Plausible Analytics
Lightweight, cookieless, privacy-focused web analytics with a self-hostable Community Edition.
- License
- GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open source (OSI)
- GitHub stars
- 29k1.9k forks
- Latest release
- v3.2.1May 15, 2026
- Setup
- Multi-service setupSelf-hosted · Cloud
What the free edition leaves out
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 state it, so we do not guess.
| Feature | Free edition | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSO / SAML | Paid | SSO is listed as Enterprise-only on cloud and unavailable in the Community Edition. SAML is not named explicitly. | 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 | Priority support is Enterprise only; the Community Edition has community support through GitHub Discussions. | 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.
Facts checked on against the project’s official repository, documentation and pricing pages. GitHub numbers update automatically. How we verify.