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Plausible vs SpendByTeam
Plausible offers privacy-friendly web analytics, not AI spend tracking.
Short answer: Pick Plausible if you want simple, privacy-friendly web analytics; pick SpendByTeam if you want AI cost attribution per project and client. Both have a free plan.
PlausiblePrivacy-friendly, open-source web analytics
SpendByTeamSee what Claude Code costs per team, project and clientWhich to pick
Pick Plausible if you want…
- Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
- Web analytics
Pick SpendByTeam if you want…
- AI cost attribution per project and client
Side by side
- What it is
- Plausible:Plausible is a lightweight, privacy-first web analytics service that provides simple, real-time insights without cookies.
- SpendByTeam:SpendByTeam breaks down Claude Code AI coding costs by team, project, branch and client.
- Best for
- Plausible:Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
- SpendByTeam:AI cost attribution per project and client
- Who it’s for
- Plausible:Website owners, marketers and developers who need easy, GDPR-compliant analytics.
- SpendByTeam:CTOs, engineering leads, finance teams, agencies and software houses.
- Pricing
- Plausible:Freemium
- SpendByTeam:Freemium
- Free plan or trial
- Plausible:Free trial
- SpendByTeam:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- Plans
- Plausible:—
- SpendByTeam:Free $0 · Team $7 per active developer / month ( · Agency $10 per active developer / month (
- Open source
- Plausible:Yes, 29,274 GitHub stars
- SpendByTeam:Yes, 0 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Plausible:Data Studio Connector, NPM package
- SpendByTeam:—
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.
SpendByTeam features
- Cost breakdown. Shows spend by project, team, developer and client with month-end forecasts.
- Per-PR & ticket cost. Attributes cost to each pull request and Jira ticket.
- Budgets & alerts. Set limits and receive Slack/email alerts at 80% and 100% usage.
- Client PDF reports. Generates monthly client-ready PDFs with optional handling fee.
- Visibility controls. Configure who sees per-person rows; finance can view only totals.
- Open-source installer. One-command npx setup; no code or prompts are sent to the service.
Plausible vs SpendByTeam FAQ
What is the difference between Plausible and SpendByTeam?+
Plausible offers privacy-friendly web analytics, not AI spend tracking.
Should I use Plausible or SpendByTeam?+
Pick Plausible if you want simple, privacy-friendly web analytics or web analytics. Pick SpendByTeam if you want AI cost attribution per project and client.
Is Plausible or SpendByTeam free?+
Plausible has a free plan and paid plans. SpendByTeam has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Plausible or SpendByTeam open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Plausible (plausible/analytics on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license) and SpendByTeam (spendbyteam/cli on GitHub, MIT license).
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