Plausible Analytics alternatives
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Lightweight, open-source, cookie-free web analytics priced by monthly pageviews.
Switching to Umami, which covers 63% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Plausible Analytics alternatives
We compared 16 products and found 9 cheaper options (7 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Plausible Analytics Starter · 100k at $19/mo · scenario: 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing, USD.
Plausible Analytics costs $19/mo on the Starter · 100k plan at 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing. We found 9 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 3 of them cover at least 75% of the 8 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK DataBull Hosted Starter (beta) plan · missing: Data export | 88% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | $120 / year 53% cheaper | |
Pirsch Analytics Standard · 100k plan · missing: Realtime visitor view | 88% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | $84 / year 37% cheaper | |
Fathom Analytics Base plan · missing: Funnels, Traffic alerts | 75% | $15/mo how? ⓘ | $48 / year 21% cheaper |
Which Plausible Analytics alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Umami — $0/mo (Hobby plan) · covers 63%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 88%
- Best paid drop-in
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 88%
- Need pageview analytics, event tracking, privacy-focused analytics, data export or realtime visitor view?
- Umami — from $0/mo (Hobby plan)
- Need cookie-free analytics?
- Simple Analytics — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need funnels?
- Minilytics — from $0/mo (Self-hosted (open source) plan)
- Need traffic alerts?
- DataBull — from $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Plausible Analytics has that the top alternatives lack.
- Privacy-focused analytics — Track visitors without using personally identifying data.Missing from Minilytics, Mixpanel, PostHog.
- Cookie-free analytics — Track visitors without setting cookies.Missing from Umami, Minilytics, Mixpanel, PostHog.
- Data export — Export raw analytics data for use in other tools.Missing from Minilytics.
- Funnels — See where visitors drop off across a multi-step process.Missing from Umami, PostHog.
- Realtime visitor view — See visitors on the site right now (live or last-minutes view).Missing from Mixpanel.
- Traffic alerts — Get notified (email, Slack, Telegram…) when traffic spikes or drops, or a metric crosses a threshold.Missing from Umami, Minilytics, Mixpanel, PostHog.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Usage | Plausible Analytics | Cheapest assessed alternative |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 pageviews or events/month | $9/moStarter | $0/mocheaperUmami · Hobby |
| 50,000 pageviews or events/month | $19/moStarter · 100k | $0/mocheaperUmami · Hobby |
| 250,000 pageviews or events/month | $49/moStarter · 500k | $0/mocheaperMinilytics · Self-hosted · open source |
Feature comparison
Plausible Analytics vs the top alternatives, on the 8 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Plausible Analytics | Umami | Minilytics | Mixpanel | PostHog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pageview analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Privacy-focused analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cookie-free analytics | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Data export | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Funnels | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Realtime visitor view | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Traffic alerts | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $19/mo Starter · 100k | $0/mo Hobby | $0/mo Self-hosted (open source) | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Plausible Analytics covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Pageview analytics
- ✓ Event tracking
- ✓ Privacy-focused analytics
- ✓ Cookie-free analytics
- ✓ Data export
- ✓ Funnels
- ✓ Realtime visitor view
- ✓ Traffic alerts
- ↑ Revenue attribution — only from Business, not compared
- ↑ Analytics API — only from Business, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://plausible.io/#pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-28)
- https://plausible.io (feature_page, checked 2026-10-28)
- https://plausible.io/docs/traffic-spikes (feature_page, checked 2026-10-28)
Frequently asked
How much does Plausible Analytics cost?
Plausible Analytics's Starter · 100k plan costs $19/mo in our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing).
Is there a free Plausible Analytics alternative?
Yes. Umami has a free plan that covers 63% of the 8 capabilities we compared against Plausible Analytics.
What is the cheapest Plausible Analytics alternative?
In our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing), Umami is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Hobby plan).
What is the cheapest Plausible Analytics alternative with Cookie-free analytics?
Simple Analytics covers Cookie-free analytics and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Plausible Analytics have a free plan?
No. Plausible Analytics has no free plan on its official pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.