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Publishers, 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.
Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity
Important considerations: Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users.
| Attribute | Plausible Analytics | Simple Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | 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. | A privacy-first analytics platform built around straightforward traffic reporting, lightweight event tracking, and GDPR-friendly measurement with minimal setup. |
| Pricing | Cloud plans start at $9/month (Starter), $14/month (Growth), and $19/month (Business); Enterprise is custom and Community Edition is self-hosted | Free hobby plan with one month of history; paid self-serve pricing starts at €20/month for 100K monthly pageviews; Enterprise is custom |
| Deployment | Self-hosted and hosted options | Vendor-hosted cloud |
| Best for | Publishers, SaaS teams, and privacy-first site owners who want simple reporting without consent-banner complexity | Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity |
| Operator | Plausible Insights OÜ Independent private company | Simple Analytics B.V. Independent private company |
| Company base | Tartu, Estonia · European Union | Amsterdam, Netherlands · European Union |
| Organization scale | 10 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 | 3 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026 |
| Recent direction | marketing attribution Recent official evidence shows a focus on marketing attribution. | AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis. |
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| Important considerations | Starter is limited to one site; funnels, revenue tracking, custom properties, and API access require the Business tier. | Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users. |
| Integrations | WordPress, Shopify, Zapier | Ghost, WordPress |
| Fact check | We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. | 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.
| Attribute | Plausible Analytics | Simple Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| AI insights | Not listed | Listed |
| Audience insights | Listed | Listed |
| CCPA compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Cookieless | Listed | Listed |
| Data export | Listed | Listed |
| E-commerce tracking | Not listed | Listed |
| Event tracking | Listed | Listed |
| Free plan | Not listed | Listed |
| Funnels | Listed | Listed |
| GDPR compliant | Listed | Listed |
| Goals | Listed | Listed |
| Integrations | Listed | Not listed |
| Open source | Listed | Not listed |
| Privacy-first | Listed | Listed |
| Real-time data | Listed | Listed |
| Self-hosted | Listed | Not listed |
| User segments | Listed | Listed |