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Plausible Analytics vs n8n

Privacy-first web analytics — cookieless, no GDPR/CCPA nightmare
vs. Source-available workflow automation — fair-code, self-host or cloud

Plausible Analytics ↗n8n 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 ↗

n8n

Community (self-host)
Source-available (fair-code). Free forever. Full feature set self-hosted.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud Starter
€20/mo annual (~$22). 2,500 workflow executions. 5 concurrent. 1 shared project. Unlimited users.
$22/mo
Cloud Pro
€50/mo annual (~$55). Custom execution volume. 20 concurrent. 3 shared projects. 7-day insights.
$55/mo
Cloud Business
€667/mo annual (~$735). 40,000 executions. 30 concurrent. 6 projects. Self-host option. SSO, SAML, LDAP. Git version control.
$735/mo
Enterprise
Custom. 200+ concurrent. Unlimited projects. SLA. 365-day retention.
Custom
n8n website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing starter on Plausible Analytics vs starter on n8n.

MetricPlausible Analyticsn8n
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

Plausible Analytics · 16 features

  • 404 Error Tracking — Auto-detect 404 pages.
  • Custom Properties — Attach arbitrary properties to events (Business+).
  • Email/Slack Reports — Weekly + monthly reports to email/Slack.
  • File Download Tracking — Track PDF/DOC/ZIP downloads.
  • Funnels — Multi-step funnel analysis (Business+).
  • Goals & Conversions — Track custom events + pageview-based goals.
  • Import from Google Analytics — Import historical GA data via script.
  • Managed Proxy (Ent) — Proxy plausible.io through your domain to bypass ad-blockers.
  • Outbound Link Tracking — One-line extension to track outbound clicks.
  • Revenue Goals — Track $ amounts per goal. Great for e-commerce.
  • Self-Hosting — Run via Docker. AGPL Community Edition.
  • Shared Dashboards — Public or password-protected share links.
  • Single-page Dashboard — All your metrics on one page: visitors, pageviews, sources, devices, countries, …
  • Stats API — Pull data into your own tools via REST. Business+.
  • Team Management — Owners, admins, viewers per site.
  • UTM Campaigns — Track utm_source/medium/campaign automatically.

n8n · 19 features

  • 500+ Integration Nodes — Apps, SaaS, DBs, cloud services, AI models.
  • AI / LangChain Nodes — AI Agent, Chain, Memory, Vector Store nodes out of box.
  • Audit Logs — Enterprise compliance logging.
  • Code Nodes (JS + Python) — Drop-in custom code nodes with full data access.
  • Credentials Vault — Encrypted credentials per service.
  • Environments — dev/staging/prod environments.
  • Error Workflows — Global + per-workflow error handlers.
  • Execution History — Full run log with inputs/outputs per node.
  • Expression Editor — JavaScript expressions for data mapping.
  • External Secrets — HashiCorp Vault + AWS Secrets + Azure Key Vault integrations.
  • Git Version Control — Version workflows in Git (Business+).
  • HTTP Request Node — Full-featured HTTP client node (any REST API).
  • Queue Mode — Redis-backed execution queue for scaling.
  • Schedule Triggers — Cron-based triggers down to the minute.
  • SSO + SAML + LDAP — Business+ authentication.
  • Sub-Workflows — Reusable child workflows.
  • Variables — Global variables + per-workflow variables.
  • Visual Editor — Drag-and-drop flow builder. Node-based canvas.
  • Webhooks — Webhook triggers + responses.

Developer interfaces

KindPlausible Analyticsn8n
CLI—n8n CLI
SDK@nuxtjs/plausible + plugins, plausible-tracker (npm)—
RESTEvents API, Plausible Stats API, Sites Management APIn8n REST API
MCP—n8n MCP
OTHERTracker Script (<script>)n8n Editor UI, Webhook Triggers
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