statpx vs Plausible Analytics: Full Comparison 2025

Plausible Analytics is one of the most well-known privacy-first analytics tools. It's lightweight, cookie-free, and designed for people who want clean numbers without complexity. statpx shares the same philosophy — but takes a different position on pricing. This comparison lays out exactly how the two tools stack up so you can choose the right one for your site.

Quick Overview

Plausible Analytics is an Estonian company that offers a hosted analytics service starting at $9/month (billed annually) for up to 10,000 monthly pageviews. The open-source version can be self-hosted for free, though that requires managing your own server and Docker environment. Plausible's script is under 1KB, sets no cookies, and is GDPR-compliant by design.

statpx is a fully free analytics platform. There are no pageview limits, no paid tiers, and no credit card required — ever. You get the same cookie-free, lightweight tracking with a broader feature set that includes goals, funnels, heatmaps, JS error tracking, real-time data, and team access, all at zero cost.

Feature Comparison

Privacy and Data Handling

Both tools take privacy seriously and neither uses cookies. Plausible processes visitor data in the EU, which is a meaningful advantage for European businesses that need to demonstrate data residency under GDPR. It generates a daily-rotating hash of the visitor's IP and user agent to identify unique visitors without storing personal data.

statpx uses the same approach — no cookies, no cross-site tracking, no personal data stored. The difference is that Plausible puts significant emphasis on its EU infrastructure as a selling point, which matters most if your legal team requires a documented EU data processor. If that's not a constraint, both tools are equally compliant from a consent-banner perspective.

Pricing: Where They Diverge

This is the clearest point of differentiation. Plausible's hosted service starts at $9/month for 10,000 monthly pageviews. If your site grows past that threshold, costs scale up: $19/month for 100k pageviews, $29/month for 200k, and so on. The self-hosted version avoids this cost but requires a Linux server, Docker, and ongoing maintenance.

statpx is free with no pageview caps. Whether your site gets 1,000 or 1,000,000 pageviews per month, the cost is zero. This makes statpx the obvious choice for solo developers, growing startups, and anyone running multiple websites — where paying per site or per pageview tier adds up quickly.

Ease of Setup

Plausible's onboarding is polished and fast — register, add a domain, copy the script tag, and you're collecting data. The dashboard is intentionally minimal: one screen with everything visible. There are no segments, custom dimensions, or report builders to configure.

statpx setup is equally quick. The install wizard walks you through adding your site, verifying the snippet, and reading your first data. The dashboard is slightly denser than Plausible's given the broader feature set, but every section is labelled clearly. For a full walkthrough, see how to get started with statpx.

The Bottom Line

If EU data residency is a hard legal requirement and you're willing to pay $9–$29/month for a polished, minimal tool, Plausible is a solid choice. If you want comparable privacy, a broader feature set, and no monthly fee — statpx covers everything Plausible does plus heatmaps, JS errors, funnels, and e-commerce tracking, all for free.

For a broader comparison of privacy-friendly tools, see our guide to privacy-friendly analytics without cookies.