Plausible

Plausible is a lightweight, privacy-focused analytics tool that does not use cookies or collect personal data, which means it does not trigger consent-banner requirements in most jurisdictions. The dashboard is one page: visitors, sources, pages, and goals, with no sampling. It is open source and can be self-hosted.

Where it falls short

It deliberately omits the deep behavioural analysis product teams want, so it complements rather than replaces a full analytics stack.

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