# Count your Google Ads budget in buyers > MIRA FIVE as a DataFast alternative: both show which channels bring paying customers; one adds Google Ads cost per buyer and hosting in Germany. URL: https://mirafive.io/vs/datafast Updated: 2026-09-28 Both tie revenue to channels; MIRA FIVE adds Google Ads cost per buyer and sets no cookies by default. ## Which one fits your business? ### DataFast fits better if - **Payment providers** revenue should come straight from Stripe, LemonSqueezy, Polar, Paddle, Shopify or WooCommerce. - **Meta Ads** most of your budget goes to Meta and you want ROAS per campaign today. - **Terminal** you want a command-line tool beside the API and the MCP server. - **Community** you want a tool with a large founder following, more than 25,000 users by its own count. ### MIRA FIVE fits better if - **Google Ads** your budget goes to Google Ads and you want cost per buyer and ROAS per campaign. - **Consent** visits should be counted without cookies and people followed only after they consent (Full website source, mode chosen per visitor). - **Germany** a German company that stores and processes analytics data in Germany matters to you. - **Free plan** you want to start free with 25,000 events a month, then 100,000 for €20. ## Side by side __DataFast as described on datafa.st, checked 28 September 2026.__ | Feature | MIRA FIVE | DataFast | | ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | People and buyers | | | | Revenue per channel | Yes, Per channel and campaign, per currency | Yes, The core of the product | | One visitor's path to purchase | Yes, A page for every person | Yes, Journey from first click to conversion | | Funnels | Yes, 2 to 6 steps, by person or by visit | Yes, Conversion funnels | | Revenue read from payment providers | No, Purchases sent from your server | Yes, Stripe, LemonSqueezy, Polar, Paddle, Shopify, WooCommerce | | Ads and search | | | | Google Ads spend beside buyers | Yes, Cost per visit, cost per buyer, ROAS | No, Spend import for Meta Ads only | | Meta Ads spend and ROAS | No, Meta Ads is next | Yes, Campaign spend and ROAS | | Google Search Console queries | Yes, Clicks, impressions, CTR, position | Yes, Keywords with revenue estimates | | Privacy and hosting | | | | No cookies in the default setup | Yes, Default for new website sources | Partly, Cookies by default, a mode without them | | Where data is hosted | Germany | Not named in its privacy policy | | Company | Cloo GmbH, Germany | Privacy policy governed by Singapore law | | Price and access | | | | Free plan | Yes, 25,000 events a month, no card | Partly, 14-day trial, no card | | Paid plans | €20 a month for 100,000 events, VAT included | From $9 a month for 10,000 events | | Team members | Unlimited on Pro | 1 on Starter, 30 on Growth | | MCP server for agents | Yes, Read-only by default | Yes, Writes off by default | DataFast is revenue-first analytics, built by the founder Marc Lou. It connects payment providers such as Stripe and Shopify to your traffic and shows which channels bring paying customers, with Meta Ads spend and ROAS beside them. MIRA FIVE is a DataFast alternative with the same question at its centre: which channel brings the customers who pay? It is built around the person, joins Google Ads spend to buyers, and is run by Cloo GmbH and hosted in Germany. ## Who is each tool for? DataFast suits founders who take payments through Stripe, LemonSqueezy, Polar or Paddle, or sell through Shopify or WooCommerce, and want revenue by channel with little setup. Its Meta Ads connection fits teams whose budget goes to Instagram and Facebook. MIRA FIVE suits founders and marketing leads who pay for Google Ads and want each campaign counted in buyers. The Overview opens with people, new people, buyers and revenue, and every person has a page from first touch to purchase. ## Which channel brings the customers who pay? Both tools answer this directly. The difference is how revenue gets in and which ad budget sits beside it. DataFast reads payments through its provider integrations and imports Meta Ads spend. MIRA FIVE receives purchases as events from your server, with SDKs for Node.js, PHP, Laravel, Symfony and more. It imports daily Google Ads spend per campaign, joined to visits by utm\_campaign or gclid, for cost per buyer and ROAS, and flags campaigns that arrive untagged. AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Perplexity are a channel of their own. ## When DataFast is the better choice Choose DataFast if revenue should come straight from Stripe, Paddle, Shopify or WooCommerce, or if Meta carries most of your ad budget. Choose it too for a command-line tool, or for a large community of founders using the same product. MIRA FIVE has no payment-provider imports and there is no ready shop plugin; it credits first or last touch, and Meta Ads is next. ## Where is the data hosted? DataFast’s default script sets cookies, and its own guide says a cookie banner may be needed depending on law and setup. Its mode without cookies attributes delayed conversions less completely. Its privacy policy is governed by Singapore law and does not name a hosting location. MIRA FIVE is run by Cloo GmbH in Auerbach and hosted in Germany; analytics data is stored and processed in Germany. A new website source sets no cookies and stores nothing on the device. MIRA FIVE follows a visitor across visits once they consent; to count those who decline at the same time, use a Full website source with each page choosing the mode per visitor. Compliance depends on what is collected and why, and hosting is one part of that. ## Running both Add the MIRA FIVE script beside the DataFast one and send the same paid order to both. After a month, compare buyers per channel and what each Google Ads campaign cost per buyer. MIRA FIVE counts from the day its script goes live, and there is no import of DataFast history. Free includes 25,000 events a month with no card, and [Pro](https://mirafive.io/pricing) is €20 a month for 100,000 events, with A/B tests, feature flags and unlimited members included. ## Questions and answers ### Is MIRA FIVE a DataFast alternative? Yes, if your ads run on Google. Both show revenue per channel; MIRA FIVE adds Google Ads cost per buyer, counts visits without cookies by default and stores analytics data in Germany. ### Can MIRA FIVE read revenue from Stripe or Shopify? No. Purchases arrive as events from your server, for example through the Node.js or Laravel SDK when an order is paid. DataFast reads Stripe, Paddle, Shopify and others directly. ### Does MIRA FIVE import Meta Ads spend? Not yet; Meta Ads is next. Today MIRA FIVE imports Google Ads spend. If most of your budget goes to Meta, DataFast shows its ROAS now. ### Can I run MIRA FIVE and DataFast together? Yes. The two scripts work independently on the same site. Send the same paid order to both, compare buyers per channel for a month, then keep the one that answers your questions. ## See which channel brings buyers Free for 25,000 events a month. No card needed. [Start free](https://app.mirafive.io/register)[See pricing](https://mirafive.io/pricing)