Lightweight, cookieless and open source alternative to Google Analytics
Plausible Analytics is a privacy-focused web analytics tool that uses no cookies and collects no personal data, so it can usually run without a consent banner. Its script is very small, and a single-page dashboard shows visitors, sources, pages, goals and funnels at a glance. It is open source under the AGPL, hosted in the EU by an independent team, and can also be self-hosted as a Community Edition.
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- Oct 12, 2026
Features
Our take
Pros
- Cookieless tracking that usually works without a consent banner
- Very small script that barely affects page speed
- Open source and self-hostable as a Community Edition
Cons
- Hosted service is paid after the trial, so free use means self-hosting
- Less detail than Google Analytics on user behavior
- Community Edition lacks some features of the cloud version
Editorial assessment by the Alternatives.tools team, based on what the product is known for. Not a user review.
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