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Swetrix vs Plausible: A Comprehensive Comparison
Swetrix and Plausible are both strong, privacy-focused alternatives to Google Analytics. We both share a common goal: tracking website traffic without compromising user privacy. Both are open-source, cookie-less, and GDPR-compliant. However, we cater to slightly different needs.
Plausible is known for its strict focus on simplicity, offering a one-page dashboard with essential metrics. Swetrix offers a similar level of privacy and ease of use but includes more advanced features for deeper analysis, such as performance monitoring, session analysis or error tracking.
Here is a quick comparison to help you decide which one fits your needs.
Why choose Swetrix over Plausible?
 Swetrix | Plausible | |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
| Real-time Analytics | ||
| Custom Events | ||
| Page views | ||
| Live visitors count | ||
| UTM Tracking | ||
| Device stats (browser, OS, type) | ||
| Email Reports | ||
| Advanced Features | ||
| Performance Monitoring (Web Vitals) | ||
| User Flow Analysis | ||
| Error Tracking | ||
| Alerts / Notifications | ||
| Geolocation map visualisation | ||
| Funnels | ||
| Segments | ||
| Multiple Domains per Site | ||
| Security & Access | ||
| Bot filtering | ||
| Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) | ||
| Role-based Access Control | ||
| Shared Dashboards | ||
| Organisations (Teams) | ||
| Privacy & Compliance | ||
| Cookie-less Tracking | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Self-hostable | ||
| EU data residency | ||
| Technical specifications | ||
| Script size | 6 KB | 6 KB |
| API access | ||
| Bypass adblockers | ||
| Pricing & Support | ||
| Entry price | $19.00 | $19.00 |
| Customer support | ||
Key Difference: Performance Monitoring
One of the biggest differences between Swetrix and Plausible is performance monitoring. Plausible focuses strictly on traffic stats - visitors, pageviews, bounce rates, etc.
Swetrix goes a step further by tracking web performance metrics alongside traffic data. It allows you to monitor how fast your website loads for your users by tracking technical metrics like Time to First Byte (TTFB), DNS resolution time, and page load speeds. You can segment this performance data by country, browser, or device. This means you don't just see how many people visit your site, but also how fast your site loads for them, helping you identify technical bottlenecks that might be hurting your SEO or user experience.
Key Difference: Depth of Analysis (Session Analysis, User flows, Geo Map visualisation)
Plausible prides itself on being "simple analytics," which is great if you only need a high-level overview. However, if you need to understand user behavior in more depth, Swetrix offers more robust tools.
- User Flow: Swetrix provides User Flow diagrams that visualise exactly how visitors navigate through your site - where they start, what pages they visit next, and where they drop off. Swetrix also shows you the entry and exit pages of your users sessions.
- Session Analysis: Swetrix includes session analysis to help you see your user journeys across your website. It shows you the pages they visit, the actions they perform (custom events), any JavaScript errors they encountered and more.
- Geo Map visualisation: Swetrix includes a geo map visualisation to help you see where your users are coming from. It shows you the country, region and city of your users. Swetrix also offers geo map visualisation of your website performance metrics.
Plausible generally does not include these advanced behavioral visualizations in its core dashboard.
Analytics for organisations & teams
Plausible focuses on individual websites, but they are missing organisation-scale features. Swetrix supports both individual websites and organisations with team management - allowing you to invite and manage people, with proper role-based access control. Swetrix scales with your growth and is built on a highly scalable database - Clickhouse, that powers large enterprises like Anthropic or Meta.
Conclusion
If you want the absolute simplest dashboard and only care about basic traffic numbers, Plausible is a fantastic, polished choice.
If you want a privacy-friendly tool that offers deeper insights - like how fast your pages load, how users flow through your site, and how well you retain them - Swetrix is the better option. It gives you the power of tools like Google Analytics (performance, behavioral flows) without the privacy violations or complexity.
The web analytics your site deserves.
Tired of bloated dashboards, privacy concerns, and data you can't trust? Switch to Swetrix and get simple, powerful analytics that respects your users.