Plausible Has a Free API — Google Analytics Alternative That Respects Privacy

Plausible is a lightweight, open-source web analytics tool. Under 1KB script, no cookies, and a clean API for programmatic access.

What Is Plausible?

Plausible is privacy-first analytics. It gives you essential metrics without the bloat of Google Analytics.

Self-hosted: Free and unlimited
Cloud: From $9/month

REST API

# Realtime visitors
curl https://plausible.io/api/v1/stats/realtime/visitors?site_id=YOUR_SITE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

# Aggregate stats
curl "https://plausible.io/api/v1/stats/aggregate?site_id=YOUR_SITE&period=30d&metrics=visitors,pageviews,bounce_rate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

# Top pages
curl "https://plausible.io/api/v1/stats/breakdown?site_id=YOUR_SITE&period=30d&property=event:page&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

# Traffic sources
curl "https://plausible.io/api/v1/stats/breakdown?site_id=YOUR_SITE&period=30d&property=visit:source" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Add to Website

<script defer data-domain="yoursite.com" src="https://plausible.io/js/script.js"></script>

741 bytes. Compare that to Google Analytics at 45KB.

Use Cases

1. Website analytics — essential metrics only
2. GDPR compliance — no consent banners
3. Performance — under 1KB script
4. Custom dashboards — API-powered reports
5. Goal tracking — conversion events

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