Analyticsopen-sourceGrowing
Plausible Analytics
Privacy-first, lightweight web analytics alternative to Google Analytics
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Scalability
high
Performance
very high
Learning Curve
easy
Maturity
stable
Languages: Elixir, JavaScript
Architecture: SaaS, Self-hosted
When to Use
- +Privacy matters
- +GDPR compliance
- +Simple analytics
- +Open-source preference
When Not to Use
- -Need detailed user journeys
- -Complex funnels
- -E-commerce tracking
Strengths
- Privacy-first
- Lightweight script
- Simple UI
- No cookie banner needed
Weaknesses
- Limited features vs GA
- No user-level tracking
- Paid only for managed
Operations
Maintenance
low
Monitoring
low
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: managed, self-hosted
Quick Facts
- Category
- Analytics
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- usage based
- Community
- large
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- growing
- Vendor Lock-in
- low
- Data Portability
- easy
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
startupsmallmedium
Use Cases
- Website analytics
- Privacy-compliant tracking
- Simple metrics
- Public dashboards
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