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Countly vs Keboola
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Countly and Keboola — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Countly vs Keboola: at a glance
What is Countly?
Countly is running two release lines on autopilot while quietly hardening its self-hosted core.
Countly ships paired patch releases on its 24.05 and 25.03 branches every one to three weeks, and most of them are fixes: data-manager transformations, event keys with special characters, chart tooltips. The substantive work of the last quarter was security: sanitized HTML sinks, scoped event hooks, a slimmer Docker image, and a sandbox swap for custom hook code. New capability is concentrated in the enterprise journey engine and a rebuilt license system.
What is Keboola?
Keboola's AI agent Kai reaches GA while the platform gets faster underneath.
Keboola made its Kai AI assistant generally available for multi-tenant contracted customers and is rolling out apps that wake 4x faster (opt-in October 1, default October 15). The rest is upkeep: Google Ads connector hardening, Azure maintenance and a Snowflake auth migration path.
Countly vs Keboola: editorial side-by-side
Countly
5.0ANALYTICS
Countly is running two release lines on autopilot while quietly hardening its self-hosted core.
◆ Current state
Countly ships paired patch releases on its 24.05 and 25.03 branches every one to three weeks, and most of them are fixes: data-manager transformations, event keys with special characters, chart tooltips. The substantive work of the last quarter was security: sanitized HTML sinks, scoped event hooks, a slimmer Docker image, and a sandbox swap for custom hook code. New capability is concentrated in the enterprise journey engine and a rebuilt license system.
◆ Where it's heading
The product is in a maintenance-and-hardening phase rather than a feature push, with the LTS branch absorbing the security work and enterprise customers getting the few new features. The License v2 entitlements and slot model, plus tracker-side license lifecycle reporting, suggest Countly is tightening how it meters and enforces paid self-hosted installs. Journey engine is the one surface that keeps gaining capability release after release.
◆ Prediction
Expect License v2 to reach the LTS branch and further journey-engine additions in the next 25.03.x release; the entries give no signal of a new major line yet.
Keboola
6.3ANALYTICS
Keboola's AI agent Kai reaches GA while the platform gets faster underneath.
◆ Current state
Keboola made its Kai AI assistant generally available for multi-tenant contracted customers and is rolling out apps that wake 4x faster (opt-in October 1, default October 15). The rest is upkeep: Google Ads connector hardening, Azure maintenance and a Snowflake auth migration path.
◆ Where it's heading
Keboola is building an AI-operable data platform: MCP login moved to a one-time browser session across projects, Kai reached GA, and workspaces can now write straight to Storage. Runtime work on app cold starts and branched storage for BigQuery supports this by reducing friction for agent-driven workflows.
◆ Prediction
Expect Kai availability to extend beyond multi-tenant contracted plans and more MCP and agent integrations, based on the August–September sequence.
Alternatives to Countly and Keboola
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Countly or Keboola.
Kubecost
Kubecost's public feed is a string of release-candidate version bumps toward 3.3.
OpenHouse
OpenHouse is building the governance and optimizer plumbing a self-managing Iceberg catalog needs.
Holistics
Holistics is putting AI to work on top of the warehouse's own semantic layer.
Microsoft Clarity
Clarity keeps turning bot traffic and AI citations into a second analytics product.
OpenCTI
OpenCTI ships near-daily, steering security coverage and AI work through XTM One.
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Recent activity from Countly and Keboola
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoKeboolaApps are now 4x faster. Try It Early
- 1d agoCountly24.05.54: data-manager merge and logging fixes
- 2d agoKeboolaScheduled Partial Maintenance of all Azure stacks – October 10, 2026
- 9d agoCountly25.03.54: License v2 entitlements and journey charts
- 9d agoKeboolaGoogle Ads connector handles renamed API fields
- 17d agoKeboolaKai is Now Generally Available (Multi-Tenant, Contracted Customers) ⚡
- 21d agoKeboolaSnowflake Password Workspace Stopped Working? Migrate It to Key Pair
- 28d agoCountly25.03.53-LTS: security patches for sinks, OIDC and surveys
- 28d agoCountly24.05.53: tooltip escaping and OIDC security fixes
- 1mo agoKeboolaKeboola MCP: Log In Once, Work Across Every Project
- 1mo agoCountly25.03.52-LTS: isolated-vm hook sandbox and slimmer images
- 1mo agoCountly24.05.52: fixes for event keys with special characters
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Countly and Keboola?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Keboola is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Countly better than Keboola?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Keboola is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Countly?
Top Countly alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Countly alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/countly-server for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Keboola?
Top Keboola alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Keboola alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/keboola for the full list with editorial commentary on each.