Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Google Analytics (GA4)
Google Analytics (GA4) clearly comes out ahead of Plausible Analytics on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Google Analytics (GA4) has a free tier; Plausible Analytics does not. Plausible Analytics's paid plans start at $9/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Plausible Insights OÜ | |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsMarketing | Data & AnalyticsMarketing |
| Categories | analytics | analytics |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Google Analytics (GA4)
freemium
custom
usage based
usage based
custom
| Feature | google-analytics-ga4 | plausible-analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Audiences | ||
| 10 Million+ Monthly Page Views | ||
| Ai-Powered Insights | ||
| 10,000 Monthly Page Views | ||
| Bigquery Export (Up To 10M Rows/Month) | ||
| 100% Data Ownership | ||
| Cross-Platform Tracking | ||
| 100,000 Monthly Page Views | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| 50 Websites | ||
| Enhanced Bigquery Limits | ||
| Custom Events | ||
| Event-Based Measurement | ||
| Custom Requirements | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Unlimited Data Retention | ||
| Exploration Reports | ||
| Unlimited Team Members | ||
| No Data Sampling | ||
| Sla Guarantee | ||
| Unlimited Properties |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Google Analytics (GA4) comes out ahead overall, though Plausible Analytics can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Google Analytics (GA4) offers a free tier; Plausible Analytics does not currently list one.
Google Analytics (GA4) scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Plausible Analytics is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
