DataFast vs Plausible (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, DataFast grades higher than Plausible: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
DataFast grades higher on value for money and features. Plausible grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
DataFast
Revenue-first web analytics that ties traffic to paying customers
Plausible
Cookie-free, privacy-first website analytics made and hosted in the EU
Which one is for you
Pick DataFast if
- Fits if you run a small SaaS or store and want revenue tied to visits
- Works for people moving from Plausible
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a free plan, as there is none after the 14-day trial
- Tight if your traffic spikes, as past your tier you must upgrade to see the dashboard
- Watch out: social media mentions and link attribution need Growth
- Watch out: a Google Analytics import is listed as coming next, and the default script may need a cookie banner
Pick Plausible if
- Fits if you want traffic numbers without putting a cookie banner on your site
- Works for EU organizations leaving Google Analytics that want data kept in the EU
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to watch visits or follow one visitor's path
- Tight if you're on Starter, which covers one site
- Pricey if you need funnels or ecommerce revenue, which start on Business at $15.83 a month for 10k pageviews
- Watch out: there's no free hosted plan, and the free Community Edition is self-hosted, updated twice a year, with no funnels or SSO
- Pricey if traffic grows: Starter is $19 a month at 100k pageviews and $69 at 1M, and SSO is Enterprise only
How we grade them
| 2.6GPADataFastGood | 2.4GPAPlausibleFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$9 a month for 10k events is inside the cheaper quarter of analytics tools, and the price rises with the event tier. | C100,000 pageviews puts Starter at $19 a month billed monthly; the $7.50 yearly price only covers 10k. That lands mid-category, and it climbs to $69 at 1M. The free Community Edition only counts if you run your own server. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 14-day trial with no card, and no free plan. | CThere's no free hosted plan, just a 30-day trial with no card. The free Community Edition is yours to keep, but you host it yourself, and it leaves out funnels, ecommerce revenue and SSO. |
| Features | BRevenue attribution, goals, funnels, live visitors, an API, CLI and MCP cover the whole job of web analytics. | CVisitors, sources, pages, goals, campaigns, Search Console queries and visits from AI tools, all on one page. It does the page counting job fully, and it's a smaller job: no recordings or per-visitor profiles, and funnels wait for Business. |
| Ease of use | CA script and revenue connections to set up, and no store rating on record. | BNo rating on record, but the hosted version is a small script and one dashboard page, with nothing else to configure. The free Community Edition is a different story: your own server and your own updates. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Framer, Wix, Squarespace and Google Tag Manager. | BWeb only, no desktop or phone app. It works with Google Search Console, WordPress, Tag Manager, Google Data Studio and Slack, imports old Google Analytics data, and has an API. |
| Best for | web analytics tied to revenue | simple visitor counts without a cookie banner |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: DataFast and Plausible. How we grade
Price against what you get
DataFast starts at $9 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Plausible starts at $7.50 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Plausible starts $1.50 a month lower. Of the other website and product analytics tools on the chart, none scores higher than DataFast for less, and none scores higher than Plausible for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Plausible is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- DataFast also covers dashboards.
At a glance
| DataFast | Plausible | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9 per month for up to 10k events, billed monthly | $7.50 per month for up to 10k pageviews, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Plausible Community Edition: the free, AGPL-licensed release you host yourself. It leaves out funnels, ecommerce revenue goals, SSO and the sites API, and has community support only. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no card required | 30-day free trial of the cloud plans, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | DataFast | Plausible Analytics |
| Price read from | datafa.st | plausible.io |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
DataFast
- There is no free plan; the 14-day trial needs no card, after which a paid plan is required.
- Starter covers 1 website and 1 team member; social media mentions and link attribution need Growth.
- If you exceed your event tier, tracking continues but you must upgrade to see the dashboard.
- Data can be imported from Plausible; a Google Analytics import is listed as coming next. The default script may need a cookie banner.
Plausible
- There is no free hosted plan, only a 30-day trial; the free option is the Community Edition you run yourself.
