Rybbit shows you the sessions. Neo reads them.
Rybbit is open source analytics with replay and funnels, for teams who read their own data. GrainQL is for teams with no analyst who want the cause named.
14 days free, no card. Runs next to Rybbit.
Which one fits you.
Pick Rybbit if
You want open source analytics you can host yourself, and you are happy to read the dashboard on your own.
- You want to read the code and run it on your own server
- Your developers want errors and web vitals next to the traffic
- You have time to watch replays, or an agent you already trust
Pick GrainQL if
You have no analyst, and you want the cause of a drop named for you, not one more dashboard to read.
- Nobody on the team has time to watch session recordings
- You want to hear about a drop before you go looking for it
- You run paid campaigns and need to see which paths end in a sale
What actually differs.
Three situations where the choice shows.
The number dropped. Somebody has to read it.
Signups are down since Tuesday. You have the funnel, the sessions and the replays. You do not have a free afternoon.
Rybbit
Rybbit shows which funnel step leaks and lets you filter the replays behind it. Reading them is your job, or the job of a Claude or Cursor agent you connect over MCP.
GrainQL
Neo reads the sessions for you. Ask why signups dropped and get a first answer in about 3 seconds, with the cause named and the recordings attached.
Nobody asked the question yet.
Checkout broke on Friday night. Nobody opened the dashboard until Monday.
Rybbit
Rybbit sends scheduled email reports, daily, weekly or monthly. They carry the numbers. Spotting the drop inside them is up to you.
GrainQL
Neo sends a daily digest and flags drops and spikes without being asked. You find out before Monday.
Where on the page they gave up.
The pricing page gets traffic and few clicks. You want to see how far people scroll and what they tap.
Rybbit
Rybbit records sessions and captures clicks automatically, but it has no heatmaps. You watch replays one at a time to build the picture.
GrainQL
GrainQL has click and scroll heatmaps on every plan. Ask Neo about the page and it attaches the recordings worth watching.
Row by row.
Checked against Rybbit's own site in October 2026.
Finding the cause
Seeing the evidence
Setup and upkeep
Data and ownership
What it costs.
Rybbit starts cheaper, and costs nothing if you host it yourself. With GrainQL you pay more so that Neo does the reading.
Rybbit
Rybbit cloud is priced by monthly pageviews, from $13 a month billed annually. Session replay needs the Pro plan, from $26 a month. Self-hosting is free.
GrainQL
From $29 a month for 50,000 monthly visitors. Billed by visitors, with unlimited events per visitor. Every feature is on every plan.
See every planWhen Rybbit is the better pick.
Fair is fair.
You want open source you can host.
Rybbit is AGPL v3 and installs on your own server with Docker. GrainQL is closed source, and self-hosting exists only as an Enterprise private deployment.
Price decides it.
Rybbit Standard starts at $13 a month billed annually, and Pro with replay at $26. GrainQL starts at $29. Self-hosted Rybbit is free.
Your team is mostly developers.
Rybbit tracks JavaScript errors and Core Web Vitals next to your traffic, and its MCP server plugs into Claude Code or Cursor. GrainQL does not track errors or vitals.
Try both for two weeks.
Both scripts are cookieless and run on the same page. Keep Rybbit exactly as it is and add GrainQL for the 14-day trial.
- 1
Add the GrainQL tag next to Rybbit.
Paste one script tag in the head, or add it in GTM. It takes about two minutes. Rybbit keeps counting as before.
- 2
Ask both the same question.
Pick one real drop from the last week. Find the cause in Rybbit's funnels and replays. Then ask Neo, and compare the time and the answer.
- 3
Decide on day 14.
If Neo found things you would have missed, keep GrainQL. If Rybbit already tells you enough, stay there and save the money.
Get the side-by-side test plan.
One page on running GrainQL next to Rybbit: what to install, what to compare, how to decide.
Questions.
Yes. Rybbit ships session replay, funnels, journeys, goals, retention, error tracking and web vitals. Replay is on its Pro plan and up. GrainQL has replay and funnels on every plan, plus heatmaps, which Rybbit does not have.
Put Neo next to Rybbit for 14 days.
Add one script tag, keep Rybbit running, and ask Neo about your last drop. No credit card. If the answers are no better, remove the tag.