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Betterlytics vs Plausible

Open-source and privacy-friendly but not cookieless by default

Which to pick

Pick Betterlytics if you want…

  • Cookieless, GDPR-ready web analytics

Pick Plausible if you want…

  • Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics

Side by side

What it is
Betterlytics:Betterlytics provides privacy-first, cookieless web analytics with real-time dashboards and session replay.
Plausible:Plausible is a lightweight, privacy-first web analytics service that provides simple, real-time insights without cookies.
Best for
Betterlytics:Cookieless, GDPR-ready web analytics
Plausible:Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
Who it’s for
Betterlytics:Businesses, site owners and developers needing GDPR-compliant analytics.
Plausible:Website owners, marketers and developers who need easy, GDPR-compliant analytics.
Pricing
Betterlytics:Freemium
Plausible:Freemium
Plans
Betterlytics:Growth Free · Professional $7/month per month
Plausible:—
Open source
Betterlytics:Yes, 178 GitHub stars
Plausible:Yes, 29,274 GitHub stars
Works with
Betterlytics:—
Plausible:Data Studio Connector, NPM package

Betterlytics features

  • Real-time analytics. Live dashboards show traffic, sources and user behavior instantly.
  • Session replay. Record and playback user sessions without storing personal data.
  • Funnels & user journeys. Visualize conversion paths and journey steps across your site.
  • Uptime monitoring. Monitor site availability with configurable checks and status pages.
  • Custom events & UTM tracking. Track bespoke events and marketing campaign parameters.
  • Data retention options. Retain analytics data from 1 year up to 5 years depending on plan.

Plausible features

  • Automatic scroll depth tracking. Tracks scroll depth from 1-100% on every page without any setup.
  • AI traffic analytics. Identifies visits from AI assistants like ChatGPT and measures their conversions.
  • SEO performance dashboard. Integrates Search Console data to show queries and organic traffic in the dashboard.
  • Real-time dashboard. Updates traffic metrics every 30 seconds without needing a page refresh.
  • Codeless goals & revenue tracking. Turns any page, download or link click into a goal and tracks revenue automatically.
  • Built-in bot filtering. Excludes bots, referrer spam and data-center traffic out of the box.

Betterlytics vs Plausible FAQ

Is Betterlytics or Plausible free?+

Betterlytics has a free plan (Growth); paid plans start at $7/month (Professional). Plausible has a free plan and paid plans.

Is Betterlytics or Plausible open source?+

Yes, both are open source: Betterlytics (betterlytics/betterlytics on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license) and Plausible (plausible/analytics on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license).

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Betterlytics

0 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Jan 6, 2026

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