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Building a Self-Hosted Analytics Stack with Plausible and Umami

Compare Plausible and Umami — two privacy-focused, self-hosted alternatives to Google Analytics. No cookies, no tracking, GDPR-compliant.

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Why Self-Host Analytics?


  • No cookies required (GDPR-compliant by default)
  • No data sharing with third parties
  • Lightweight scripts (under 1 KB)
  • Full data ownership
  • No sampling or data limits

    • Plausible Analytics


    Strengths

  • Beautiful, simple dashboard
  • Goal and event tracking
  • UTM campaign tracking
  • Email reports
  • Google Search Console integration
  • Revenue tracking

    • Stack

    Elixir + ClickHouse. Fast analytics queries over large datasets.


    Umami


    Strengths

  • Even simpler setup
  • Multiple websites in one instance
  • Custom events and properties
  • Realtime dashboard
  • API for building custom dashboards
  • Lighter resource usage

    • Stack

    Node.js + PostgreSQL (or MySQL).


    Plausible vs Umami


  • Plausible: More features, better UI, higher resource usage
  • Umami: Simpler, lighter, more hackable
  • Both: Privacy-focused, cookie-free, open-source

    • Deployment


    Deploy either on TinyPod. Plausible needs 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM. Umami runs on 512 MB.


    Both produce a single-line script tag. Add it to your site and start collecting privacy-respecting analytics immediately.