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Plausible Analytics vs Cursor

Privacy-first web analytics — cookieless, no GDPR/CCPA nightmare
vs. AI-native code editor — VS Code fork with deep AI integration

Plausible AnalyticsCursor website

Pricing tiers

Plausible Analytics

Self-Hosted (CE)
Community Edition — AGPL-licensed, run on your own infra.
$0 base (usage-based)
Starter
$9/month. 1 site. Basic dashboard, goals, 3-year data retention.
$9/mo
Growth
$14/month. 3 sites + 3 team members. Shared dashboards + team mgmt.
$14/mo
Business
$19/month. 10 sites + 10 members. Custom properties, API access, funnels, 5-year retention.
$19/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, managed proxy, priority support.
Custom
Plausible Analytics

Cursor

Hobby (Free)
Free. Limited Agent requests + Tab completions. No credit card.
Free
Pro
$20/month. Extended Agent limits, frontier models, MCPs + skills + hooks, cloud agents.
$20/mo
Teams
$40/user/month. Shared chats + commands + rules, centralized billing, RBAC, SAML/OIDC SSO.
$40/mo
Pro+ (Recommended)
$60/month. Everything in Pro + 3x usage on OpenAI, Claude, Gemini.
$60/mo
Ultra
$200/month. 20x usage multiplier + priority access to new features.
$200/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Pooled usage, SCIM, AI code tracking API + audit logs, priority support.
Custom
Cursor website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing starter on Plausible Analytics vs hobby on Cursor.

MetricPlausible AnalyticsCursor
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

Plausible Analytics · 16 features

  • 404 Error TrackingAuto-detect 404 pages.
  • Custom PropertiesAttach arbitrary properties to events (Business+).
  • Email/Slack ReportsWeekly + monthly reports to email/Slack.
  • File Download TrackingTrack PDF/DOC/ZIP downloads.
  • FunnelsMulti-step funnel analysis (Business+).
  • Goals & ConversionsTrack custom events + pageview-based goals.
  • Import from Google AnalyticsImport historical GA data via script.
  • Managed Proxy (Ent)Proxy plausible.io through your domain to bypass ad-blockers.
  • Outbound Link TrackingOne-line extension to track outbound clicks.
  • Revenue GoalsTrack $ amounts per goal. Great for e-commerce.
  • Self-HostingRun via Docker. AGPL Community Edition.
  • Shared DashboardsPublic or password-protected share links.
  • Single-page DashboardAll your metrics on one page: visitors, pageviews, sources, devices, countries,
  • Stats APIPull data into your own tools via REST. Business+.
  • Team ManagementOwners, admins, viewers per site.
  • UTM CampaignsTrack utm_source/medium/campaign automatically.

Cursor · 15 features

  • Agent ModeAutonomous multi-file editing + tool use. Runs terminal commands with confirmati
  • Background AgentsRun agents in the cloud to tackle longer tasks async.
  • BugBot (PR reviews)AI reviewer on GitHub PRs.
  • Chat (⌘L)Conversational chat with codebase context.
  • Cmd-K Inline EditHighlight code + ⌘K → natural language edit instruction.
  • Codebase IndexingEmbedding-based semantic search over your codebase.
  • ComposerMulti-file edit sessions with full context.
  • .cursorrules / Project RulesCustom system prompts per project to steer the AI.
  • MCP SupportAdd Model Context Protocol servers to extend agent capabilities.
  • Privacy ModeData never used for training; zero-retention routing.
  • Skills & HooksUser-defined skills library + lifecycle hooks.
  • Tab (multi-line completion)Predictive completions including next-edit suggestions.
  • Team Shared ContextShare chats, commands, rules across team.
  • VS Code Extension CompatMost VS Code extensions work via the marketplace.
  • YOLO ModeAuto-approve all agent actions (for trusted workflows).

Developer interfaces

KindPlausible AnalyticsCursor
CLICursor CLI
SDK@nuxtjs/plausible + plugins, plausible-tracker (npm)
RESTEvents API, Plausible Stats API, Sites Management API
MCPCursor MCP support
OTHERTracker Script (<script>)Cursor Desktop App, Cursor Rules (.cursorrules), Privacy Mode
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