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GoatCounter 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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GO GoatCounter Easy and privacy-friendly web analytics VS PL Plausible Community Plus Behavioral data pipeline for product analytics
FeatureGoatCounterPlausible Community Plus
CategoryWeb AnalyticsWeb Analytics
LicenseEUPL-1.2Apache-2.0
LanguageGoScala
Setup difficultyEasyHard
Min. RAM128 MB2,048 MB
Deploymentbinary, dockerdocker, kubernetes
GitHub stars★ 5,864★ 7,028
First released20192012
ReplacesGoogle AnalyticsSegment, Amplitude

Why pick each one

Choose GoatCounter if…

  • Extremely easy to run
  • Very lightweight
  • Privacy-friendly
GoatCounter 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 GoatCounter or Plausible Community Plus better?

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

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

Yes. GoatCounter is licensed under EUPL-1.2 and Plausible Community Plus under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run GoatCounter and Plausible Community Plus with Docker?

GoatCounter: yes. Plausible Community Plus: yes.

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