Feder and Stape: keep Stape, check the numbers you run on.
No, Feder is not a replacement for Stape. Keep Stape. Feder does a different job beside it: it reads what your connected apps recorded and compares each number with your own history, so you know when one cannot be trusted.
Why would I need this?
Because the question is not what the number is. It is whether you can trust it.
Is Feder an alternative to Stape?
No. Stape is a server-side tracking service that hosts server-side Google Tag Manager containers, so businesses can send cleaner data to analytics and marketing platforms without running the servers themselves. Feder does a different job: it watches the numbers your tools record and says when one cannot be trusted. Nothing here asks you to switch.
Do I need Feder if I have Stape?
They do different jobs, so one does not stand in for the other. Keep Stape for the job it does. Feder's job is to say when a number your tools record has gone quiet or moved outside your own history.
What does Stape do better?
Stape runs the server-side Google Tag Manager container for the business, so nobody on the team has to manage servers.
In Stape's words:
Stape runs your server-side GTM container, so you don't have to manage the infrastructure yourself.
Server-Side Google Tag Manager Hosting, read 2026-11-12.Stape takes care of the cloud setup, scaling and upkeep behind server-side tagging.
In Stape's words:
Stape handles cloud setup, scaling, and maintenance for you.
Server-Side Google Tag Manager Hosting, read 2026-11-12.Stape gives a business a server-side layer where it can shape its data before it reaches analytics and marketing tools.
In Stape's words:
A server-side layer lets you manage data before it reaches analytics and marketing platforms.
Stape | Server-Side Tracking Made Easy For Everyone, read 2026-11-12.
What can go wrong with Stape's numbers?
When a Stape container passes its plan's request limit, Stape can stop processing events until the plan is upgraded or the next billing cycle starts. This can change. It is what the page said when we read it.
In Stape's words:
The product stops processing requests/events completely until you upgrade or your next billing cycle starts.
Request Limits and Pause Logic | Stape, read 2026-11-12.On Stape's free plan, a container that reaches its limit can be switched off and stay off until the account moves to a paid plan. This can change. It is what the page said when we read it.
In Stape's words:
No pause logic, but if you reach the Free-tier limit, the container/Signals Gateway is disabled and stays disabled.
Request Limits and Pause Logic | Stape, read 2026-11-12.Stape can switch off a container automatically when it has received no requests for more than two weeks.
In Stape's words:
Our system automatically disables containers that did not send requests for more than two weeks.
Why was My Container Disabled? | Stape, read 2026-11-12.
How does Feder work with Stape?
- Feder has no connection to Stape today, so it reads nothing from it.
- The two can run side by side: Stape keeps doing its job, and Feder checks the numbers your other tools record against your own history.
- Feder only reads. It never changes anything in a connected app.
What should I ask about my Stape setup?
- Which numbers on my dashboard are counted at the source, and which are modeled or estimated?
- If this number stopped counting tomorrow, who would notice, and when?
- What does a normal week look like for this number, in my own history?
Questions owners ask
- Does Feder replace Stape?
- No. Keep Stape. Feder sits beside it.
- Does Feder send data into Stape?
- No. Feder only reads.
- How accurate is Feder?
- We do not publish an accuracy number yet. When there is a measured one, it will be here with how it was measured.
Where do these claims come from?
Every quoted statement about Stape on this page comes from Stape's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. We read them again by 2027-02-10. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.