Plausible Analytics is 5% cheaper
than Umami
$19/mo (Starter · 100k) vs Umami Pro at $20/mo — covering 71% of the 7 compared capabilities.
Same job. Way less money.
Comparison scenario
Every cheaper-than claim is tied to a defined scenario — never a bare list price.
50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Pro plan at $20/mo, the cheapest paid plan.
Starter · 100k: 19 USD/monthly.
Umami costs $20/mo on the Pro plan at 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 7 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
Plausible Analytics covers 71% of the 7 capabilities compared against Umami. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Plausible Analytics | Umami |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy-focused analytics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pageview analytics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analytics API | ↑ Business | ✓ |
| Data export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Realtime visitor view | ✓ | ✓ |
| MCP server for AI agents | ✗ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Umami has that Plausible Analytics lacks.
- Analytics API — Pull analytics data programmatically via an API.Missing from Plausible Analytics.
- MCP server for AI agents — Official MCP server so AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT…) can query your analytics.Missing from Plausible Analytics.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Usage | Umami | Plausible Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 pageviews or events/month | $20/moPro | $9/mocheaperStarter |
| 50,000 pageviews or events/month | $20/moPro | $19/mocheaperStarter · 100k |
| 250,000 pageviews or events/month | $20/moPro | $49/mocosts moreStarter · 500k |
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Starter | $9/mo |
| Starter · 100k | $19/mo |
| Starter · 200k | $29/mo |
| Starter · 500k | $49/mo |
| Growth | $14/mo |
| Growth · 100k | $29/mo |
| Growth · 200k | $44/mo |
| Growth · 500k | $74/mo |
| Business | $19/mo |
| Business · 100k | $39/mo |
| Business · 200k | $59/mo |
| Business · 500k | $99/mo |
| Hobby | Free |
| Pro | $20/mo |
| Business | $200/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is Plausible Analytics than Umami?
5% cheaper in our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing): $19/mo on Starter · 100k vs $20/mo on Pro. That is $12 a year.
What does Plausible Analytics lack compared with Umami?
Analytics API, MCP server for AI agents — 2 of the 7 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Umami: 2026-10-28; Plausible Analytics: 2026-10-28 — on the official pricing pages.
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 & freshness
- https://umami.is (feature_page, checked 2026-10-28)
- https://umami.is/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- Plausible Analytics data last verified 2026-10-28