships AI insights, anomaly detection, and mobile SDKs that you do not have to operate yourself.
Does Nexly have session replay or web vitals?
No. Nexly focuses on traffic, acquisition, funnels, and custom events. If watching individual sessions or monitoring Core Web Vitals is essential, Rybbit covers both.
Does Rybbit have a built in AI assistant?
No. Rybbit offers a hosted MCP server so an external AI agent can query its API, but there is no assistant inside the dashboard. Nexly's assistant, Insights, is built in: it answers plain-language questions about your live data with charts and links to the exact view.
Is Nexly really free?
Yes. The free plan includes 10,000 events per month with every feature: unlimited websites, unlimited team members, funnels, reports, and AI insights. Paid plans only raise the event allowance. An event is a pageview or a custom product event — not session housekeeping.
How do Nexly events compare to pageviews?
Nexly bills monthly events: each pageview and each custom product event counts once. Session housekeeping signals do not. Many privacy analytics tools label pricing tiers in pageviews — some bill pageviews only, others also count custom events under that label. Treat same-number volume comparisons as approximate. If you only know your pageview count, add the product events you plan to send (signups, checkouts, feature use) before picking a Nexly tier. A site that looks cheap at pageview-only volume can land on a higher plan once product analytics is in earnest.
Does Nexly use cookies?
No. Nexly never uses cookies. By default identifiers live in local storage, and privacy mode removes device storage entirely with a daily rotating pseudonymous fingerprint.

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