- Stats are aggregate only: there are no session recordings or per-visitor profiles.
- Funnels, ecommerce revenue attribution, custom properties and the Stats API start on Business; SSO is Enterprise only.
- Prices rise with monthly pageviews, and sites above 10M pageviews a month need a custom Enterprise quote.
Key features
DataFast
- Revenue attribution
- Links a payment processor so revenue is attributed to traffic sources and customer segments, including revenue per visitor.
- Web analytics
- Traffic reports focused on what drives growth, as a simpler alternative to Google Analytics according to the vendor.
- Goals, funnels and journeys
- Custom goals such as signups, and the path each visitor takes from first click to conversion.
- Live visitors
- Real-time visitor view with an API for acting on it.
- MCP server and CLI
- Connects to Cursor, Claude Code or Codex so traffic and revenue can be queried in plain English.
- Cookie or cookieless script
- The default script uses cookies; a cookieless script exists but is less accurate for long-term revenue attribution because identifiers rotate about every 24 hours.
Plausible
- No cookies or personal data
- Counts visits without cookies, persistent identifiers or cross-site tracking, so the vendor says no cookie banner or GDPR consent is needed.
- One-page dashboard
- Visitors, sources, pages, locations and devices on a single page, with a real-time view that updates every 30 seconds and a consolidated view of all sites.
- Goals, revenue and funnels
- Codeless goals for pages, file downloads, form completions and outbound links; revenue tracking, funnels and user journeys come with Business.
- Search and campaign data
- Connects to Google Search Console for search queries, groups UTM campaigns into channels, and shows traffic arriving from AI tools such as ChatGPT.
- Lightweight script
- The tracking script is much smaller than Google Analytics', with automatic scroll depth tracking and built-in bot and referrer spam filtering.
- Google Analytics import
- Brings in historical Google Analytics stats so older data sits beside new Plausible numbers.
Plans
DataFast
Starter$9
per month for up to 10k monthly events, billed monthly
1 website, 1 team member, 3 years of data retention, 100K AI bot requests, and API, CLI and MCP access. The price rises with the event tier.
Growth$19
per month for up to 10k monthly events, billed monthly
30 websites, 30 team members, 5+ years of retention, plus social media mentions and link attribution. The price rises with the event tier.
Plausible
Starter$7.50
per month for up to 10k pageviews, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly)
One site, 3 years of data, email and Slack reports, goals and custom events. Rises with traffic: $19 a month at 100k pageviews and $69 at 1M, billed monthly.
Growth$11.67
per month for up to 10k pageviews, billed yearly ($14 billed monthly)
Up to 3 sites and 3 team members, shared links, embedded dashboards and shared segments. $104 a month at 1M pageviews, billed monthly.
Business$15.83
per month for up to 10k pageviews, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly)
Up to 10 sites and members, 5 years of data, funnels, ecommerce revenue, custom properties, Stats API. $139 a month at 1M pageviews, monthly.
EnterpriseCustom
More than 10 sites or 10M pageviews: SSO, sites API, managed proxy, scheduled raw data exports and priority support.
Community Edition$0
Free AGPL release you host yourself, updated twice a year. No funnels, ecommerce revenue, SSO or sites API; community support only.
Ways to pay less
DataFast
- Annual discount
2 months free with yearly billing
The pricing section's Yearly toggle carries a '2 months free' label; the yearly price itself is not shown in the page text.
Plausible
- Annual discount
2 months free with yearly billing
Yearly billing costs 10 times the monthly price: Starter is $90 a year instead of $108, or $7.50 a month instead of $9.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, DataFast or Plausible?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Plausible is cheaper to start with: $7.50 a month, against $9 a month for DataFast. DataFast starts at $9 per month for up to 10k events, billed monthly, and Plausible starts at $7.50 per month for up to 10k pageviews, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, DataFast or Plausible?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Plausible has a free plan. DataFast does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.