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Cookie-free web analytics with a hosted service and a free self-hosted Community Edition

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Our verdict

#4 of 4 in Self-hosted web analytics · For a one-page dashboard with your GA4 history

Pros

  • No cookies and no stored IP addresses, and the project says no consent banner is required
  • Imports Google Analytics 4 history
  • The essential stats on one dashboard page
  • Data moves to Plausible's hosted service and back by CSV

Cons

  • Funnels, ecommerce revenue goals, single sign-on and the sites API are kept for the paid cloud
  • Three services to run, the app, PostgreSQL and ClickHouse, with 2 GB of RAM recommended
  • Community Edition is released about twice a year
  • English-only interface; a request for other languages has been open on GitHub since 2020

Who should skip:Teams that need the dashboard in a language other than English.

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Rankings and alternatives

Self-hosted web analytics scores

Evaluated Nov 7, 2026 Evidence ↓
  • Setup and upkeep 2

    2/5 means: Three separate components, such as the app, a database server and an analytics database

    Three components: the Community Edition container, a PostgreSQL server and a ClickHouse analytics database, all started by the official Docker Compose file. ClickHouse needs a processor with SSE 4.2 or NEON, and 2 GB of RAM is recommended.

  • Reports beyond page views 3

    3/5 means: Three or four of the six

    Four of the six in Community Edition: custom events (with custom properties), goals, campaign reports and a real-time dashboard. Marketing funnels and ecommerce revenue goals are named as not available in Community Edition.

  • Ways to collect data 2

    2/5 means: One of the four

    One of the four: the Events API takes pageviews and events from a backend server or a mobile app. No image (pixel) tracker, server log import or official mobile SDK appears in the documentation.

    Rests partly on what the sources don't mention, which is a weaker signal than what they say.

  • Import from other tools 4

    4/5 means: Imports Google Analytics history directly through Google's API

    Imports Google Analytics 4 history by linking a Google account; on Community Edition this needs your own Google Cloud OAuth app, which the Community Edition wiki walks through. The CSV import accepts files from other tools only once they follow Plausible's own CSV format.

  • Export and API 3

    3/5 means: Two of the four

    Two of the four: a ZIP of CSV files, one per dashboard report, and the Stats API. The sites API is not available in Community Edition, and stats can only be seen in aggregate, with no export of individual pageviews.

  • Team access 4

    4/5 means: Four of the five

    Four of the five: teams with several members, a Viewer role that can only view dashboards, shared links that need no account, and two-factor login. SSO is named as not available in Community Edition.

  • Interface languages 1

    1/5 means: English only

    The documentation describes no interface languages other than English, and the request for a multilingual dashboard, opened in 2020, is still an open discussion on GitHub.

    Rests partly on what the sources don't mention, which is a weaker signal than what they say.

  • Active maintenance 3

    3/5 means: Within the last 6 months

    Latest release v3.2.1 on 2026-05-15, within six months of this evaluation. Community Edition is released about twice a year.

Evidence and sources

Self-hosted web analytics scores

Setup and upkeep 5 quotes
Tracking without a consent banner 3 quotes
Reports beyond page views 5 quotes
  • “Marketing funnels, user journeys, ecommerce revenue goals, SSO and sites API are not available to help support the project’s long-term sustainability.”
    plausible.io/self-hosted-web-analytics · checked
  • “Real-time dashboard: live view of current visitors”
    plausible.io/docs · checked
  • “Goal conversions: set up and measure conversion goals”
    plausible.io/docs · checked
  • “Custom properties: attach metadata to events and pageviews”
    plausible.io/docs · checked
  • “Channels, sources and campaigns: where traffic comes from”
    plausible.io/docs · checked
Ways to collect data 1 quote
  • “The Plausible Events API can be used to record pageviews and custom events. This is useful when tracking Android or iOS mobile apps, or for server side tracking.”
    plausible.io/docs/events-api · checked
Import from other tools 6 quotes
Export and API 4 quotes
Team access 5 quotes
  • “Marketing funnels, user journeys, ecommerce revenue goals, SSO and sites API are not available to help support the project’s long-term sustainability.”
    plausible.io/self-hosted-web-analytics · checked
  • “Viewer can view the stats dashboards of sites that the team owns but cannot create API keys”
    plausible.io/docs/users-roles · checked
  • “Plausible allows you to create a team for your organization, invite team members to view stats and change your site settings”
    plausible.io/docs/users-roles · checked
  • “People that you send your shared link to can view the stats dashboard without having a Plausible Analytics account and without needing to log in.”
    plausible.io/docs/shared-links · checked
  • “Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an extra layer of security for your Plausible Analytics account”
    plausible.io/docs/2fa · checked
Interface languages 1 quote
Active maintenance 2 quotes

Facts

License 2 quotes
  • “Plausible Community Edition (CE) is the free, self-hosted, AGPL-licensed release: you run it on your own server and manage everything yourself.”
    plausible.io/self-hosted-web-analytics · checked
  • “Plausible Community Edition is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPLv3) or any later version.”
    plausible.io/self-hosted-web-analytics · checked
Runs on 2 quotes
Needs 4 quotes

Notability

Users 1 quote
  • “over 22,000 paying customers trust us with their website and business insights”
    plausible.io · checked

Other quotes

Not cited by a score or fact 7 quotes
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