Pirsch vs Plausible (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Pirsch grades higher than Plausible: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Pirsch 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.
Plausible
Cookie-free, privacy-first website analytics made and hosted in the EU
Which one is for you
Pick Pirsch if
- Fits if you want cookieless stats for a small site for a few dollars a month
- Works for people moving over from Plausible, Fathom or Google Analytics
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as only the 30-day trial is free
- Tight if you pass 10,000 page views, because events count toward the limit and stats show only that day until you upgrade
- Too light for funnels, teams, A/B testing or custom domains on Standard, all on Plus
- Watch out: on-premise installation is listed only on Enterprise
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
| 2.6GPAPirschGood | 2.4GPAPlausibleFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$6 a month for 10,000 page views, under the analytics cheaper quarter of $16.58. The useful extras sit on Plus at $12, and the page-view step is small. | 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 | C30-day trial with no card. No free plan, so you pay once it ends. | 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 | BEvents and goals, sessions and funnels, A/B testing, segments, imports from other tools and a URL shortener, with an API and SDKs. Funnels and A/B tests are Plus only. | 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 | CNo store rating on record. You add a script and set up goals and funnels yourself. | 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 only, with WordPress, Google Analytics, Plausible, Fathom and Search Console connections, plus an API and SDKs. | 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 | cheap privacy-focused site stats | 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: Pirsch and Plausible. How we grade
Price against what you get
Pirsch starts at $6 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 Pirsch starts $1.50 a month lower. Of the other website and product analytics tools on the chart, none scores higher than Pirsch 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 self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Pirsch also covers reports and a/B testing.
At a glance
| Pirsch | Plausible | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $6 per month for up to 10,000 page views | $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 | 30-day free trial, no credit card required | 30-day free trial of the cloud plans, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Pirsch | Plausible Analytics |
| Price read from | pirsch.io | plausible.io |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Pirsch
- Prices rise with monthly page views; the page shows the 10,000 page-view step, and events count toward the limit.
- If you hit the limit, access to stats is limited to that day unless you upgrade within five days.
- Funnels, teams, A/B testing and custom domains need Plus or above.
- On-premise installation is listed only on the Enterprise plan.
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
Pirsch
- Events and conversion goals
- Track button clicks, signups and checkouts as events, and monitor conversion goals.
- Session analysis and funnels
- Session summaries are on all plans; funnels are listed from the Plus plan.
- A/B testing and segmentation
- Tags support A/B tests and segmentation, listed on the Plus plan.
- Imports from other tools
- Data can be imported from Google Analytics, Plausible and Fathom Analytics.
- Built-in URL shortener
- A URL shortener is part of the product; an advanced version is on Plus.
- API and SDKs
- A RESTful API and SDKs, webhooks and a WordPress plugin are listed in the feature comparison.
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
Pirsch
Standard$6
per month for up to 10,000 page views
50 websites, unlimited members and data retention, events, goals, sessions, API and URL shortener. Price rises with page views.
Plus$12
per month for up to 10,000 page views
Everything in Standard plus unlimited websites, funnels, teams, A/B testing, custom domains and white labeling.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds on-premise install, SAML single sign-on, raw data access, onboarding and dedicated support.
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
Pirsch
No public discounts listed.
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, Pirsch or Plausible?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Pirsch is cheaper to start with: $6 a month, against $7.50 a month for Plausible. Pirsch starts at $6 per month for up to 10,000 page views, and Plausible starts at $7.50 per month for up to 10k pageviews, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Pirsch or Plausible?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Plausible has a free plan. Pirsch 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.