Plausible Analytics
AnalyticsLightweight, cookieless, privacy-focused web analytics with a self-hostable Community Edition.
Open-source alternative to:
Google Analytics
What the free edition leaves out
Scroll sideways to view all columns →The free edition is genuinely usable, but some team or enterprise features need a paid plan. “Not confirmed” means the official pages we read did not say, so we do not guess.
| Feature | Free edition | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSO / SAML | Paid | The self-hosting page says single sign-on is available on the cloud service and not in the self-hosted Community Edition. | Source ↗ |
| Role-based access control | Not confirmed | Cloud docs describe team roles; whether the Community Edition has them was not stated. | Source ↗ |
| Audit logs | Not confirmed | Not mentioned in the docs overview. | Source ↗ |
| Multi-user / teams | Not confirmed | Cloud lists team members from a paid plan; user limits in the Community Edition were not stated. | Source ↗ |
| Backups and restore | Not confirmed | The self-hosting page says you manage backups yourself; no built-in tooling documented. | Source ↗ |
| API access | Not confirmed | Cloud offers the Stats API on a paid plan; the Sites API is Enterprise-only and not in the Community Edition. Stats API in the Community Edition not confirmed. | Source ↗ |
| Support SLA | Paid | Premium support is not included; self-hosting is community supported only. | Source ↗ |
Best for
Site owners who want simple, cookieless, privacy-focused web analytics and are comfortable running Docker with ClickHouse.
Why choose it over Google Analytics
A simpler, lighter dashboard than Google Analytics, with the Community Edition under AGPL-3.0 so you control your data. The cloud service can import data from Google Analytics.
Where it falls short
The Community Edition lacks funnels, user journeys, ecommerce revenue goals, SSO, the Sites API and the Data Studio connector, per the official comparison. It is released about twice a year, has only basic bot filtering and no premium support. Self-hosting needs ClickHouse and Postgres, heavier than a single container.
Open-source alternative to
- Google Analytics — Plausible is a privacy-focused, lightweight, self-hostable web analytics tool that replaces Google Analytics for basic traffic reporting.
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