
Plausible
Privacy-friendly, open-source web analytics
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Plausible is a lightweight, privacy-first web analytics service that provides simple, real-time insights without cookies.
- for
- Website owners, marketers and developers who need easy, GDPR-compliant analytics.
- pricing
- freemium · free trial
- license
- AGPL-3.0
- v3.2.15 months ago
- v3.2.08 months ago
- v3.2.0-rc.09 months ago
Key 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.
Use cases
- Track the impact of a new blog post on organic search traffic.
- Measure conversions from paid UTM campaigns in real time.
- Identify and analyze traffic coming from AI assistants like ChatGPT.
Plausible vs alternatives
Plausible | PostHog | Mixpanel | Amplitude | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Simple, privacy-friendly web analytics | Product analytics with session replay | Event-driven product analytics | Advanced digital analytics | Simple GA alternative |
| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| Launched | — | — | — | — | Jan 2023 |
- Plausible vs PostHog: Focuses on product analytics, session replay and feature flags, while Plausible is lightweight site-wide stats.
- Plausible vs Mixpanel: Offers event-based analytics, funnels and retention, but is a paid SaaS with more complexity than Plausible’s simple dashboard.
- Plausible vs Amplitude: Provides deep digital analytics for product teams, whereas Plausible emphasizes privacy and simplicity.
- Plausible vs Overtracking Analytics: Positions itself as an easy GA alternative similar to Plausible, but may have different feature set and pricing.
Plausible FAQ
Do I need to use cookies for Plausible?+
No, Plausible does not set cookies or process personal data, so no consent banner is required.
Where is my analytics data stored?+
All data is processed on servers owned by European companies and never leaves the EU.
Can I import my existing Google Analytics data?+
Yes, Plausible provides a Google Analytics import feature.
Is there a free trial?+
Yes, Plausible offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required.
What is the script size compared to Google Analytics?+
Plausible’s script is 54 times smaller, saving about 135 KB per visitor.
Summarized by DevHunt from plausible.io · Oct 1, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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