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Pulse vs Plausible
Plausible is a mature, open-source, cookieless analytics tool from an EU company (Estonia) — the most established name in this category.
| Pulse | Plausible | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free Hobby tier; paid plans — see pricing | From $9/mo (10k pageviews) |
| Cookies | None | None |
| Consent banner (EU) | Not needed | Not needed |
| Open source | Frontend + client open (AGPL) | Yes — self-hostable |
| Data residency | Switzerland / EU | EU (Hetzner, Germany) |
| Company jurisdiction | Belgium (EU) | EU (Estonia) |
Plausible and Pulse are close peers — both cookieless, both banner-free, both open and EU-based. Plausible has the longer track record and can be self-hosted; Pulse’s distinct edge is a Belgian company with Swiss/EU residency and a public live demo on real traffic. See Pulse pricing. Prices for Plausible were checked against their public pricing page on 2026-07-21 and can change — confirm the current figure with the vendor.
01 · Why teams pick Pulse
What Pulse does that Plausible doesn’t
This is the fairest fight on the list: Plausible pioneered cookieless, banner-free, open-source EU analytics and does it well. Pulse shares that entire foundation. Where they differ is jurisdiction and residency detail — Pulse is operated by Ciphera BV in Belgium with data on Swiss/EU infrastructure, and ships as part of a wider EU privacy platform — plus a public, no-login live demo running on our own real traffic. If you are choosing between two good tools, pick on product feel and the specifics of who holds your data.
An EU company, under EU law
Pulse is operated by Ciphera BV, a Belgian company. Your analytics provider — and your GDPR and NIS2 jurisdiction — sits inside the EU, not offshore.
About CipheraSwiss / EU data residency
Every byte of visitor data lives on Swiss and EU infrastructure — no transfer to the US, and no dependence on US-jurisdiction cloud providers.
EU web analyticsNo cookies, no consent banner
Pulse sets no cookies and does not fingerprint visitors, so it is exempt from ePrivacy consent — no banner, and it counts every visitor, not just the ones who opt in.
How cookieless worksOpen client, public live demo
The dashboard and tracking script are open (AGPL) on GitHub, and a real, no-login demo runs on our own traffic. You can verify every claim, not just take our word.
Open the live demo02 · The honest case
When Plausible is the better choice
Plausible is an excellent product and, for many teams, the safer default.
- You want the most established privacy-analytics brand, with the longest track record and the largest community and plugin ecosystem.
- You need to self-host the analytics engine on your own infrastructure — Plausible ships a supported self-hosted edition today.
- You prefer Plausible’s dashboard and feature set after trying both.
If none of the above is a dealbreaker, Pulse gives you cookieless, banner-free analytics from an EU company with Swiss/EU data residency — and you can check it yourself on the live demo.
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Start free on the Hobby tier — one script tag, no cookies, no consent banner. Or open the live demo first and see Pulse running on real traffic.
Cookie-free · GDPR compliant · EU company