VeritaMetrics vs Plausible Analytics
Plausible is a cookieless, EU-owned analytics tool with a strong open-source track record and a script even lighter than ours. VeritaMetrics shares its privacy stance and adds automatic event capture, session replay, and AI growth insights that Plausible does not offer.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | VeritaMetrics | Plausible Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy & Compliance | ||
| Cookieless by default | Yes | Yes |
| No consent banner needed | Usually, see /privacy | Claimed, no caveat |
| GDPR compliant by default | Yes | Yes |
| EU data residency | Yes | Yes |
| Tracking & Data | ||
| Script size (gzipped) | ~6KB | ~ 2.5 KB |
| Ad blocker resilience | Yes | Proxy required |
| No-JS fallback (pixel) | Yes | No |
| Automatic event capture | Yes | Outbound / downloads (needs goals) |
| Rage & dead click detection | Yes | No |
| Features | ||
| Session replay | Privacy-safe reconstruction | No |
| Growth insights (AI) | Yes | No |
| Core Web Vitals | LCP, INP, CLS (opt-in) | No |
| Funnels | Yes | Business tier |
| Revenue attribution | Yes | Business tier (manual) |
| Real-time dashboard | Yes | Yes |
| Data export | CSV / JSON / XLSX | CSV (API on Business) |
| Pricing & Hosting | ||
| Self-hosting option | Premium plan | Community Edition (AGPL) |
| Open source | No | AGPL |
When to choose Plausible Analytics
- Open-source (AGPL) with a free, self-hostable Community Edition
- Lighter script (~2.5KB versus our ~6KB) for the leanest possible page
- Independent and profitable since 2018, EU-owned and EU-hosted, with a large community
- A clean, minimal dashboard and mature integration guides for most hosting stacks
When to choose VeritaMetrics
- Captures button clicks, outbound links, downloads, and form submits with no goal setup
- Privacy-safe session replay, which Plausible does not offer at any tier
- Rage and dead-click detection to surface broken or slow controls
- AI growth insights, where Plausible’s only AI feature classifies referral traffic
- Funnels and revenue breakdowns on every plan, not gated to Plausible’s Business tier
- Field Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP and CLS) measured in your visitors’ browsers, on every plan including Free, where Plausible collects none at any tier
What VeritaMetrics does that Plausible Analytics doesn't
Every item is a row in the table above, ticked in our column and marked No in theirs.
- No-JS fallback (pixel)
- Rage & dead click detection
- Session replay
- Growth insights (AI)
- Core Web Vitals
Pricing
Plausible Analytics: From $9/mo for 10k pageviews (30-day trial). Self-hosting is free under AGPL.
VeritaMetrics: Free plan, then paid from 7 €/mo
See pricing and plansPlausible Analytics vs VeritaMetrics: common questions
- Does Plausible need a cookie banner?
- No. Plausible sets no cookies and stores no persistent identifiers, so it markets itself as banner-free under GDPR and PECR. VeritaMetrics takes the same cookieless approach.
- Is Plausible’s script really under 1KB?
- Not anymore. Plausible’s own current pages say 2.5KB, and a direct measurement puts the bare script near 1.3KB and the full-feature build near 2.4KB. It is still lighter than our ~6KB script, so this is a row we show Plausible winning.
- Does Plausible have session replay or AI insights?
- No to both. Plausible has no session replay or heatmaps, and its only AI feature tags traffic coming from AI assistants as a channel. VeritaMetrics includes session reconstruction and AI growth insights.
- Can I self-host Plausible?
- Yes. Plausible’s Community Edition is free under AGPL, though you run and maintain the server yourself and lose managed updates and support. That self-host option is a genuine Plausible advantage.
- Does Plausible report Core Web Vitals?
- No. Plausible collects no web vitals at any tier, and Core Web Vitals sits at the top of its public feedback board, still unshipped as of the July 2026 changelog. VeritaMetrics reports LCP, INP and CLS from real visitor sessions on every plan including Free; add data-web-vitals="true" to the snippet to turn collection on.
Switch from Plausible Analytics to VeritaMetrics
Same privacy commitment. More complete data. Deeper reporting.