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Countly vs Holistics
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Countly and Holistics — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Countly vs Holistics: at a glance
What is Countly?
Countly 25.03.59 defaults to Node 26, supports MongoDB 9 and tightens app scoping.
Countly 25.03.59 on November 13 is a large LTS patch. Clean installs and Docker images move to Node.js 26 and MongoDB 9.0, with older versions still working, and arm64 Docker images arrive. Security fixes tighten which apps a scoped token or member can reach across exports, dashboards, alerts and data tools, and wrong two-factor codes now count toward lockout.
What is Holistics?
Holistics adds period-over-period comparison to dashboards and turns viz aggregations into metrics.
Holistics is shipping weekly changes on both the modeling and consumption sides of its BI product. Viewers can now compare periods from a dashboard chart's Analyze menu, next to trend and reference lines. On the modeling side, aggregating a dimension on a viz now creates a reusable metric, after recent additions of Data Lineage, Apache Ossie conversion and branches.
Countly vs Holistics: editorial side-by-side
Countly
5.0ANALYTICS
Countly 25.03.59 defaults to Node 26, supports MongoDB 9 and tightens app scoping.
◆ Current state
Countly 25.03.59 on November 13 is a large LTS patch. Clean installs and Docker images move to Node.js 26 and MongoDB 9.0, with older versions still working, and arm64 Docker images arrive. Security fixes tighten which apps a scoped token or member can reach across exports, dashboards, alerts and data tools, and wrong two-factor codes now count toward lockout.
◆ Where it's heading
Countly is still mostly hardening access control, carrying the token-scoping work from 25.03.58 into every plugin that reads or changes app data. At the same time it keeps the self-hosted stack on current runtimes.
◆ Prediction
Expect a 24.05 patch that backports these scoping fixes, as 24.05.55 did after 25.03.58.
Holistics
5.0ANALYTICS
Holistics adds period-over-period comparison to dashboards and turns viz aggregations into metrics.
◆ Current state
Holistics is shipping weekly changes on both the modeling and consumption sides of its BI product. Viewers can now compare periods from a dashboard chart's Analyze menu, next to trend and reference lines. On the modeling side, aggregating a dimension on a viz now creates a reusable metric, after recent additions of Data Lineage, Apache Ossie conversion and branches.
◆ Where it's heading
Analysis that used to need a modeler keeps moving into the dashboard viewer's hands, while ad-hoc work in vizzes feeds back into the semantic layer as reusable definitions. Both directions strengthen the semantic model as the center of the product.
◆ Prediction
More Analyze-menu options for viewers look likely, since period comparison is the third such tool added in a month after trend and reference lines.
Alternatives to Countly and Holistics
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 Holistics.
Dovetail
Dovetail lets admins choose which connectors members can plug into the workspace.
Dagster
Dagster drops Python 3.10 and lets agents run schedules and sensors through MCP.
OpenHouse
OpenHouse adds time-zone-aware retention and per-database table caps.
Kubecost
Kubecost cuts three 3.3.2 release candidates in two days, still without notes.
RStudio
RStudio opens the 2026.11 train with another NOTICE file update.
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Recent activity from Countly and Holistics
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 17h agoCountlyCountly 25.03.59: Node 26, MongoDB 9, app scoping fixes
- 2d agoHolisticsHolistics puts date grains directly in the field list
- 2d agoHolisticsLocalization is coming to embedded analytics
- 8d agoHolisticsð Compare periods directly in dashboards
- 9d agoHolistics𧩠Aggregating a dimension on a viz now creates a metric
- 12d agoHolisticsHolistics AI chat notifies you when a long task needs input
- 14d agoCountlyCountly 24.05.55: token rules backported, Node 22 move
- 17d agoCountlyCountly 25.03.58: token scoping, revocation and access fixes
- 18d agoHolisticsPick your own color for the "Others" chart group
- 19d agoCountlyCountly 25.03.57-LTS distrusts emSign roots, fixes A/B setup
- 21d agoCountlyCountly 25.03.56-LTS: Node CVE patch, licence overdue banner
- 1mo agoCountlyCountly 25.03.55: throttled active-user refresh, explicit DB names
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Countly and Holistics?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Countly and Holistics are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Countly better than Holistics?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Countly and Holistics are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). 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 Holistics?
Top Holistics alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Holistics alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/holistics for the full list with editorial commentary on each.