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Best Web Analytics · head-to-head

Plausible Analytics vs Matomo

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for web analytics. Matomo has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Matomo has the lower entry price — Plausible Analytics starts at $9/mo, Matomo at $0/mo. Free tier: Plausible Analytics No, Matomo Yes. HIPAA: Plausible Analytics No, Matomo Yes.

As of 2026-11-01 · figures link to their source below STALE

Side by side

Plausible Analytics

$9/mo entry
Entry price$9/mo (Starter)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)No
SOC 2No
GDPRYes
Best forPrivacy-first teams

Matomo

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (On-Premise Community)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)Yes
SOC 2No
GDPRYes
Best forPrivacy-first teams

Sources — Plausible Analytics: plausible.io (verified 2026-11-01) · Matomo: matomo.org (verified 2026-11-01) STALE · 2026-09-26

Key features

Plausible Analytics: Lightweight script (~2.5 KB vs ~135 KB for GA4); No cookies — no consent banner required; EU-hosted on European-owned infrastructure; visitor data does not leave the EU; Open-source codebase publicly auditable on GitHub

Matomo: 100% data ownership — self-host or EU cloud, no third-party data sharing; ISO 27001:2022 certified (cloud); No data sampling on any plan; GDPR Manager built-in with anonymization, erasure, and consent tools

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