No. Fathom offers only a 7-day trial, then paid plans start at $15/mo for up to 100k pageviews. MetriXs has a free-forever plan (1 site, 5k pageviews/mo) and paid plans from €6/mo.

Does Fathom have uptime monitoring?

No. Fathom removed its uptime monitoring feature in 2023. MetriXs checks your site every 5 minutes and emails your whole team on downtime (opt-in, included on every plan), so you don’t need a separate monitoring subscription.

Does Fathom have an MCP server or site audits?

No first-party ones. Fathom has community-built MCP wrappers around its API, and no GEO/SEO, security or performance audits. MetriXs ships a read-only MCP server on every plan and audits your site’s AI-readiness, SEO, security headers and delivery performance.

Is Fathom cookieless?

Yes. Fathom sets no cookies and needs no consent banner, like MetriXs. Fathom is Canada-based with an optional EU data isolation; MetriXs is hosted in the EU only, which keeps the GDPR story simpler.

Which is better for agencies with many sites?

MetriXs has dedicated Agency plans: white-labeled dashboards, read-only customer seats per client site, PDF report exports and flat prices from €24/mo for 10 sites. Fathom has no white-label or client-seat concept, and its per-pageview tiers make client traffic spikes expensive.

MetriXs

MetriXs vs

Fathom

Both are cookieless, privacy-first, and need no consent banner. The difference is what comes with the dashboard. MetriXs bundles site audits (GEO/SEO, security, performance), 5-minute uptime checks, a first-party MCP server for AI assistants and a free tier, at flat per-site pricing from €6/mo. Fathom is a polished traffic counter, pageview-tiered, with a 7-day trial and none of those extras.

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Site audits Fathom doesn’t run

MetriXs scans your site for GEO-readiness (whether AI engines can find, read and cite you), classic SEO issues, security headers and cookies, and delivery performance. Fathom counts visits; it never inspects your site. The audits turn analytics into a to-do list instead of a scoreboard.

Uptime monitoring included

MetriXs pings your site every 5 minutes and emails your team the moment it goes down (opt-in, all plans). Fathom removed its uptime monitoring back in 2023, so you’d be paying for analytics plus a separate monitoring service.

AI assistants can query your stats

MetriXs ships a first-party, read-only MCP server (mcp.metrixs.eu) on every plan, so ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor can pull your metrics directly. Fathom has only community-built MCP wrappers around its API.

Free tier, flat pricing

MetriXs is free to start (1 site, 5k pageviews/mo) and priced per site from €6/mo: your bill doesn’t move with traffic. Fathom starts at $15/mo for 100k pageviews, is tiered by pageviews, and offers only a 7-day trial.

Side-by-side

Fathom features checked from usefathom.com (Sep 2026). Starts at $15/mo (100k pv), pageview-tiered, 7-day trial.

	MetriXs	Fathom
Starting price	€6/mo (1 site, 1 member, 15k pv)	$15/mo (100k pv)
Pricing model	Flat (sites + members)	Tiered by pageviews
Free plan	Yes, 5k pv, 1 site, 1mo	No (7-day trial only)
AI referral tracking	Yes, all plans (dedicated panel)	No
MCP server (AI access to stats)	Yes, built-in, all plans	No (community wrappers only)
GEO/SEO audits	Yes (Team & Pro)	No
Security audit (HTTPS, headers, cookies)	Yes (Team & Pro)	No
Performance audit (TTFB, caching)	Yes (Team & Pro)	No
Uptime monitoring	Yes, all plans (5-min checks, email alerts)	No (removed 2023)
White-label agencies	Yes (Agency plans, customer seats)	No
PDF reports	Yes (Team & Pro)	No
Revenue tracking	Yes, incl. Shopify app	Yes (events count as pageviews)
Sites included	By plan (from 1)	From 10 sites on the entry plan
Cookies	None	None
Cookie banner needed	No	No
GDPR compliant	By design	Yes
Hosted in EU	Yes (Germany)	Canada (EU isolation option)
Data retention	1–24 months (by plan)	Forever
Custom events	Yes	Yes (count toward pageviews)
Open source / self-hosting	No	No

Both tools are cookieless and privacy-first; Fathom is Canada-based with an EU data-isolation option, MetriXs is EU-hosted end to end. Fathom keeps data forever on all plans, which MetriXs caps by plan (1–24 months). Beyond counting, MetriXs adds audits, uptime monitoring and AI access Fathom doesn’t have.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Fathom free?: No. Fathom offers only a 7-day trial, then paid plans start at $15/mo for up to 100k pageviews. MetriXs has a free-forever plan (1 site, 5k pageviews/mo) and paid plans from €6/mo.
Does Fathom have uptime monitoring?: No. Fathom removed its uptime monitoring feature in 2023. MetriXs checks your site every 5 minutes and emails your whole team on downtime (opt-in, included on every plan), so you don’t need a separate monitoring subscription.
Does Fathom have an MCP server or site audits?: No first-party ones. Fathom has community-built MCP wrappers around its API, and no GEO/SEO, security or performance audits. MetriXs ships a read-only MCP server on every plan and audits your site’s AI-readiness, SEO, security headers and delivery performance.
Is Fathom cookieless?: Yes. Fathom sets no cookies and needs no consent banner, like MetriXs. Fathom is Canada-based with an optional EU data isolation; MetriXs is hosted in the EU only, which keeps the GDPR story simpler.
Which is better for agencies with many sites?: MetriXs has dedicated Agency plans: white-labeled dashboards, read-only customer seats per client site, PDF report exports and flat prices from €24/mo for 10 sites. Fathom has no white-label or client-seat concept, and its per-pageview tiers make client traffic spikes expensive.