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Evidence vs Plausible Community Plus

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted web analytics options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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EV Evidence Code-driven business intelligence with Markdown VS PL Plausible Community Plus Behavioral data pipeline for product analytics
FeatureEvidencePlausible Community Plus
CategoryWeb AnalyticsWeb Analytics
LicenseMITApache-2.0
LanguageJavaScriptScala
Setup difficultyMediumHard
Min. RAM512 MB2,048 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metaldocker, kubernetes
GitHub stars★ 6,833★ 7,028
First released20212012
ReplacesTableau, LookerSegment, Amplitude

Why pick each one

Choose Evidence if…

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 6.8k GitHub stars
  • Written in JavaScript
Evidence details

Choose Plausible Community Plus if…

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Mature project with 7k GitHub stars
Plausible Community Plus details

Frequently asked questions

Is Evidence or Plausible Community Plus better?

Neither is universally better. Plausible Community Plus has the larger community, while Evidence is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are Evidence and Plausible Community Plus free and open-source?

Yes. Evidence is licensed under MIT and Plausible Community Plus under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Evidence and Plausible Community Plus with Docker?

Evidence: yes. Plausible Community Plus: yes.

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