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Plausible Analytics vs Open Web Analytics: catalog facts
Plausible Analytics	Open Web Analytics
Freemium Cloud is a paid subscription with a free trial; the community edition is free to…	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Clear single-page dashboard No cookies or personal data stored	Self-hosted, so tracking data stays on your server Works for both websites and applications
Hosted cloud requires a paid subscription after the trial Less detailed than full analytics suites such as Matomo	Requires a PHP server to run Little documentation of features on the homepage
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
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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