Google Analytics vs Plausible Analytics
Thinking of swapping Google Analytics for the open-source Plausible Analytics? Here’s the honest trade-off.
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What you give up vs Google Analytics
- Intentionally simple: no heatmaps, session recordings, or user-level product analytics.
- The self-hosted Community Edition lags behind the paid cloud on some features and updates.
- ClickHouse dependency makes the stack heavier than a single-binary tool despite the simple feature set.
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Plausible Analytics on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (Google Analytics: privacy concerns and GDPR headaches).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (AGPL-3.0).