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Matomo Analytics vs Plausible Analytics

Side by side, from each tool’s own pages. Highlighted rows are where the two differ.

Matomo AnalyticsPlausible Analytics
Pricing
From (USD / month)$26$9 (differs)
Price modelFreemiumPaid (differs)
Free planYesNo (differs)
Free trialNot listed30 days
Privacy and hosting
Cookieless by defaultNot listedYes
Self-hostableYesNot listed
EU hostingYesYes
Data regionsEurope, Frankfurt, GermanyEU (differs)
Code and company
Open sourceNot listedYes
LicenseNot listedGNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPLv3)
VendorMatomoPlausible (differs)
First recordedNot listed2018
Last checkedOctober 26, 2026October 26, 2026
Listed features
A/B testingYesNot listed
APIYesYes
Custom eventsYesYes
FunnelsYesYes
GoalsYesYes
HeatmapsYesNot listed
RealtimeYesYes
RevenueNot listedYes
Session replayYesNot listed
UTM trackingNot listedYes
Web vitalsYesNot listed
Filed under
Cookieless analyticsNoYes (differs)
Heatmaps and session replayYesNo (differs)
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