# Matomo vs Pendo (slim)

> Matomo scores 59.5 (C) to Pendo's 48.2 (D) for analytics queries. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Matomo scores 59.5 (C) on agent readiness against Pendo's 48.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pendo leads on reliability. Both do analytics queries.

- Matomo: C 59.5, rank #546 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/matomo.min.md
- Pendo: D 48.2, rank #820 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pendo.min.md
- Matomo, good for Teams that want web and product analytics with data kept in the EU or on their own servers, queried by report, segment, funnel or cohort. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 73 against 59; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 41; Security & auth, 71 against 58; Payments & pricing, 30 against 5; Maintenance & community, 79 against 70. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Pendo, good for Teams already paying for Pendo who want an agent to answer questions on usage, funnels, retention, guides and feedback, or to draft segments and journeys. Ahead on Reliability, 45 against 38. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Matomo | Pendo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 38 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 41 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 5 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 69 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Matomo | Pendo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | InnoCraft Limited | Pendo.io, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://app.pendo.io/mcp/v0/shttp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Licence | Matomo core is GPL-3.0-or-later and the MCP server plugin is GPL v3 or later. Matomo Cloud is a hosted service under InnoCraft's terms. Paid On-Premise plugins fall under the InnoCraft EULA | Proprietary service under the Pendo Software Services Agreement. The Claude Code plugin repository on GitHub is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 19 | 93 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-04 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-04-10 | 2022-08-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-05 | 2024-11-04 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 1 stars |