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Catalog capabilities may require a paid plan, add-on or hosted edition. “Not listed” means unverified here, not unavailable. Confirm the exact edition, usage limits and privacy settings.
Starting prices use different billing periods and usage units. Compare the same traffic, events, retention and seats.
Choose Ackee ifDevelopers and website owners who need simple traffic and event reporting on infrastructure they control.
Important considerations: Current releases require Node.js 24 or newer and MongoDB. Your team owns upgrades, availability and security; evaluate its aggregate reports against your funnel and replay requirements.
Choose Plausible Analytics ifPublishers, SaaS teams, and privacy-first site owners who want simple reporting without consent-banner complexity
Important considerations: Starter is limited to one site; funnels, revenue tracking, custom properties, and API access require the Business tier.
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| Attribute | Ackee | Plausible Analytics |
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| Overview | A small, self-hosted web analytics tool with cookieless traffic statistics, custom actions and a GraphQL API. You run the Node.js application and MongoDB database. | A privacy-first and open-source analytics platform focused on simple reporting, cookieless tracking, funnels, Search Console insights, and recent additions like scroll-depth tracking and AI-referral monitoring. |
| Pricing | Free MIT-licensed software; budget separately for hosting, backups and maintenance. No vendor-hosted subscription is listed. | Cloud plans start at $9/month (Starter), $14/month (Growth), and $19/month (Business); Enterprise is custom and Community Edition is self-hosted |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted and hosted options |
| Best for | Developers and website owners who need simple traffic and event reporting on infrastructure they control. | Publishers, SaaS teams, and privacy-first site owners who want simple reporting without consent-banner complexity |
| Operator | Tobias Reich Independent project | Plausible Insights OÜ Independent private company |
| Company base | Usingen, Germany · European Union | Tartu, Estonia · European Union |
| Organization scale | No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed. | 10 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 |
| Recent direction | operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability. | marketing attribution Recent official evidence shows a focus on marketing attribution. |
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| Important considerations | Current releases require Node.js 24 or newer and MongoDB. Your team owns upgrades, availability and security; evaluate its aggregate reports against your funnel and replay requirements. | Starter is limited to one site; funnels, revenue tracking, custom properties, and API access require the Business tier. |
| Integrations | JavaScript, GraphQL, Docker | WordPress, Shopify, Zapier |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-09-30. | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. |
This matrix shows capabilities recorded in our catalog. Not listed means we have not confirmed the capability here. Check the linked vendor sources for plan, deployment, and usage limits.
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| Attribute | Ackee | Plausible Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Audience insights | Not listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Listed |
| Data export | Not listed | Listed |
| Data ownership | Listed | Not listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Listed | Not listed |
| Funnels | Not listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Not listed | Listed |
| Goals | Not listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Not listed | Listed |
| Open source | Listed | Listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Not listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Listed |
| User segments | Not listed | Listed |
| Web analytics | Listed | Not listed |