Plausible Analytics Self-Hosted, Deploy in One Click
Plausible is a privacy-first web analytics tool. Automatio deploys it to your own server with HTTPS in one click for total data ownership and zero visitor...
Plausible
AnalyticsPlausible is a open source, self-hosted web analytics platform that lets you track website traffic and user behavior.
What you get when you deploy Plausible
The server we rent for it, what it costs, and what the installer will ask you.
- Server
- CX23 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM
- From
- $9/month
- Setup
- No configuration required
Included with every deployment
- Dedicated server, one app per machine
- HTTPS certificate issued automatically
- Free subdomain, custom domain optional
- Restart, resize, snapshot and restore
What the installer asks for
- Disable registration
The project
Everything this page links to outside Automatio.
Deploy Plausible in one click
On your own server, with your own data. No terminal, no Docker commands, no certificate setup.
- 1
Pick a size
Start on the smallest server that fits the app. Resize later without reinstalling.
- 2
Press deploy
We rent the server, install the app with Docker, and point a subdomain at it.
- 3
Watch it come up
Provisioning runs unattended and takes a few minutes. When the HTTPS certificate lands, the app is live and your login details are on the deployment page.
Server size
Billed monthly with your Automatio subscription. Destroy the server any time and the charge stops.
Key Capabilities
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Simple dashboard
Plausible presents website statistics on a single page, avoiding the layers of menus found in legacy tools. It focuses on high-level metrics like unique visitors, page views, and bounce rate to give you immediate clarity on performance without needing specialized training. The interface is built for speed, allowing you to check site traffic and get essential insights in under a minute.
- 1Real-time visitor counts
- 2Top referral sources and UTM tracking
- 3Entry and exit page analysis
- 4Geographic and device breakdown
- 5Aggregated multi-site views
Key Capabilities
- Simple dashboard
Plausible presents website statistics on a single page, avoiding the layers of menus found in legacy tools. It focuses on high-level metrics like unique visitors, page views, and bounce rate to give you immediate clarity on performance without needing specialized training. The interface is built for speed, allowing you to check site traffic and get essential insights in under a minute.
- Real-time visitor counts
- Top referral sources and UTM tracking
- Entry and exit page analysis
- Geographic and device breakdown
- Aggregated multi-site views
- Privacy-first design
The application tracks visitors without using cookies or collecting personal data. It generates a daily hash to distinguish unique visitors without creating a persistent profile, making it naturally compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR out of the box. This architecture eliminates the requirement for invasive cookie consent banners on your website.
- No cookie banners required
- No cross-site or cross-device tracking
- Anonymized visitor IP addresses
- No PII collection or storage
- Data processed on your own hardware
- Lightweight tracking script
The tracking script is under 1KB, which is significantly smaller than the standard Google Analytics payload. This helps maintain high site performance and prevents your analytics from negatively impacting Core Web Vitals or SEO rankings. Every visitor that loads your site downloads 45 times less JavaScript compared to legacy trackers.
- 45x smaller than Google Analytics
- Asynchronous loading for performance
- Single-line JS installation
- Native WordPress plugin support
- Works with single-page applications
- Goal and event tracking
Beyond simple page views, you can define custom goals to track conversions like button clicks, form submissions, or file downloads. This allows you to measure marketing campaign effectiveness and user flow through your site without writing complex code. You can also track revenue attribution for ecommerce and monitor specific user journeys.
- CSS class-based event triggers
- Automated email and Slack reports
- Revenue attribution for ecommerce
- Custom property segmentation
- Funnel and drop-off analysis
Why self-host Plausible
What to know first
Managed, DIY, or One-Click?
The three realistic ways to run {name}, compared honestly.
| Aspect | Managed SaaS | DIY on a VPS | Automatio one-click |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup time | Instant | 2-4 hours | ~15 minutes |
| Data ownership | Third-party | 100% Yours | 100% Yours |
| Cost structure | Traffic-based tiers | Flat VPS fee | Flat VPS fee |
| Maintenance | Zero | Manual updates | One-click updates |
| Privacy | SaaS-dependent | Full control | Full control |
Setup time
Data ownership
Cost structure
Maintenance
Privacy
Who this is for
People who actually run Plausible on their own server, and what changes when they do.
