Plausible Analytics: Open source web analytics without cookies

What is Plausible Analytics?

Cookie-free web analytics with a one-page dashboard and goals, as an EU cloud or self-hosted.

Research & Data Analytics & DashboardsWeb analyticsPrivacySelf-hosted

Who is Plausible Analytics best for?

Plausible Analytics is best for site owners and marketers who want simple traffic stats without cookies.

Leaving Google Analytics
It imports past Google Analytics stats, keeps familiar metrics and campaign tracking, and pulls keywords from Search Console.
Sites with strict privacy rules
It uses no cookies and stores no personal data or IP addresses, and the cloud keeps site data on servers in Germany.
Fast pages
The maker says its script is 54 times smaller than Google Analytics, so visitors load less code.
Agencies sharing stats
Shared links, embedded dashboards and team roles make it easy to show clients their numbers.

How much does Plausible Analytics cost?

Plausible Analytics is free to self-host as Community Edition; the cloud starts at $9 a month on Starter for 10,000 monthly pageviews, with Growth at $14 and Business at $19, after a 30-day free trial.

Self-hosted$0Free forever

Community Edition on your own server
Raw data in your own ClickHouse database
Community support only

Starter$9Per month for 10k pageviews

One site, no retention limit
Goals, custom events and GA import
Email and Slack reports

Growth$14Per month for 10k pageviews

Up to 3 sites and 3 team members
Shared links and embedded dashboards
Shared segments and annotations

Business$19Per month for 10k pageviews

Up to 10 sites and 10 team members
Funnels and ecommerce revenue attribution
Stats API and Data Studio connector

Prices rise with traffic, up to 10M+ monthly pageviews, and paying yearly gives 2 months free. Enterprise is priced on request and adds single sign-on, the sites API, a managed proxy and scheduled raw data exports. Cloud data is processed only on EU-owned infrastructure. Full pricing on plausible.io. We checked these prices on 8 Nov 2026.

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Is Plausible Analytics open source?

Yes. Plausible Analytics's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.

On GitHub

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Last commit: 12 Nov
Repository age: 7 years
Latest release: 15 May
Licence: AGPL 3.0
Self-hosted: Yes
Repository: plausible/analytics

Run it yourselfThe code and the steps to put it on your own server are in its repository on GitHub.View on GitHub

Host it on a serverDigitalOcean and Railway set it up on a server for you with a one-click install.

What are the best Plausible Analytics alternatives?

Plausible Analytics is an open source alternative to Google Analytics, Databuddy and Simple Analytics. PostHog, OpenPanel and Umami do the same job and are open source too.

Google AnalyticsFree

Free tracking of website and app visitors, traffic sources and conversions, tied into Google Ads.

DatabuddyFree

Tracks visitors, signups, funnels and revenue in one dashboard, for founders without a data team.

Simple AnalyticsFree

Privacy-first web analytics with no cookies.

PostHogOpen Source

Product analytics suite with session replay, feature flags, experiments, surveys and error tracking.

OpenPanelOpen Source

Web and product analytics with funnels, retention, profiles and session replay, priced by events.

UmamiOpen Source

Cookie-free traffic, event, funnel and retention reports for websites and products.

Questions about Plausible Analytics

What is missing from Plausible Community Edition?

Plausible Community Edition leaves out funnels, ecommerce revenue goals, SSO and the sites API, has simpler bot filtering, and gets new releases about twice a year. In return it is free, and you can read raw data straight from its ClickHouse database.

Who is Plausible Analytics for?

Plausible Analytics is best for site owners and marketers who want simple traffic stats without cookies.

Is Plausible Analytics free?

Yes. Plausible Analytics has a free Self-hosted plan: community Edition on your own server.

How much does Plausible Analytics cost?

Plausible Analytics's paid plans are Starter at $9 per month for 10k pageviews, Growth at $14 per month for 10k pageviews and Business at $19 per month for 10k pageviews.

Is Plausible Analytics open source?

Yes. Plausible Analytics's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.

What are the best Plausible Analytics alternatives?

The closest alternatives on Recaply are Google Analytics, Databuddy, Simple Analytics, PostHog, OpenPanel and Umami.

Where can I try Plausible Analytics?

On its official website, plausible.io.

Plausible Analytics

What is Plausible Analytics?

Who is Plausible Analytics best for?

Leaving Google Analytics

Sites with strict privacy rules

Fast pages

Agencies sharing stats

How much does Plausible Analytics cost?

How do readers rate Plausible Analytics?

Is Plausible Analytics open source?

On GitHub

What are the best Plausible Analytics alternatives?

Questions about Plausible Analytics

What is missing from Plausible Community Edition?

Who is Plausible Analytics for?

Is Plausible Analytics free?

How much does Plausible Analytics cost?

Is Plausible Analytics open source?

What are the best Plausible Analytics alternatives?

Where can I try Plausible Analytics?

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