OpenReplay vs Plausible

Plausible focuses on privacy-friendly web analytics without session replay capabilities.

Which to pick

Self-hosted session replay & analytics
Integrations with AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure (on OpenReplay's list, not Plausible's)

Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
Integrations with Data Studio Connector or NPM package (on Plausible's list, not OpenReplay's)

What it is: OpenReplay:OpenReplay is an open-source, self-hosted session replay and product analytics platform.; Plausible:Plausible is a lightweight, privacy-first web analytics service that provides simple, real-time insights without cookies.
Best for: OpenReplay:Self-hosted session replay & analytics; Plausible:Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
Who it’s for: OpenReplay:Product, engineering, support and design teams that need full control over user data.; Plausible:Website owners, marketers and developers who need easy, GDPR-compliant analytics.
Pricing: OpenReplay:Freemium; Plausible:Freemium
Plans: OpenReplay:Open-Source Free · Dedicated $199/mo per month; Plausible:—
Open source: OpenReplay:Yes, 12,954 GitHub stars; Plausible:Yes, 29,274 GitHub stars
Works with: OpenReplay:AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure; Plausible:Data Studio Connector, NPM package

Session Replay. Records user interactions, clicks, navigation, errors and performance metrics for full context.
Product Analytics. Provides funnels, journeys, heatmaps and trends to understand conversion and drop-offs.
Co-Browsing. Allows live remote control and annotations to assist users in real time.
Developer Tools. Built-in debugging tools that jump directly to the reproduced issue in the browser.
AI Performance Metrics. Analyzes session data with AI to surface performance insights.
Security & Compliance. Self-hosting ensures data residency, encryption, SSO/SAML and SOC 2 compliance.

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.

Is OpenReplay or Plausible free?+

OpenReplay has a free plan (Open-Source); paid plans start at $199/month (Dedicated). Plausible has a free plan and paid plans.

Is OpenReplay or Plausible open source?+

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

Do OpenReplay and Plausible integrate with the same tools?+

Their integration lists don't overlap: OpenReplay lists AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure; Plausible lists Data Studio Connector and NPM package.

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