a solo founder shipping projects
spending too much on SaaS subscriptions before finding product-market fit
it offers a flat cost for tracking multiple experimental projects without per-event fees
- Track traffic spikes from community launches
- Monitor landing page conversion rates
- Share stats with potential collaborators
a small boutique design agency
explaining complex cookie consent banners to every design client
it provides a clean, privacy-friendly dashboard you can white-label for your clients
- Set up stats subdomains for client sites
- Automate weekly PDF reports for stakeholders
- Verify performance improvements after redesigns
a privacy-conscious developer
feeling tracked by big tech companies while building niche tools
total sovereignty over the data generated by your applications and users
- Integrate analytics API with custom tools
- Track engagement on documentation pages
- Audit visitor paths for product refinement
a non-profit organization
managing a strict budget while needing to report engagement metrics
removes the risk of sudden price hikes from SaaS providers as traffic grows
- Report on campaign reach to donors
- Monitor resource usage on public portals
- Ensure donor privacy remains protected
About This App
What this app does and where it fits.
Lightweight web insights
Plausible Analytics emerged as a direct response to the complexity and privacy concerns of mainstream tracking tools. It strips away the hundreds of menus and invasive data collection practices found in Google Analytics, focusing instead on the essential metrics website owners need. The project provides a cleaner way to understand visitor behavior without sacrificing site performance or user privacy. It is an ideal fit for those who want clear data without the ethical baggage of surveillance capitalism.
Built on efficiency
The technical architecture is designed for speed and resource management. It uses Elixir and the Phoenix framework for the application layer, ensuring high concurrency and low latency. For data storage, it relies on ClickHouse, a column-oriented database optimized for real-time analytical queries. This combination allows Plausible to handle millions of events while maintaining a responsive dashboard. By using a tracking script that is 45 times smaller than its competitors, it minimizes the impact on a site's loading speed and Core Web Vitals, ensuring that measuring performance does not hinder performance.
The first hour
Once you have your instance running, the onboarding process is remarkably short. You add your domain to the dashboard and paste a single script tag into your website's header. Real-time data begins appearing as soon as the next visitor lands on your site. You can immediately set up custom events or connect Google Search Console to pull in search query data, giving you a complete view of your organic performance alongside your visitor metrics. The lack of complex configuration means you spend your first hour looking at data rather than setting up filters.
Ownership and compliance
Because Plausible does not collect personal data or use cookies, it falls outside the requirement for most GDPR cookie banners. This simplifies the user experience for your visitors while keeping your site compliant with privacy laws. Self-hosting ensures that this data lives on your own infrastructure, giving you full control over how long records are kept and who has access to the raw logs. It is a tool built for site owners who value simplicity, ethics, and full control over their technology stack.
Community Feedback
See what the community thinks about Plausible
“the monthly cost went from probably 200+ per month to basically the cost of a small VPS.”
“it's one click to deploy with @coolifyio on an $8/m @Hetzner_Online box, and that same box can host way more stuff.”
“Turns out the code was never the moat.”
“We’re massive users of Plausible here at Hugging Face.”
“Check out Plausible if you haven't yet - fantastic product. We switched over everything from GA.”
“My 100% favorite GA4 alternative so far is Plausible. SOOOO easy to use and the data is near real-time.”
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“give you an alternative to Google analytics and others if you don't want to actually be sending your traffic data elsewhere”
“keep hold of all of that information yourself”
“this is my plausible analytics dashboard and you can see my analytics for my personal site”
“it is a paid service so i'm currently paying 22 bucks a month which is pretty significant”
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Pro Tips
Expert tips to help you get the most out of Plausible and achieve better results.
Use 4GB RAM minimum
ClickHouse is memory-intensive. Selecting a CX33 server or higher prevents out-of-memory errors during traffic surges or data processing.
Host on a custom subdomain
Setting up your tracker on a subdomain like stats.yourdomain.com helps prevent ad-blockers from stopping your analytics script.
Configure SMTP early
Provide your own SMTP credentials after installation to ensure password resets and weekly email reports can be delivered to your inbox.
Testimonials
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CTO, AiChatSolutions
Automatio is fantastic and simple to use to extract data from any website. This allowed me to replace a developer and do tasks myself as they only take a few minutes to setup and forget about it. Automatio is a game changer!
Sarah Chen
Head of Growth, ScaleUp Labs
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David Park
Founder, DataDriven.io
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Marketing Director, GrowthMetrics
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