# Plausible alternative with revenue attribution, replays and heatmaps

> Statsy vs Plausible, as of September 2026: prices, cookieless tracking, funnels, session replays, heatmaps and how each one handles revenue.

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Last updated: 15 September 2026

Statsy is a Plausible alternative for people who want privacy-friendly analytics and an answer to “which channel actually earned that payment?”. Both are cookieless-capable, lightweight and simple. Plausible is open source and can be self-hosted. Statsy adds session replays, heatmaps and revenue taken straight from Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Polar and Razorpay webhooks. Both start at $9 a month.

## Statsy at a glance

- **What it is:** Web analytics with revenue attribution, session replays, heatmaps, funnels and a live visitor globe
- **Price:** Growth from $9 a month at 10k events; Scale from $19. 14-day free trial, card required.
- **Cookieless:** Cookieless mode needs no cookie banner; Auto mode applies it to EU, EEA, UK and Swiss visitors
- **Revenue sources:** Signed webhooks from Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Polar and Razorpay, plus a Payment API
- **Also included:** Funnels, goals, journeys, Search Console keywords, Posts breakdown for X and LinkedIn, Slack and Discord alerts
- **Not included:** Open source code and self-hosting. Statsy is a hosted service only.

## What does Statsy do that Plausible does not?

Statsy records session replays and click and scroll heatmaps, and it takes revenue from signed payment webhooks rather than from events your site sends. It also shows a live visitor globe with a public share page, and a Posts breakdown that names the exact X or LinkedIn post behind each visit.

Plausible is a clean, fast, privacy-first analytics tool, and for many sites that is the whole job. The gap shows up the moment the question turns from “how many people came?” to “which of those people paid, and what did they do first?”.

- **Revenue from the payment provider, not the page.** Statsy counts money only from signed webhooks and an authenticated Payment API. Amounts sent from a browser are never counted, because they can be forged.
- **Five attribution models.** Last touch, first touch, linear, time decay and position based, with a lookback from 1 to 365 days. See [how Statsy attributes revenue](https://statsy.co/marketing-attribution-software).
- **Replays and heatmaps in the same tool.** Filter replays to sessions that paid, or switch a heatmap from clicks to revenue. See the [Hotjar comparison](https://statsy.co/hotjar-alternative).
- **Post-level attribution.** X wraps every link in a `t.co` short code and LinkedIn in `lnkd.in`, so Statsy can tell one post apart from another and report visits, sign-ups and revenue per post.

## What does Plausible have that Statsy does not?

Plausible publishes an open-source Community Edition you can self-host, which Statsy does not offer. Plausible also lists a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, longer default data retention, and a Looker Studio connector. If open source is a requirement, Plausible wins outright.

Checked on [plausible.io](https://plausible.io/#pricing) as of September 2026, Plausible lists a 30-day free trial with “no credit card required”, three years of data retention on its Starter and Growth plans and five years on Business. Statsy asks for a card up front and runs a 14-day trial instead.

Plausible also states “no cookies, no persistent identifiers, no cross-site or cross-device tracking” and “no need for cookie banners or GDPR consent” on every plan. Statsy can run the same way in cookieless mode, but its default Auto mode uses a first-party cookie outside consent regions, because visitor-level revenue matching needs one.

## How does each tool handle ecommerce revenue?

Plausible lists “ecommerce revenue attribution” as a Business-plan feature, driven by revenue values attached to custom events your site sends. Statsy takes payments from provider webhooks on every plan, including renewals and refunds, and credits them to the touches that came before.

The practical difference is who reports the money. When the page reports it, you have to send an event at the right moment, keep the value in step with discounts and tax, and handle refunds and renewals yourself. When the payment provider reports it, none of that is your problem: a card charged in a mobile app, a renewal at 3am and a refund a week later all arrive the same way.

Statsy stores each payment once per provider payment id, so a retried webhook does not double count. Refunds reduce net revenue and subscription cancellations mark a customer as churned.

