Analytics · facts read November 6, 2026
Plausible
Cookieless, privacy-focused web analytics hosted in the EU. Simple cookieless web stats with EU hosting.
- Free plan
- None
- Paid from
- Starter: $9/month for 10k monthly pageviews (1 site); 30-day free trial.
- Monthly cost at 1,000 users
- $9/month Starter is $9/month for 10,000 pageviews; busier sites need a higher tier.
- Free plan allows commercial use
- Not stated
- Open source
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
Source: Plausible pricing, read November 6, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor's page before you commit.
Best for
- Marketing site traffic without a cookie banner
- EU-hosted analytics
Watch out for
- No free plan (30-day trial); web stats only, not product analytics.
How Cuely scores Plausible
The published scores, from −3 to +3, that decide when Cuely picks it. Method
- +3EU data residency or GDPR. Cookieless and hosted in the EU on EU-owned infrastructure.
- +2prefers open source or self-hosting. AGPLv3 Community Edition is self-hostable.
- −1sells to businesses (organizations, roles, SSO). Pageview stats, not per-account product analytics.
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