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# Hardal vs Competitors

Hardal compares to Stape, Jitsu, Tealium, Mixpanel, and RudderStack for server-side analytics, GTM hosting, and customer data platforms.

Source: https://usehardal.com/compare/all

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These five tools each cover a different slice of the same problem, which is why teams rarely evaluate them one at a time.

Stape hosts server-side containers and stops there. Jitsu and RudderStack move events into a warehouse and leave the reporting to you. Tealium is a full CDP with identity resolution, scoped and priced for enterprise. Mixpanel is a product analytics interface rather than a collection layer. Hardal covers collection, governance, routing, and reporting in one product.

Fewer ticks in a column does not make a tool worse. It makes it narrower. The question is whether that gap sits where your stack already has one.

Pricing breakdowns for the closest hosting alternatives: [Stape pricing](https://usehardal.com/blog/stape-pricing) and [Addingwell pricing](https://usehardal.com/blog/addingwell-pricing).

|                     | Hardal         | Stape            | Jitsu          | Tealium           | Mixpanel         | RudderStack      |
|---------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Server-side Google Tag Manager (sGTM) Hosting        | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ⚠️ |
| CAPI (Meta) Hosting | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ |
| TikTok eAPI Hosting | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ |
| Data ownership | 100% first-party | Shared cloud | Shared cloud | Self-hosted option | Shared cloud | Self-hosted option |
| Self-hosted |  ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Hosting regions |US, UK, EU, EMEA and Asia, or self-hosted anywhere | EU and US | Global | Global | Global | Global |
| Web Analytics | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ |
| Mobile Analytics | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Custom JSON event params Data Hub  | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Marketing Attribution Data Hub | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ |
| User Distinct Data Hub  | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 
| Offline/Online Data Matching | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Destinations S2S Webhook | Unlimited | ❌ | 300+ | 50+ | 100+ | 200+ |
| ETL/Data Governance | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅ |
| Data Retention | Custom | 30 days | Custom (paid) | Custom | Custom (paid) | Custom |
| Data Redaction | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ |
| Auto PII Hashing | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅ |
| Pricing Aug 2026 | From $249/m | From $17/m | $120/m+ | Free + Paid | $25/m+ | Free + Paid |