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DataFast alternative: Nordva Launch

DataFast installs a tracking script on a website and connects to Stripe, LemonSqueezy, Polar, Paddle, Shopify or WooCommerce (or a Payment API) so that visits, goals and revenue are attributed to traffic sources and campaigns. A payment is tied to a visitor when your checkout passes the datafast_visitor_id and datafast_session_id cookies as checkout metadata (no webhook needed for Stripe), or when the page after payment sends a payment event with the customer's email. This page sets it next to Nordva Launch on the things a developer checks first: price, API, MCP support and scope. Vendor facts were read from datafa.st on 2026-09-24; prices change, so verify before deciding.

DataFast Nordva Launch
What it is DataFast installs a tracking script on a website and connects to Stripe, LemonSqueezy, Polar, Paddle, Shopify or WooCommerce (or a Payment API) so that visits, goals and revenue are attributed to traffic sources and campaigns. A payment is tied to a visitor when your checkout passes the datafast_visitor_id and datafast_session_id cookies as checkout metadata (no webhook needed for Stripe), or when the page after payment sends a payment event with the customer's email. One API and MCP server for changelog, waitlist, feedback triage, in-app notifications, and read-only Stripe revenue, contacts and attribution.
Free tier No: No free plan. '14-day free trial', no credit card required. If events exceed the plan, tracking continues but the dashboard is locked until the plan is upgraded. Yes: 2 projects, each with 100 waitlist signups and 25 changelog entries; web analytics up to 10,000 events a month and a Stripe connection; API and MCP included; no card
Entry price $9/month billed monthly ($90/year billed yearly, '2 months free') for 10k monthly events (Starter: up to 10k events/month, 1 website, 1 team member, 3 years data retention, 100K AI bot requests, API, CLI and MCP access). Usage-based by monthly events, chosen with a slider, each in two plans. Starter (1 website, 1 team member): 10k $9, 100k $19, 200k $29, 500k $49, 1M $69, 2M $89, 5M $129, 10M $169, 10M+ $199 per month; yearly is 10x the monthly price. Growth (30 websites, 30 team members, 5+ years retention, social mentions and X links attribution): 10k $19, 100k $39, 200k $59, 500k $99, 1M $139, 2M $179, 5M $259, 10M $339, 10M+ $399 per month; yearly 10x. Add-on: 1M extra bot-traffic requests for $9/month. $19/month (Indie), about 20% off annually
Public API Yes: REST API at https://datafa.st/api/v1/ with a Website API (df_ keys: read analytics, list visitors, send goals, send payments, identify users) and an Account API (dft_ tokens: manage websites, keys, funnels, alerts, team, integrations). Listed as included on both Starter and Growth. Yes: REST, keys scoped to one project (1 to 3 per project by plan), idempotent writes
MCP server Yes: Yes, with a dedicated /mcp page: remote server at https://datafa.st/api/mcp over Streamable HTTP, OAuth or scoped API token, 'Works with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and compatible MCP clients'. Tools cover traffic and revenue metrics, goals and funnels, visitor journeys, AI crawler tracking, website operations and account administration. There is also a CLI. 'API, CLI & MCP' is listed on every plan. Yes: mcp.nordva.dev, one server for every primitive, on every plan including Free. Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf
Covers Changelog: no · Waitlist: no · Feedback: no · In-app notifications: no · Revenue metrics: yes · Contacts: no · Attribution: yes Changelog: yes · Waitlist: yes · Feedback: yes · In-app notifications: yes · Revenue metrics: yes · Contacts: yes · Attribution: yes

What DataFast offers

  • Usage-based pricing by monthly events from $9/month (Starter, 10k events) to $399/month (Growth, 10M+ events)
  • Revenue attribution through native Stripe, LemonSqueezy, Polar and Shopify integrations (named in the home page FAQ), Paddle and WooCommerce guides in the docs, or a Payment API; attribution needs the visitor id passed in checkout metadata or a payment event carrying the customer's email
  • Default script uses cookies to recognise returning visitors; an optional cookieless script rotates visitor identifiers about every 24 hours and is 'less accurate ... especially for revenue attribution'
  • API, CLI and a remote MCP server on every plan, with OAuth for MCP clients
  • Tracks AI crawler traffic and social mentions (Growth) alongside web analytics
  • Made by Marc, who introduces himself on the home page as its creator; terms governed by the laws of Singapore

Based in unknown (no entity or address on the site; terms are governed by the laws of Singapore).

Where Nordva Launch differs

DataFast is web analytics that follows a visitor from the first page view to a Stripe, LemonSqueezy, Polar, Paddle or Shopify payment, priced by monthly events from $9, with an API, a CLI and an MCP server on every plan. Its default script uses cookies; its cookieless option is stated to be less accurate for revenue attribution. It is the closest tool to Launch. Both have a tracking script with sources, pages, places, goals and funnels, and trace Stripe customers to their first visit. DataFast also reads LemonSqueezy, Polar, Paddle and Shopify, tracks AI-crawler traffic and social mentions, and starts with a 14-day trial. Launch has a free plan that includes a Stripe connection, decides per visit whether a cookie may be set (in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland only after consent, in its default mode), traces people who joined a waitlist without any script, keeps each person's waitlist signup, feedback and payments on one record (Indie and up; Free keeps waitlist contacts only), and on Indie reports how many of the people its launch email reached went on to pay.

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You sell through LemonSqueezy, Polar, Paddle, Shopify or WooCommerce, want AI-crawler traffic or social mentions tracked, or need analytics for many websites on one plan.

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Checked 2026-09-24