- Pick it if you are:
- Bloggers and content sites; EU businesses avoiding cookie banners
- Top complaint:
- Plausible not tracking visitors after installation
- Price:
- Free plan, paid from $9/mo
- Pick it if you are:
- Developers and indie makers; Personal blogs and small sites
- Top complaint:
- Umami not tracking visitors after installing the script
- Price:
- Free plan, paid from $20/mo
Score Comparison
Signals Comparison
Plausible Analytics
- Plausible not tracking visitors after installation(7/10)
- Ad blockers still block Plausible unless you set up a proxy(6/10)
- Self-hosted Plausible CE is overrun by bot traffic(7/10)
- Plausible numbers don't match Google Analytics(4/10)
Umami
- Umami not tracking visitors after installing the script(7/10)
- Ad blockers block Umami unless you rename or proxy the script(6/10)
- Umami v3 dropped MySQL support(7/10)
- Umami database migrations fail on large databases(8/10)
- Umami shows wrong country or 'Unknown' location(5/10)
- Umami stops recording events when you hit your spending budget(5/10)
Plausible Analytics
- Plausible raised prices and grandfathered older subscribers(6/10)
- Why is Plausible so expensive for high-traffic sites?(6/10)
- No free plan for Plausible Cloud(5/10)
- Plausible dashboard locked after exceeding pageview limit(5/10)
Umami
- Umami Cloud event counting and overage charges(4/10)
- Umami Cloud free plan limited to one site and 6 months of data(4/10)
Plausible Analytics
- Funnels, revenue and custom properties locked to the Business plan(5/10)
- Plausible open source edition missing features(5/10)
Umami
- Outbound link and custom event tracking needs manual markup(4/10)
Plausible Analytics
- Plausible custom events and goals not showing(5/10)
- Plausible too basic for product and marketing analytics(5/10)
Umami
- Umami visit duration shows 0 seconds and bounce rate looks too high(4/10)
- Umami dashboard not loading with uBlock Origin enabled(4/10)
Plausible Analytics
- Self-hosted Plausible upgrades break pageview logging(6/10)
- Google Analytics import to Plausible is limited(4/10)
Umami
No signals
Plausible Analytics
No signals
Umami
- Why is Umami so slow on large websites?(6/10)
Plausible Analytics
No signals
Umami
- Umami Docker can't connect to the database(6/10)
Plausible Analytics
No signals
Umami
- Umami GitHub issues go stale without answers(4/10)
Pricing Comparison
Plausible Analytics
Users: 1 user
Storage: 3 years data retention
Limits: Single site, solo use. No team members, shared links, funnels, custom properties, revenue or Stats API.
Users: Up to 3 team members
Storage: 3 years data retention
Limits: No funnels, user journeys, custom properties, ecommerce revenue, Stats API or Looker Studio connector.
Users: Up to 10 team members
Storage: 5 years data retention
Limits: SSO, Sites API, managed proxy and raw data exports require Enterprise.
Users: 10+ team members
Storage: 5+ years data retention
Limits: No funnels, user journeys, ecommerce revenue, SSO or Sites API. Basic bot filtering only. Released about twice a year, community support only.
Umami
Users: 1 user, no team members
Storage: 100K events/month, 6 months data retention
Limits: 1 website only, no team members, no API or MCP access, no integrations, no data import, no email reports, no session replays or heatmaps, no white-labeling, no email support
Users: Up to 10 team members
Storage: 1M events/month, 2 years data retention
Limits: No session replays, heatmaps, white-labeling or streaming API
Users: Unlimited team members
Storage: 10M events/month, 5 years data retention
Limits: No SAML SSO, audit log or uptime SLA (Enterprise only)
Users: Custom
Storage: Custom events and retention
Users: Unlimited
Storage: Limited only by your database
Limits: Community support only; you handle scaling, upgrades, ad-blocker proxying and geo headers yourself
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Plausible Analytics | Umami |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy | ||
| Cookieless tracking | ||
| Tracking | ||
| Goals and custom events Goal must be created in Site settings | ||
| Scroll depth and form submission tracking Added 2025 | ||
| Custom events and properties data-umami-event attributes or umami.track() | ||
| Custom properties Business plan | ||
| Managed proxy Enterprise only | ||
| Tracking links and pixels Added in v3 | ||
| Deployment | ||
| Self-hosting MIT license, PostgreSQL only since v3 | ||
| Analysis | ||
| Funnels Business plan; Cloud only | ||
| User journeys Business plan, added May 2026 | ||
| Ecommerce revenue attribution Business plan | ||
| Session recordings / heatmaps | ||
| Cohort / retention reports | ||
| Reports | ||
| Retention and cohorts Cohorts added in v3 | ||
| Revenue and attribution | ||
| UTM reports | ||
| Migration | ||
| Google Analytics 4 import Daily aggregates only | ||
| Integrations | ||
| Stats API Business plan, 600 requests/hour | ||
| Looker Studio connector Business plan | ||
| API access Cloud: Pro and above | ||
| Behavior | ||
| Session replay Cloud: Business plan only | ||
| Heatmaps Cloud: Business plan only | ||
| Security | ||
| SSO Enterprise | ||
| Two-factor authentication Self-hosted needs TWO_FACTOR_ENCRYPTION_KEY | ||
| SAML SSO Cloud Enterprise only | ||
| Performance | ||
| Core Web Vitals data-performance attribute | ||
| Reporting | ||
| Email reports Cloud: Pro and above | ||
| Pricing | ||
| Free cloud plan 30-day trial only | ||
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