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Ebb vs Plausible
Provides privacy-friendly web analytics, not health tracking
EbbTrack your cycle privately. No account, no data sold, ever.
PlausiblePrivacy-friendly, open-source web analyticsWhich to pick
Pick Ebb if you want…
- End-to-end encrypted cycle tracking
- A free, open-source tool
Pick Plausible if you want…
- Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
Side by side
- What it is
- Ebb:Ebb is a privacy-first period and wellness tracker that stores encrypted data only on the user’s device.
- Plausible:Plausible is a lightweight, privacy-first web analytics service that provides simple, real-time insights without cookies.
- Best for
- Ebb:End-to-end encrypted cycle tracking
- Plausible:Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
- Who it’s for
- Ebb:Women who want to track their menstrual cycle without accounts or data collection.
- Plausible:Website owners, marketers and developers who need easy, GDPR-compliant analytics.
- Pricing
- Ebb:Free
- Plausible:Freemium
- Open source
- Ebb:Yes, 0 GitHub stars
- Plausible:Yes, 29,274 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Ebb:—
- Plausible:Data Studio Connector, NPM package
Ebb features
- Client-side AES-256-GCM encryption. All data is encrypted on the device before any network transmission.
- Homomorphic encryption. Enables aggregate statistics for research without decrypting individual records.
- Partner sync via MPC. Share fertility windows with partners using secure multi-party computation, without exposing raw data.
- Serverless storage. Data lives only in the browser’s IndexedDB, eliminating a central database.
- Zero telemetry. No analytics, cookies, or fingerprinting; the app cannot identify users.
- Ephemeral by default. Data auto-deletes after a user-chosen retention period for true digital forgetting.
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.
Ebb vs Plausible FAQ
Is Ebb or Plausible free?+
Ebb is free. Plausible has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Ebb or Plausible open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Ebb (lyfmail-official/ebb on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license) and Plausible (plausible/analytics on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license).
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