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OpenSEO vs Plausible
Focuses on privacy-friendly web analytics, not full SEO suite
PlausiblePrivacy-friendly, open-source web analyticsWhich to pick
Pick OpenSEO if you want…
- Self-hosted SEO suite with AI agent integration
- A free, open-source tool
- Integrations with ChatGPT, Claude or Claude Code (on OpenSEO's list, not Plausible's)
Pick Plausible if you want…
- Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
- Integrations with Data Studio Connector or NPM package (on Plausible's list, not OpenSEO's)
Side by side
- What it is
- OpenSEO:OpenSEO is an open-source, self-hostable SEO suite offering keyword research, rank tracking, backlinks, site audits and AI visibility.
- Plausible:Plausible is a lightweight, privacy-first web analytics service that provides simple, real-time insights without cookies.
- Best for
- OpenSEO:Self-hosted SEO suite with AI agent integration
- Plausible:Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
- Who it’s for
- OpenSEO:Developers and SEO professionals who want full control over SEO data and tooling
- Plausible:Website owners, marketers and developers who need easy, GDPR-compliant analytics.
- Pricing
- OpenSEO:Free
- Plausible:Freemium
- Plans
- OpenSEO:Hosted $0 · Self-hosted $0
- Plausible:—
- Open source
- OpenSEO:Yes, 25 GitHub stars
- Plausible:Yes, 29,274 GitHub stars
- Works with
- OpenSEO:ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode
- Plausible:Data Studio Connector, NPM package
OpenSEO features
- Keyword research. Provides difficulty, volume, traffic potential, country data and live top-10 results in a single search.
- Rank tracking. Tracks Google positions on desktop and mobile by country, city or coordinates with customizable schedules.
- Backlink checker. Shows total backlinks, monthly history, strongest links and link intersect with competitors.
- Site audit. Free crawler with 117 technical checks, scheduled audits and Lighthouse reports.
- AI visibility checker. Queries multiple AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity) with web search and shows citations and site mentions.
- MCP server & REST API. Open-source server exposing 76 SEO tools for AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client.
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.
OpenSEO vs Plausible FAQ
Is OpenSEO or Plausible free?+
OpenSEO is free. Plausible has a free plan and paid plans.
Is OpenSEO or Plausible open source?+
Yes, both are open source: OpenSEO (duckduckdeploy/openseo on GitHub, MIT license) and Plausible (plausible/analytics on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license).
Do OpenSEO and Plausible integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: OpenSEO lists ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor and 5 more; Plausible lists Data Studio Connector and NPM package.
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