Simplytics vs Plausible
Plausible is the best-known privacy-first analytics tool, and it is genuinely good. The difference is scope and price: Plausible’s entry plan is $9/month for 10,000 pageviews on one site. Simplytics covers the essentials with 50,000 pageviews across 12 sites for $1/month.
| Simplytics | Plausible | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1/month | $9/month or $90/year (Starter) |
| Included pageviews | 50,000/month | 10,000/month |
| Websites | Up to 12 | 1 (3 sites on $14/month Growth) |
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | 30 days, no card |
| Cookies | None | None |
| Script size (compressed) | ~1.9 KB | ~2.5 KB |
| Stats retention | Forever | 3 years on Starter, 5 on Business |
| Raw visit records | Deleted nightly | Identifiers rotated every 24 h |
| Custom events & goals | Yes — JS API + click attribute, with conversion rate | Yes |
| Outbound clicks & downloads | Yes — automatic, no setup | Yes (optional script extensions) |
| Funnels | Yes | On Business ($19/month) |
| Email reports | Weekly digest + traffic spike alerts | Yes |
| Stats API | Yes (simple JSON) | On Business ($19/month) |
| View-counter badge (site & per-page) | Yes — live SVG | No — embedded dashboard instead |
| Self-hosting | No | Yes (Community Edition) |
| Data location | EU (Warsaw) | EU (Germany) |
Prices and features verified from official Plausible pages, June 2026. Script sizes are compressed transfer sizes.
Where Plausible is better
- Custom properties and revenue values on events — Simplytics events are name + count/uniques/conversion rate only.
- City and region-level geography — Simplytics shows countries only.
- Slack reports, Google Analytics import, and an open-source self-hosted edition.
- A bigger team and a longer track record.
Where Simplytics is better
- One ninth of the price with five times the included pageviews.
- 12 websites on the base plan — Plausible’s Starter covers one.
- Aggregate stats are kept forever, not 3 years.
- Funnels are included at $1; Plausible reserves them for the $19 Business plan.
- A views heatmap you can export to PNG.
Which should you pick?
If you need event properties or a mature ecosystem, Plausible is worth its price. If you run a handful of small sites and want the essential numbers — visitors, pages, referrers, sessions, events, funnels — Simplytics does it for a dollar.
Frequently asked questions
Both are cookie-less and GDPR-friendly. What is the real difference?
Price and scope. Plausible offers a deeper events model (custom properties, revenue goals) and a richer API at $9–19/month for 10k pageviews. Simplytics offers the core analytics — including custom events, outbound clicks, and funnels — with 50k pageviews and 12 sites for $1/month, and deletes raw visit records nightly rather than keeping them.
Does Simplytics support goals and custom events?
Yes. Call simplytics('event', 'signup') from JavaScript or put a data-simplytics-event attribute on any button or link — the dashboard shows each event's count, unique visitors, and conversion rate. Outbound link clicks and file downloads are tracked automatically with no setup. Events never count toward your 50k pageview quota.
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