Highseat vs DataFast
A DataFast alternativefor more than one site.
Unlimited sites, unlimited team members and a full export come with every Highseat plan. DataFast Starter covers one site and one person, and DataFast has no export.
14 days free, no card required.
The short answer
Highseat costs $100 less a year than DataFast Growth at 100k, with unlimited sites and data kept forever.
| Fact | Highseat | DataFast |
|---|---|---|
| 100k events a month | $29, unlimited sites | $19 for one site, $39 for 30 |
| Sites and team members | Unlimited | 1, or 30 on Growth |
| Export | Every event, as CSV | None |
Fit
Which one fits you?Count your sites first.
Both attribute revenue to sources and both bill by monthly events. DataFast's price doubles at the second site or the second person. Highseat's stays the same.
Choose Highseat if
- YesYou run a second site or work with someone, and want the price to stay put.
- YesYou want to pick the attribution model and the lookback window.
- YesYou want a copy of every event you collect, whenever you ask for it.
- YesYou want a tracker that sets no cookies.
- YesA launch spike should not lock you out of your own numbers.
Stick with DataFast if
- You run one site alone and want the lowest price: $19 a month at 100k events.
- You sell through LemonSqueezy, Paddle, Shopify, WooCommerce or Dodo Payments.
- You track MRR and churn straight from your payment provider.
- You run Meta Ads and want return on ad spend per campaign.
Gaps
DataFast charges you for growing.Then locks you out at the limit.
Three limits show up once a project takes off. Each one comes from DataFast's own price table and terms.
- 01
The dashboard locks at 100%
One month over the event limit locks the dashboard until you upgrade. Highseat counts a month as over only above 110%, and locks only 7 days after a second month in a row passes it. Export stays open.
- 02
One site and one person on Starter
A second site or a teammate moves you to Growth, at twice the price: $39 instead of $19 at 100k events.
- 03
No export
DataFast's terms say it "does not provide consolidated archive exports or raw event logs". Cancel, and your data is deleted after 30 days.
Side by side
Highseat and DataFast,row by row.
Where DataFast wins a row, the table says so.
| Feature | Highseat | DataFast |
|---|---|---|
| Price and plans | ||
| Price at 100k events a month | $29, every feature | $19 Starter, $39 Growth |
| Price at 1M events a month | $89, every feature | $69 Starter, $139 Growth |
| Sites | YesUnlimited | With a condition1 on Starter, 30 on Growth |
| Team members | YesUnlimited | With a condition1 on Starter, 30 on Growth |
| What counts as an event | YesPageviews and custom events | With a conditionPayments count too |
| Over the event limit | YesOpen to 110%, export always open | NoDashboard locks at 100% |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | 14 days, no card |
| Revenue | ||
| Revenue attribution | YesStripe and Polar, net of refunds | Yes7 providers and an API |
| Connecting a payment provider | YesWebhook, no API key needed | With a conditionAPI key or token with read access |
| Attribution model | YesLast, first or linear, 7 to 90 days | NoNo setting |
| MRR and churn | NoNo | YesFrom the provider |
| Ad spend | NoNo | With a conditionMeta Ads only |
| Reports | ||
| Funnels | YesEvery plan | YesEvery plan |
| Share links | YesSeveral per site, password and expiry | With a conditionOne public link per site |
| Email reports | NoNot yet | YesWeekly, plus alerts |
| AI crawlers and social mentions | NoNo | YesAI crawlers, X and Reddit |
| Collection | ||
| Cookies | YesNone | NoKept a year, by default |
| Global Privacy Control | YesHonoured | NoNot read |
| Script size | YesUnder 3 KB gzipped | With a condition5.3 KB gzipped |
| Collection on your own domain | YesGenerated handler, every plan | YesManaged CNAME, or self-built |
| Where data is stored | YesFinland, EU | With a conditionMostly outside the EU, US included |
| Your data | ||
| Data retention | YesForever, every plan | With a condition3 years, 5+ on Growth |
| Raw event export | YesCSV of every event | NoNone, API only |
| Imports | YesPlausible and DataFast | With a conditionPlausible exports |
| Stats API | YesEvery plan | YesEvery plan |
| MCP server | YesEvery plan | Yes63 tools, OAuth sign-in |
| CLI and mobile app | NoNo | YesBoth |
| Highseat | DataFast |
|---|---|
| Price and plans | |
| Price at 100k events a month | |
| $29, every feature | $19 Starter, $39 Growth |
| Price at 1M events a month | |
| $89, every feature | $69 Starter, $139 Growth |
| Sites | |
| YesUnlimited | With a condition1 on Starter, 30 on Growth |
| Team members | |
| YesUnlimited | With a condition1 on Starter, 30 on Growth |
| What counts as an event | |
| YesPageviews and custom events | With a conditionPayments count too |
| Over the event limit | |
| YesOpen to 110%, export always open | NoDashboard locks at 100% |
| Free trial | |
| 14 days, no card | 14 days, no card |
| Revenue | |
| Revenue attribution | |
| YesStripe and Polar, net of refunds | Yes7 providers and an API |
| Connecting a payment provider | |
| YesWebhook, no API key needed | With a conditionAPI key or token with read access |
| Attribution model | |
| YesLast, first or linear, 7 to 90 days | NoNo setting |
| MRR and churn | |
| NoNo | YesFrom the provider |
| Ad spend | |
| NoNo | With a conditionMeta Ads only |
| Reports | |
| Funnels | |
| YesEvery plan | YesEvery plan |
| Share links | |
| YesSeveral per site, password and expiry | With a conditionOne public link per site |
| Email reports | |
| NoNot yet | YesWeekly, plus alerts |
| AI crawlers and social mentions | |
| NoNo | YesAI crawlers, X and Reddit |
| Collection | |
| Cookies | |
| YesNone | NoKept a year, by default |
| Global Privacy Control | |
| YesHonoured | NoNot read |
| Script size | |
| YesUnder 3 KB gzipped | With a condition5.3 KB gzipped |
| Collection on your own domain | |
| YesGenerated handler, every plan | YesManaged CNAME, or self-built |
| Where data is stored | |
| YesFinland, EU | With a conditionMostly outside the EU, US included |
| Your data | |
| Data retention | |
| YesForever, every plan | With a condition3 years, 5+ on Growth |
| Raw event export | |
| YesCSV of every event | NoNone, API only |
| Imports | |
| YesPlausible and DataFast | With a conditionPlausible exports |
| Stats API | |
| YesEvery plan | YesEvery plan |
| MCP server | |
| YesEvery plan | Yes63 tools, OAuth sign-in |
| CLI and mobile app | |
| NoNo | YesBoth |
DataFast figures from datafa.st, read 2 November 2026. Prices are list prices, billed monthly. Spot a mistake? Write to support@highseat.com.
