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Plausible Analytics vs Matomo: catalog facts
Plausible Analytics	Matomo
Freemium Cloud is a paid subscription with a free trial; the community edition is free to…	Freemium Free to self-host; the hosted cloud is paid with a free trial.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Clear single-page dashboard No cookies or personal data stored	Broad feature set close to Google Analytics Unsampled data and raw data export
Hosted cloud requires a paid subscription after the trial Less detailed than full analytics suites such as Matomo	Needs PHP and MySQL or MariaDB to self-host Interface is more complex than minimal analytics tools
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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