## How do Statsy and Plausible compare on price and features?

Both start at $9 a month at the smallest volume. Plausible is priced by monthly pageviews and puts funnels, journeys and ecommerce revenue on its Business plan. Statsy is priced by monthly events and includes every feature on both plans. Figures are from each vendor’s own pages.

|  | Statsy | Plausible |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Entry price | Growth $9 a month at 10k monthly events; Scale $19 | Starter $9, Growth $14, Business $19 a month at 10k monthly pageviews |
| Free trial | 14 days, card required, cancel anytime | 30-day free trial, “no credit card required” |
| Funnels and journeys | Included on both plans | Listed as a Business-plan feature |
| Ecommerce revenue | Signed webhooks from five payment providers, plus a Payment API, on both plans | “Ecommerce revenue attribution” listed on the Business plan |
| Session replays and heatmaps | Both included; replays kept 90 days, heatmap totals up to 400 days | Not listed |
| Cookie banner | Not needed in cookieless mode; Auto mode applies it in the EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland | “No need for cookie banners or GDPR consent” |
| Open source | No, hosted only | Community Edition can be self-hosted |
| Data retention | Raw events and sessions 90 days; aggregates and heatmap totals longer | Three years on Starter and Growth, five years on Business |

Plausible figures checked September 2026 on its [pricing page](https://plausible.io/#pricing) and [home page](https://plausible.io/). Statsy prices come from our [pricing page](https://statsy.co/pricing) and retention from the [privacy policy](https://statsy.co/privacy#retention). Plans change often; check the linked pages before deciding.

## How do you switch from Plausible to Statsy?

Run both for a week or two. Add the Statsy script next to the Plausible one, connect your payment provider with a webhook URL and signing secret, then compare visitor counts. Statsy does not interfere with other analytics tools, so nothing breaks while you look.

1. Add the Statsy script, about 3 KB gzipped, to every page. Plausible can stay exactly where it is.
2. In site settings, choose your payment provider, paste the webhook URL into it and paste its signing secret back.
3. Turn on session replays and heatmaps if you want them. Both are off by default.
4. Compare the two dashboards for a week. Small differences in visitor counts are normal; bot filtering and session rules differ between tools.
5. When the numbers make sense, remove the Plausible script or keep both. Plenty of people keep both.

## When should you stay on Plausible?

Stay on Plausible if you need open-source software or self-hosting, if you want a trial without handing over a card, or if you only need traffic numbers and a cookie-free script. It is a good tool doing a well-defined job, and swapping it for something heavier helps nobody.

- You self-host on principle or because your compliance team requires it. Statsy is hosted only.
- You do not take online payments, so there is no revenue to attribute.
- You want no cookies for every visitor, everywhere, with no exceptions. Statsy can do that too, but revenue matching then relies on email or customer id.
- You need years of raw history in the product itself. Statsy keeps raw events and sessions for 90 days.

## Plausible alternative FAQ

### Is Statsy cookieless like Plausible?

It can be. Cookieless mode counts visitors with a daily rotating server-side key and stores nothing in the browser. Auto mode, the default, applies that to EU, EEA, UK and Swiss visitors and to browsers sending Global Privacy Control.

### Can I self-host Statsy the way I can self-host Plausible?

No. Statsy is a hosted service with no open-source edition. If self-hosting is a hard requirement, Plausible Community Edition or Umami are the tools to look at instead of Statsy.

### Does Statsy cost more than Plausible?

Both start at $9 a month at the smallest volume. Plausible counts monthly pageviews and Statsy counts monthly events, so the fair comparison is your own traffic on both pricing pages rather than the headline number.

### Will my Plausible numbers match my Statsy numbers?

Not exactly, and no two analytics tools ever do. Bot filtering, session timeouts and the moment a pageview is recorded all differ. Expect a few per cent apart, and compare trends rather than single days.

### Can I import my Plausible history into Statsy?

No. There is no import, so Statsy starts counting from the day you add the script. Running both tools side by side for a while is the usual way to keep continuity while you compare them.

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