RevenueCat vs Plausible Analytics
Mobile subscription infrastructure — iOS + Android + web in one API
vs. Privacy-first web analytics — cookieless, no GDPR/CCPA nightmare
Pricing tiers
RevenueCat
Starter
$0. Free up to $2,500 MTR (monthly tracked revenue). All core features. Email support.
Free
Pro
$0 base + 1% of MTR above $2,500. All features + priority support + SLA.
$0 base (usage-based)
Enterprise
Custom. Volume discount, dedicated support, custom contract.
Custom
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
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing starter on RevenueCat vs starter on Plausible Analytics.
| Metric | RevenueCat | Plausible Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
RevenueCat · 13 features
- Audiences + Targeting — Target users by cohort, country, event.
- Charts — Cohort retention, LTV, MRR dashboards.
- Customer Center — Native UI for subscription management.
- Data Integrations — Push events to Mixpanel/Amplitude/Segment/etc.
- Entitlements — Server-authoritative feature unlocks independent of SKU.
- Experiments — Built-in A/B testing.
- Offerings + Packages — Remote product groupings + package targeting.
- Paywalls — Remote-configurable native paywall UI templates.
- Purchases — Unified purchase API across stores.
- Receipt Validation — Server-side App Store + Play receipt validation.
- Restore Purchases — Cross-device + reinstall restore.
- Web Billing (Stripe) — Accept subs via web with Stripe, reconcile with mobile.
- Webhooks — Subscription lifecycle events.
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.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | RevenueCat | Plausible Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| SDK | RevenueCat Android SDK, RevenueCat Flutter, RevenueCat iOS SDK, RevenueCat React Native, RevenueCat Web Billing | @nuxtjs/plausible + plugins, plausible-tracker (npm) |
| REST | RevenueCat REST API | Events API, Plausible Stats API, Sites Management API |
| OTHER | RevenueCat Dashboard, RevenueCat Webhooks | Tracker Script (<script>) |
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