Credit
Where DataFast still wins.The short list.
If none of these is a must for you, there is little reason to stay on DataFast.
- 01
Subscription revenue
DataFast reads trials, upgrades and cancellations from 7 payment providers and charts MRR. Highseat connects Stripe and Polar, and reports revenue without MRR.
- 02
Meta Ads and social mentions
DataFast shows Meta Ads spend and return on ad spend per campaign, with X and Reddit mentions on the chart. Highseat has neither.
- 03
A mobile app and a CLI
DataFast has iOS and Android apps, a command-line tool and an MCP server with 63 tools. Highseat has an MCP server and the Stats API.
Revenue
Revenue on every breakdown.Net of refunds.
Connect Stripe or Polar. Each page, source, country and device shows what it earned, with refunds taken off.
The Sources card with gross revenue, refunds and net revenue for the last 30 days, and each source's revenue beside its visitors. A new Stripe payment lands on the Google row.
Payments joined to the visit
Pass the visit's attribution id to your checkout. The payment lands on the source that sent the buyer.
Last click, first click or linear
Credit goes to the visit that bought, last click by default. Switch the model any time.
Cost
$100 less a yearthan DataFast Growth.
Highseat at 100k events against DataFast Growth at 100k events, both billed yearly. Growth is the plan a second site or a teammate needs.
Highseat
$290a year
or $29 a month
- Unlimited sites
- Unlimited team members
- Revenue by source
- Data kept forever
DataFast Growth
$390a year
or $39 a month
- 30 sites
- 30 team members
- Revenue by source
- 5+ years of data
At 1M events, $890 against $1,390 a year. DataFast Starter costs less for one site and one person: $190 a year at 100k.
Switch
Bring your history over.Then run both for a week.
Paste a DataFast website API key and Highseat reads your history through its API. It fills in every day before your first tracked one.
- Day 1
Install and import
Add the snippet or the handler for your framework, then paste your DataFast key in site settings.
- Week 1
Compare side by side
Check the numbers against each other. Connect Stripe or Polar and pick an attribution model.
- Month 1
Build on it, then cancel
Set up funnels and share links, then cancel DataFast. Your imported history stays.
Import before you cancel: DataFast deletes your data 30 days later. Imported breakdowns count visitors only, and revenue stays in DataFast.
Can I import my DataFast data?
Yes. Paste a DataFast website API key in site settings and Highseat reads your history through its API. Days Highseat already tracks are skipped, so nothing counts twice. Imported breakdowns count visitors only, and revenue is not imported.
DataFast's terms ask for a cookie banner. Does Highseat need one?
The Highseat tracker sets no cookies and sends nothing from a browser that has Global Privacy Control turned on. Highseat never stores a visitor's IP address or user agent. That supports your GDPR, CCPA and PECR obligations, and most sites that use it for anonymous traffic statistics can drop the cookie banner. Whether your site still needs consent depends on the rules of the countries you serve and on how you use it. The tracker keeps a random per-tab id in the browser's session storage, and identify() keeps the user id you send in local storage. Some regulators treat any data stored on a device as needing consent, so check with your own adviser before you remove a banner.
Do I need a higher plan for funnels or revenue?
No. Every plan has every feature. A plan is a monthly event allowance and nothing else.
How do events compare with DataFast events?
DataFast counts pageviews, payments, trial sign-ups and custom goals. Highseat counts pageviews and custom events, and never bills a payment. The same traffic counts the same or less on Highseat.
Can I keep DataFast running while I test?
Yes. Both scripts can run on the same page, so you can compare a week of numbers before you cancel.
What happens after the 14-day trial?
Pick a plan to keep going. Without one, collection runs for 14 more days and stops, and your sites are deleted after 60 days.
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