Self-hosted Plausible CE,
fully managed.
Lightweight, privacy-first analytics. One script tag, no cookie banner drama.
Billed yearly on a 2 GB server, or $8 month to month. Plausible CE itself is $0.
- Daily snapshots
- Free migration
- 500% SLA
- 4.4 on Trustpilot
- 500% SLA credited automatically
- Engineers 24/7, real humans
- Free migration of your Plausible CE
- Since 2001, independent
At a glance
Plausible CE here, in four lines.
What it is, what we install, what management covers and what it needs. The rest of this page is detail.
- What it is
- Plausible CE is the lightweight, privacy-first analytics: one clean dashboard, a script under 1 KB, no cookies, and numbers your whole team actually reads, self-hosted from the Community Edition.
- What we install
- The playbook deploys Plausible CE dockerized with its PostgreSQL and ClickHouse per the official compose, HTTPS forced, the events pipeline verified with a real pageview, and the snippet ready for your sites.
- What managed covers
- Stack and server updates with snapshots first, daily snapshots plus optional Dual Backups of the analytics databases, monitoring on the pipeline, and the managed firewall.
- What it needs
- 2 GB RAM
Fits on SC-2GB, from $6.67/mo. Bigger sizes leave room for the apps you stack beside it.
Your options
Three ways to run Plausible CE.
Installing Plausible CE is the easy part. The real question is who keeps it running.
| Do it yourselfOn any unmanaged VPS | One-click imageAt most clouds | RemarkableCloudManaged Plausible CE, from $6.67/mo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installing Plausible CE | You: dependencies, database, HTTPS | Preinstalled once, then it is yours | Deployed by a tested playbook, database and HTTPS wired |
| Updates | You | You | Us, with a snapshot first |
| Monitoring and security | You | You | Us, 24/7: monitoring, firewall and IDS |
| Backups | You | Usually a paid add-on | Daily snapshots included, Dual Backups optional |
| Other apps on the server | Yours to wire up | One app per server | As many as fit, $0 each |
| When something breaks | You fix it | You fix it | Our engineers fix it, day or night |
Built for
What people run on Plausible CE here.
On your own server, using it more never costs more.
Google Analytics, replaced
Visitors, sources, pages and goals on one page, cookieless, on your server.
Every site you run, one install
Track unlimited sites from a single Plausible with no per-site fee.
Public or client dashboards
Share a stats page with a client or your audience via link, no logins to manage.
Marketing without the banner
Cookieless by design trims the consent UX and keeps the data yours to keep.
Stack it
Plausible CE works better with company.
Everything here can run on the same server as Plausible CE, at $0 per app. The server only needs the room.
Pick your server
Choose the size. Plausible CE is $0.
Plausible CE needs 2 GB. Bigger servers leave room for the apps you stack beside it. Every size is fully managed, and you can resize in minutes.
SC-2GB
The right size for Plausible CE
$8 month to monthSave 17% yearly
- 2 GB RAM
- 1 vCPU
- 50 GB NVMe
- 5 TB transfer
SC-4GB
Plausible CE plus a few more apps
$16 month to monthSave 17% yearly
- 4 GB RAM
- 2 vCPU
- 100 GB NVMe
- 10 TB transfer
SC-6GB
A fuller stack beside Plausible CE
$24 month to monthSave 17% yearly
- 6 GB RAM
- 3 vCPU
- 150 GB NVMe
- 15 TB transfer
Prefer to self-host? The exact Plausible CE image we deploy is public and free to pull, with a full production guide.
The details
Plausible CE here, in plain words.
Straight answers to what people ask before they choose where to run it.
What does managed Plausible hosting include?
The CE stack (app, Postgres, ClickHouse) deployed correctly and kept healthy, with your traffic history in daily snapshots (twice offsite with Dual Backups), at flat server pricing with no pageview tiers. The hosted product's simplicity, on your hardware.
Plausible or Matomo?
Plausible when you want one elegant page of numbers and a featherweight script; Matomo when you want depth, segments, and per-visitor detail. Both are in this catalog at $0, and some teams run both: Plausible for the daily glance, Matomo for the deep dive.
Is it really cookieless?
Yes, no cookies and no persistent identifiers, which is why consent banners generally are not triggered by it. The script is served from your domain, weighs under a kilobyte, and does not slow the sites it measures.
Why does CE need ClickHouse?
Because events at scale want a columnar store, and Plausible's architecture uses ClickHouse for exactly that. It is the heaviest part of the stack, our playbook deploys it per the official recipe, and it is why the honest minimum is 2 GB rather than 1.
FAQ
Plausible CE hosting, answered.
Still deciding? These are the questions we hear most.
How much RAM does Plausible CE need?
2 GB floors the stack for typical traffic; high-volume portfolios give ClickHouse 4 GB to breathe.
Can it track multiple sites?
Yes, unlimited sites on one instance, each with its own dashboard and optional public link.
Does it work with Ghost or WordPress?
Perfectly: one script line in the theme. A Ghost publication with Plausible beside it on the same server is a classic pairing from this catalog.
How is this different from Matomo?
Plausible is the light one: a single elegant page, cookieless by default, minimal footprint. Matomo is the deep one: heatmaps-adjacent detail, GA-style reports. Both live in our catalog; plenty of teams start Plausible.
Does the script affect page speed?
Barely: under 1 KB, served from your own domain, which also survives ad blockers better than third-party analytics domains do.
Is this Plausible CE on a VPS or on shared hosting?
A VPS. Plausible CE runs on your own private virtual server with dedicated, non-oversold resources and its own IP. You get real isolation and performance, with the setup, TLS and hardening handled for you.
Can I run other apps on the same server?
Yes. Add any other catalog app to this server from your client area, one click each, no per-app charge. How much fits is a question of RAM, and resizing is minutes.
Do you migrate my existing Plausible CE?
Yes, migration help is free. Open a ticket with access to the current setup and we move it, verify it, and hand it back running. Nothing switches until you approve.
Can I upgrade or downgrade the plan later?
Anytime. Plans resize from the client area in minutes, annual billing keeps its flat 17% discount at every size, and there is never a fee to change tiers.
Plausible CE runs. You sleep.
Managed Plausible CE from $6.67/mo, free migration and a 30-day money-back guarantee.