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Plausible vs Semaphor
Short answer: Pick Plausible if you want simple, privacy-friendly web analytics; pick Semaphor if you want embedded analytics with tenant isolation. Plausible has a free plan.
Which to pick
Pick Plausible if you want…
- Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
- Open-source code (plausible/analytics on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license)
- Integrations with Data Studio Connector or NPM package (on Plausible's list, not Semaphor's)
Pick Semaphor if you want…
- Embedded analytics with tenant isolation
- Integrations with PostgreSQL, MySQL or Snowflake (on Semaphor's list, not Plausible's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Plausible:Plausible is a lightweight, privacy-first web analytics service that provides simple, real-time insights without cookies.
- Semaphor:Semaphor provides embedded, customer-facing analytics with a governed semantic model for SaaS apps.
- Best for
- Plausible:Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
- Semaphor:Embedded analytics with tenant isolation
- Who it’s for
- Plausible:Website owners, marketers and developers who need easy, GDPR-compliant analytics.
- Semaphor:Product teams building SaaS apps that need per-customer analytics.
- Pricing
- Plausible:Freemium
- Semaphor:Contact sales
- Free plan or trial
- Plausible:Free trial
- Semaphor:—
- Open source
- Plausible:Yes, 29,274 GitHub stars
- Semaphor:—
- Works with
- Plausible:Data Studio Connector, NPM package
- Semaphor:PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, ClickHouse, DuckDB, SQL Server, Amazon S3
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.
Semaphor features
- Single metric definition. Define each metric once in a semantic model and reuse it across all dashboards and queries.
- First-class multi-tenant security. Row, column, and connection-level security isolates each customer's data, roles, and calendars.
- Self-serve customer views. Customers can filter, drill, save views, ask plain-English questions and schedule reports without tickets.
- Agent-native BI API. AI agents like Claude and Codex can build dashboards via the MCP server using the governed model.
- Zero-dependency embed. Embed dashboards via an iframe or native SDKs for React, Vue, and Web Components.
- Live data source connections. Connect directly to PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, ClickHouse, DuckDB, SQL Server, Amazon S3, or REST APIs.
- Self-hostable option. Run Semaphor on your own infrastructure with Docker for GDPR/HIPAA compliance.
Plausible vs Semaphor FAQ
What is the difference between Plausible and Semaphor?+
Plausible is a privacy-focused web analytics tool, while Semaphor offers full-stack embedded analytics with per-customer customization and AI integration.
Should I use Plausible or Semaphor?+
Pick Plausible if you want simple, privacy-friendly web analytics, open-source code (plausible/analytics on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license) or integrations with Data Studio Connector or NPM package (on Plausible's list, not Semaphor's). Pick Semaphor if you want embedded analytics with tenant isolation or integrations with PostgreSQL, MySQL or Snowflake (on Semaphor's list, not Plausible's).
Is Plausible or Semaphor free?+
Plausible has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Plausible or Semaphor open source?+
Plausible is open source (plausible/analytics on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Semaphor.
Do Plausible and Semaphor integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Plausible lists Data Studio Connector and NPM package; Semaphor lists PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery and 7 more.
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