Plausible Analytics vs Tailwind UI

Privacy-first web analytics — cookieless, no GDPR/CCPA nightmare
vs. Beautifully designed components + templates by the Tailwind CSS team

Plausible Analytics ↗Tailwind UI ↗

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 ↗

Tailwind UI

Components (one-time)

$299 one-time. Full access to all components (500+). Forever updates. 1 developer.

$299/mo

Team (one-time)

$799 one-time. 25 team members. All components. Forever updates.

$799/mo

All-Access (one-time)

$1,499 one-time. Components + all templates (Catalyst, Studio, Protocol, Syntax, Spotlight, etc.). 25 developers. Forever updates.

$1499/mo

Tailwind UI ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing starter on Plausible Analytics vs components on Tailwind UI.

Metric	Plausible Analytics	Tailwind UI
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.

Tailwind UI · 17 features

500+ Components — Pre-built components for marketing, apps, ecommerce.
Application UI — Shells, navigation, forms, tables, modals.
Catalyst Template — Opinionated app UI kit for React.
Commit Template — Open-source project site.
Ecommerce Components — Product grids, carts, checkout flows.
Figma Component Library — All components as Figma components.
Forever Updates — Ongoing additions & improvements at no extra cost.
Headless UI — Unstyled accessible primitives — free OSS complement.
HTML + Alpine.js — Vanilla HTML with Alpine for interactivity.
Marketing Sections — Hero, pricing, testimonials, FAQs, CTAs.
Protocol Template — API docs template.
React Variants — Every component in React + JSX.
Spotlight Template — Personal website template.
Studio Template — Agency website template.
Syntax Template — Technical docs template.
Transmit Template — Podcast site template.
Vue 3 Variants — Every component in Vue 3 + <script setup>.

Developer interfaces

Kind	Plausible Analytics	Tailwind UI
SDK	@nuxtjs/plausible + plugins, plausible-tracker (npm)	—
REST	Events API, Plausible Stats API, Sites Management API	—
OTHER	Tracker Script (<script>)	Copy-paste Components, Figma Library, HTML + Alpine Components, React Components, Tailwind UI Dashboard, Vue Components

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