Product & Web Analytics
Plausible Pricing Explained: Tiers, Limits & Hidden Costs
- Starting price
- $9/mo or Free Self-Hosted
- Pricing model
- Pageview-based Cloud / Free Self-Hosted
- Free tier
- Free 30-day cloud trial; 100% Free Self-Hosted forever
Plausible plans and limits
| Tier | What you get |
|---|---|
| Free | Free 30-day cloud trial; 100% Free Self-Hosted forever |
| Paid entry point | $9/mo or Free Self-Hosted |
| How the bill grows | Pageview-based Cloud / Free Self-Hosted |
| Self-hosted | Available. Setup effort: Low (Docker Compose) |
Hidden costs to budget for
- Cloud version has no perpetual free tier (paid after 30-day trial)
- User-level funnels and cohort views are limited compared with product analytics tools
What Plausible costs as you grow
While GA4 is ostensibly free (trading user data), Plausible starts at $9/mo for managed cloud or $0 forever when self-hosted, keeping your website blazing fast.
Google Analytics vs PlausibleSelf-hosted, both cost only the server. On managed cloud both start near $9/mo, but Plausible's tiers scale by pageviews while Umami's scale by events, so high-traffic marketing sites usually pay less on Plausible.
Umami vs PlausibleCheaper alternatives to Plausible
Plausible pricing: FAQ
How much does Plausible cost?
Plausible Analytics uses pageview-based Cloud / Free Self-Hosted pricing. Paid usage starts at $9/mo or Free Self-Hosted.
Does Plausible have a free tier?
Free 30-day cloud trial; 100% Free Self-Hosted forever.
What are the hidden costs of Plausible?
Cloud version has no perpetual free tier (paid after 30-day trial). User-level funnels and cohort views are limited compared with product analytics tools.
What are cheaper alternatives to Plausible?
PostHog ($0 (1M events/mo free) then usage-based), Umami ($0 (self-hosted) or ~$9/mo (Cloud Pro)), Google Analytics 4 (GA4) (Free (Ad-supported / Data-harvested)), Mixpanel ($28/mo (Growth)), Amplitude ($61/mo (Plus)).