Plausible Analytics
Web Analytics · plausible.io
Lightweight, open-source, cookie-free web analytics priced by monthly pageviews.
Switching to Matomo, which covers 83% of the compared capabilities.
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Way less money.
Top Plausible Analytics alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 9 cheaper alternatives · vs Plausible Analytics Starter at $9/mo · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
Plausible Analytics costs $9/mo on the Starter plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 9 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 2 of them cover at least 75% of the 6 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Pirsch Analytics at $6/mo (Standard plan), 33% less.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Pirsch Analytics Standard plan | 100% | $6/mo how? ⓘ | $36 / year 33% cheaper |
Which Plausible Analytics alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- Pirsch Analytics — $6/mo (Standard plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Matomo — $0/mo (On-Premise Community plan) · covers 83%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Pirsch Analytics — $6/mo (Standard plan) · covers 100%
- Best paid drop-in
- Pirsch Analytics — $6/mo (Standard plan) · covers 100%
- Need pageview analytics, event tracking, revenue attribution, privacy-focused analytics or analytics API?
- Matomo — from $0/mo (On-Premise Community plan)
- Need cookie-free analytics?
- Simple Analytics — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Plausible Analytics has that the top alternatives lack.
- Event tracking — Track specific user actions like clicks or sign-ups.Missing from Google Analytics.
- Revenue attribution — Link revenue back to the marketing source that generated it.Missing from Simple Analytics, Umami.
- Privacy-focused analytics — Track visitors without using personally identifying data.Missing from Google Analytics.
- Cookie-free analytics — Track visitors without setting cookies.Missing from Matomo, Umami, Google Analytics.
- Analytics API — Pull analytics data programmatically via an API.Missing from Simple Analytics.
Feature comparison
Plausible Analytics vs the top alternatives, on the 6 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Plausible Analytics | Matomo | Simple Analytics | Umami | Google Analytics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pageview analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Revenue attribution from Business | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Privacy-focused analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Cookie-free analytics | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Analytics API from Business | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $9/mo Starter | $0/mo On-Premise Community | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Hobby | $0/mo Google Analytics |
✓ 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
- ✓ Revenue attribution — from Business
- ✓ Privacy-focused analytics
- ✓ Cookie-free analytics
- ✓ Analytics API — from Business
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://plausible.io/#pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Plausible Analytics cost?
Plausible Analytics's Starter plan costs $9/mo in our scenario (single user, monthly billing).
Is there a free Plausible Analytics alternative?
Yes. Matomo has a free plan that covers 83% of the 6 capabilities we compared against Plausible Analytics.
What is the cheapest Plausible Analytics alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Matomo is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (On-Premise Community 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 2026-08-25 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.