Compare · Plausible is a privacy-focused web analytics tool
SiteOS vs Plausible.
Cookieless, and then some.
Plausible is a lightweight, cookieless analytics tool with a one-page dashboard, EU hosting and an open-source Community Edition. SiteOS Analytics is cookieless too and free, with funnels, returning visitors, linked accounts and live GA4 reports, in one Project with SEO, consent, forms, search and checks for the same website. This page compares SiteOS and Plausible on cookieless measurement, goals and funnels, several websites, returning visitors, Google data, sharing, self-hosting and price, including where Plausible goes further.
At a glance
Where SiteOS goes further8
- FunnelsOrdered funnels, included free
- Several websites in one reportAdd your domains and read them together
- Returning visitor recognitionOptional, for returning-browser retention
- Visits linked to accountsPeople, confirmed through a separate identity setup
- Google Analytics dataYour connected GA4 property, explored live
- Checks that GA4, GTM and consent fireTrace checks them on real pages
- MCP for AI agentsYour agent reads reports through the SiteOS plugin
- Free planFree, with monthly credits for research and checks
Where Plausible goes further3
- Email reportsPlausible emails weekly or monthly reports to any number of recipients, from the Starter plan.
- Shared dashboard linksPlausible can make a dashboard public; Shared Links with an optional password need Growth or higher.
- Open source and self-hostingPlausible Community Edition is AGPLv3 and self-hostable, without funnels, revenue attribution or SSO.
Both cover4
- Cookieless by default
- Goals and custom events
- Realtime
- Campaign attribution
Side by side
SiteOS vs Plausible
| Capability | SiteOS | Plausible |
|---|---|---|
| Cookieless by defaultNo cookies unless you turn on visitor recognition | Yes | Yes |
| Goals and custom eventsRegistered events and goals for real outcomes | Yes | Yes |
| FunnelsOrdered funnels, included free | Yes | Partly |
| RealtimeThe last 30 minutes, from the period menu | Yes | Yes |
| Campaign attributionChannels, sources and registered UTM campaigns | Yes | Yes |
| Several websites in one reportAdd your domains and read them together | Yes | Partly |
| Returning visitor recognitionOptional, for returning-browser retention | Yes | No |
| Visits linked to accountsPeople, confirmed through a separate identity setup | Yes | No |
| Google Analytics dataYour connected GA4 property, explored live | Yes | Partly |
| Checks that GA4, GTM and consent fireTrace checks them on real pages | Yes | No |
| MCP for AI agentsYour agent reads reports through the SiteOS plugin | Yes | Partly |
| Email reportsNot offered: SiteOS does not email analytics reports | No | Yes |
| Shared dashboard linksNot offered: reports open for members of your Organization | No | Yes |
| Open source and self-hostingSiteOS runs as a hosted service | No | Yes |
| Free planFree, with monthly credits for research and checks | Yes | No |
| Price of the compared plan | Free | $19 / mo |
YesPartly, with the condition in the notesNot offered
SiteOS is free, with monthly credits for research and checks. Plausible Starter costs $9 a month for one site at 10,000 monthly pageviews; funnels, several sites in one view and the Stats API need Business at $19. Prices rise with pageviews, and yearly billing gives two months free.
Funnels: Plausible funnels need the Business plan.
Several websites in one report: Plausible's Consolidated View needs the Business plan and excludes imported Google Analytics data.
Returning visitor recognition: Plausible resets visitor hashes every 24 hours and has no new-versus-returning segment.
Visits linked to accounts: Plausible stores no user profiles and does not accept user identifiers.
Google Analytics data: Plausible imports GA4 history once; it does not show live GA4 reports.
Checks that GA4, GTM and consent fire: Plausible's installation check verifies only its own script.
MCP for AI agents: Plausible has no official MCP server; its docs list a community-built one that needs a Business plan Stats API key.
Email reports: Plausible emails weekly or monthly reports to any number of recipients, from the Starter plan.
Shared dashboard links: Plausible can make a dashboard public; Shared Links with an optional password need Growth or higher.
Open source and self-hosting: Plausible Community Edition is AGPLv3 and self-hostable, without funnels, revenue attribution or SSO.
Free plan: Plausible offers a 30-day trial, not a free hosted plan.
Sources · reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Plausible pricing
- Subscription plans
- Data policy
- When not to use Plausible
- Funnel analysis
- Consolidated views
- Google Analytics import
- Accessing your data
- Self-hosted Community Edition
- Email reports · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Shared links · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Dashboard visibility · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
Also in SiteOS
The rest of
your website.
SiteOS Analytics lives in the same free Project as everything else your website needs, for your team and your AI agent. More about Analytics
- Technical SEO auditsSite crawls, Lighthouse checks and Search Console reports
- Keyword, rank and backlink researchKeywords, SERPs, rankings, domains and backlinks
- AI answer visibilityChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, against up to five competitors
- Cookie consent bannerRegional rules, Google Consent Mode and scheduled scans
- Forms with an inboxShared inbox, contacts, spam controls and Mailchimp
- Site searchCrawled indices, relevance controls and search analytics
- Browser checks on key journeysPage checks without code, and Playwright journeys on a schedule and in pull requests
- Error trackingBrowser and server errors, grouped, with source maps
- Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consentFailed requests, duplicates, missing events and tag changes, plus personal data, consent and pull request checks
- Automated accessibility checksAutomatic WCAG 2.2 AA checks on every audited page
Switch
Move from
Plausible.
- 1Open Analytics in your Project environment, select Set up SiteOS Analytics and add your other domains under Settings → Domains.
- 2Install the generated script or GTM tag once, keep Plausible running and confirm accepted visits in Realtime.
- 3Register the events behind your Plausible goals, rebuild goals and funnels, then remove the Plausible script when you are ready.
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