Pulse vs Plausible
Plausible proved that analytics can be simple and respectful — we're fans. But if you spend money on ads, traffic numbers aren't the answer; cost per conversion is. Pulse keeps the cookieless, lightweight model and closes the loop from campaign to spend to revenue.
| Plausible | Pulse | |
|---|---|---|
| Cookieless, no consent banner needed | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightweight script (< 1 KB) | ✓ | ✓ |
| GDPR / CCPA-ready by design | ✓ | ✓ |
| Goals & custom events | ✓ | ✓ |
| Funnels | ✓ | ✓ on every plan, including Free |
| Revenue on events | Revenue goals | ✓ |
| Ad spend → cost per conversion (CPA) | ✗ | ✓ |
| ROAS per campaign | ✗ | ✓ |
| Weekly Money Report (marketing P&L email) | ✗ | ✓ kill / scale / watch verdicts |
| Money-aware anomaly insights | Traffic spike notifications | ✓ priced in €, with evidence |
| Self-hostable | Community Edition | ✓ every feature, free forever |
| Free cloud plan | 30-day trial | ✓ 10k pageviews/mo, free forever |
| Paid cloud from | $9 / 10k pageviews | €12 / 10k pageviews · 3 sites |
Feature and pricing comparison based on public documentation as of July 2026 — check plausible.io for their current details. If we got something wrong, tell us and we'll fix it.
Free up to 10k pageviews a month — forever. Or self-host every feature for free.