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Self-Hosting Umami vs Plausible: Privacy Analytics Compared

Both Umami and Plausible are privacy-focused analytics tools. Here's a detailed comparison to help you choose.

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Umami


Strengths

  • Simplest setup
  • Lighter resource usage
  • Multiple websites easily
  • Better API for custom dashboards
  • Node.js (easier to extend)

    • Dashboard

    Clean, single-page dashboard with real-time data, sources, pages, devices.


    Plausible


    Strengths

  • More features (goals, revenue tracking)
  • Better dashboard design
  • Google Search Console integration
  • Email reports
  • More detail in traffic sources

    • Dashboard

    Beautiful, detailed dashboard with traffic graphs, sources breakdown, goal conversion.


    Feature Comparison


  • Custom events: Both
  • Goals/conversions: Plausible
  • Revenue tracking: Plausible
  • Real-time: Both
  • API: Both (Umami's is better documented)
  • Multiple sites: Both (Umami's UX is better)
  • Email reports: Plausible
  • Shared dashboards: Both

    • Resource Usage


  • Umami: Node.js + PostgreSQL, ~300 MB total
  • Plausible: Elixir + ClickHouse + PostgreSQL, ~800 MB total

    • Recommendation


  • Choose Umami for: simplicity, low resources, API-first
  • Choose Plausible for: more features, better dashboard, goals/revenue

    • Both are excellent. You can't go wrong with either.