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Plausible Analytics

GDPR Compliant

Lightweight, open-source, cookie-free web analytics. Fully GDPR compliant with EU data hosting.

🇪🇪Estonia🇪🇺EU HostedFreemiumfrom from €9/mo
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About Plausible Analytics

Why Plausible?

Plausible Analytics is a lightweight, open-source web analytics tool built as a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics. It's designed to give you all the essential insights about your website traffic without compromising visitor privacy.

Key Highlights

  • No cookies, no consent banners — Plausible doesn't use cookies or collect personal data, so you don't need an annoying cookie consent banner
  • Lightweight script — The tracking script is under 1KB, making it 45x smaller than Google Analytics. Your site stays fast
  • Open-source — Fully transparent codebase. You can audit every line of code on GitHub or self-host it on your own infrastructure
  • EU-owned and hosted — The company is registered in Estonia and all data is processed on EU-owned infrastructure (Hetzner, Germany)

Built for GDPR Compliance

Plausible was designed from the ground up to be compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR. It has been approved by several EU Data Protection Authorities as a privacy-friendly analytics solution that doesn't require cookie consent.

Who is it for?

Plausible is ideal for bloggers, startups, and businesses that want simple, actionable analytics without the complexity of Google Analytics. If you care about your visitors' privacy and want a clean, fast dashboard — Plausible is the tool for you.

Key Features

Cookie-free tracking
Lightweight script (< 1KB)
Open-source and self-hostable
Real-time dashboard
UTM campaign tracking

Works With

WordPressGhostWebflowCarrdNext.js

Pros & Cons

No cookies needed — no consent banner required
Fully open-source, self-hostable
EU-owned infrastructure
Less granular than Google Analytics
No built-in e-commerce tracking

Pricing

Growth

€9/mo
  • Up to 10K monthly pageviews
  • Unlimited websites
  • Unlimited team members
  • Email reports

Business

Popular
€19/mo
  • Up to 100K monthly pageviews
  • Everything in Growth
  • Custom events & goals
  • Revenue tracking

Enterprise

Custom
  • 10M+ monthly pageviews
  • Priority support
  • Custom configuration
  • SLA available

Categories

Tags

Open SourceCookie-FreeSelf-HostedPrivacy-First

GDPR Compliance Data

GDPR StatusGDPR Compliant
HQ CountryEstonia
Data Hosting LocationEuropean Union
EU Servers Available
DPA Available
Schrems II RiskLow Risk
SCCs in Place
Last Verified19 March 2026
NotesOpen-source, EU-hosted, no cookies, no personal data collection.

Company Info

Founded2018
Team Size11-50
We switched from Google Analytics to Plausible and couldn't be happier. The dashboard is clean, fast, and we no longer need a cookie banner.
Maria S., Head of Marketing, SaaS startup

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