Zarstat

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Zarstat vs DataFast

DataFast is a revenue-analytics product at datafa.st. This page names them so a buyer can tell the products apart. It does not use their logo, does not copy their prose, and does not invent star ratings or win percentages.

TopicZarstatDataFast (their public site)
Native paymentsPaystack. Initialize metadata carries visitor_id. TEST plans for Starter (R149) and Growth (R299).Public docs describe Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Shopify, Paddle, and a generic payment API. Paystack is not their native story.
CurrencyZAR first. Dashboard revenue ignores non-ZAR purchases.Global product. Public pricing is shown in USD and scales with monthly events.
CookiesSnippet does not set cookies. Visitor ID is first-party localStorage.Their default script uses cookies for visitor recognition. They also publish a cookieless script that they describe as less accurate, with visitor identifiers rotating about daily.
Stripe required?No. You can subscribe and attribute without a Stripe account.Typical revenue setup connects Stripe or another listed provider.
Goals and funnelsNamed goals plus a default page → signup → purchase funnel from real unique visitors. Last-step % and median first-to-last. Custom steps per site. Empty until events.Custom goals, multi-step funnel builder, CLI and API management — a larger surface.
Board headlinesVisitors, ZAR, RPV. Sessions (30-minute gap), bounce, conversion, avg session, pageviews, new vs returning. Honest empty. No invented counts.A larger dashboard surface, including scores and maps we do not ship.
Search keywordsQueries tab after a free Search Console OAuth connect. Empty until Google returns rows. No invented keywords. No PageSpeed, Maps, or Ads APIs.They document a Google Search Console connection.
AI / MCPllms.txt, FAQ JSON-LD, MCP JSON-RPC at /api/mcp, and a small REST read API. Same site id. No CLI.They publish MCP, CLI, and a large REST API.
GeographyWritten for South African indie SaaS — Joburg, Cape Town, rand, Paystack.Global positioning. Not a South African billing product.

What we took as information architecture

Install guides, a public pricing page, docs for payments, goals, funnels, journeys, channels, filters, collect, MCP, a GSC connect (empty until Google returns rows), cookieless notes, a blog cluster, sitemap, robots, and llms.txt. The wording is Zarstat’s. Customer counts on their homepage are theirs — we do not repeat a number we did not measure.

What we will not claim

We will not say Zarstat is “10× simpler,” quote their users, or imply they cannot take South African cards. If they add Paystack later, this table should be edited. For cookie mechanics see cookieless vs cookies.