Crazy Egg vs Plausible Analytics comparison

Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.

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.

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose Crazy Egg if

Marketers, CRO teams, and site owners who want heatmaps, replay, feedback, and testing in one service

Capabilities listed only for Crazy Egg in this selection

E-commerce tracking Behavior analytics Error tracking Session recordings Heatmaps User feedback Surveys A/B testing Custom reports AI insights Personalization Enterprise

Important considerations: No permanent free plan. Tracked pageviews, heatmap reports, recording quotas and retention differ by tier. Starter stores recordings for six months; higher plans list two years. Larger custom Enterprise plans are also available.

Choose Plausible Analytics if

Publishers, SaaS teams, and privacy-first site owners who want simple reporting without consent-banner complexity

Capabilities listed only for Plausible Analytics in this selection

Privacy-first Self-hosted Open source Cookieless GDPR compliant CCPA compliant

Important considerations: Starter is limited to one site; funnels, revenue tracking, custom properties, and API access require the Business tier.

Shared capabilities

Real-time data Event tracking Funnels Audience insights User segments Goals Data export Integrations

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Attribute	Crazy Egg	Plausible Analytics
Overview	A website optimization suite combining web analytics, live activity, heatmaps, session recordings, error tracking, funnels, surveys, A/B testing, conversion tools, and AI-assisted analysis.	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	Starter $29/month: 5,000 tracked pageviews and 50 recordings; Plus $99, Pro $249 and Enterprise $599/month. All prices require annual billing; a free trial is available.	Cloud plans start at $9/month (Starter), $14/month (Growth), and $19/month (Business); Enterprise is custom and Community Edition is self-hosted
Deployment	Vendor-hosted cloud	Self-hosted and hosted options
Best for	Marketers, CRO teams, and site owners who want heatmaps, replay, feedback, and testing in one service	Publishers, SaaS teams, and privacy-first site owners who want simple reporting without consent-banner complexity
Operator	Crazy Egg, Inc. Independent private company	Plausible Insights OÜ Independent private company
Company base	Redwood City, United States · United States	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	experimentation and optimization Recent official evidence shows a focus on experimentation and optimization.	marketing attribution Recent official evidence shows a focus on marketing attribution.
Key features	Web analytics and live activity Heatmap reports Session recordings Error tracking Conversion funnels A/B testing Surveys AI analysis GA4 integration Unlimited domains and team members	Cookieless tracking Real-time analytics Scroll depth tracking Funnels Search Console integration Self-hosted option Open source
Important considerations	No permanent free plan. Tracked pageviews, heatmap reports, recording quotas and retention differ by tier. Starter stores recordings for six months; higher plans list two years. Larger custom Enterprise plans are also available.	Starter is limited to one site; funnels, revenue tracking, custom properties, and API access require the Business tier.
Integrations	Google Analytics 4, Shopify, WordPress, Google Tag Manager	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.

Capability matrix

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	Crazy Egg	Plausible Analytics
A/B testing	Listed	Not listed
AI insights	Listed	Not listed
Audience insights	Listed	Listed
Behavior analytics	Listed	Not listed
CCPA compliant	Not listed	Listed
Cookieless	Not listed	Listed
Custom reports	Listed	Not listed
Data export	Listed	Listed
E-commerce tracking	Listed	Not listed
Enterprise	Listed	Not listed
Error tracking	Listed	Not listed
Event tracking	Listed	Listed
Funnels	Listed	Listed
GDPR compliant	Not listed	Listed
Goals	Listed	Listed
Heatmaps	Listed	Not listed
Integrations	Listed	Listed
Open source	Not listed	Listed
Personalization	Listed	Not listed
Privacy-first	Not listed	Listed
Real-time data	Listed	Listed
Self-hosted	Not listed	Listed
Session recordings	Listed	Not listed
Surveys	Listed	Not listed
User feedback	Listed	Not listed
User segments	Listed	Listed

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