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Plausible vs viral.app
Privacy-focused web analytics for sites, not influencer campaign tracking or payments.
PlausiblePrivacy-friendly, open-source web analyticsWhich 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 viral.app's)
Pick viral.app if you want…
- End-to-end creator campaign tracking & payout automation
- Integrations with Slack, Discord or API (on viral.app'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.
- viral.app:viral.app tracks, analyzes and automates payments for short-form video creator campaigns across TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
- Best for
- Plausible:Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics
- viral.app:End-to-end creator campaign tracking & payout automation
- Who it’s for
- Plausible:Website owners, marketers and developers who need easy, GDPR-compliant analytics.
- viral.app:Marketers, brands and agencies running high-volume UGC influencer campaigns.
- Pricing
- Plausible:Freemium
- viral.app:Contact sales
- Open source
- Plausible:Yes, 29,274 GitHub stars
- viral.app:—
- Works with
- Plausible:Data Studio Connector, NPM package
- viral.app:Slack, Discord, API, CSV export, n8n, OpenClaw, TikTok, Instagram Reels
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.
viral.app features
- Cross-platform tracking. Monitor any public TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook or Snapchat URL without login.
- AI-powered tagging. Classify videos and hashtags automatically with built-in AI.
- Performance-based payouts. Define base fees and bonuses; the system calculates, invoices and pays creators.
- Real-time alerts & workflows. Get notifications when videos hit milestones or creators miss deadlines.
- Collaboration tools. Slack and Discord integrations, role-based permissions and public dashboards.
- Data export & API. Access data via API, CSV export and n8n/OpenClaw integrations.
- Hourly syncs. Daily updates with up to one automatic sync per hour and manual refreshes.
- Enterprise security. Germany-hosted, GDPR-compliant storage with backup and reliability guarantees.
Plausible vs viral.app FAQ
Is Plausible or viral.app free?+
Plausible has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Plausible or viral.app open source?+
Plausible is open source (plausible/analytics on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for viral.app.
Do Plausible and viral.app integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Plausible lists Data Studio Connector and NPM package; viral.app lists Slack, Discord, API, CSV export and 7 more.
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