# Plausible Analytics vs DataBull

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Every value below is read from Plausible Analytics's and DataBull's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Plausible Analytics | DataBull |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Kind of free offer | Free trial | No free offer |
| Entry paid plan | $9/month for Starter at up to 10,000 monthly pageviews: one site and three years of data retention. Growth is $14/month for up to three sites. | $29 one time for a self-hosted lifetime license, at a launch price that rises as licenses sell: $29 for the first 40, then $49, $69 and $99. No monthly fee to DataBull; a hosted monthly plan is listed as coming soon. |
| Pricing model | Banded by monthly pageviews, with a slider from 10,000 to 10 million and above; site and team-member counts rise with the tier. The page picks its currency in JavaScript, so the figures are origin-dependent and $9 is the default. | One-time lifetime license with every future update included, sold at stepped launch prices ($29, $49, $69, then $99). It runs on the buyer's own Cloudflare account, where the page says the free plan covers most sites and very busy sites need the $5/month Workers plan, paid to Cloudflare. |
| Sites or apps included | One site on Starter, the $9 entry plan. Growth raises it to three sites and three team members for $14. | Unlimited websites and events on the license, each website connected to its own payment account. |
| Revenue attribution from a payment provider | Limited | Supported |
| AI and search crawler tracking | Not supported — Counts AI-assistant referral visits as a channel; crawler requests are excluded | Limited — Bots counted separately as one total; no AI-crawler breakdown stated |
| Works without cookies | Supported | Optional, chosen per website: first-party cookies for the best attribution, fully cookieless with a daily-rotating salted hash, or cookieless until the site's banner reports consent. |
| GDPR / data residency | Made and hosted in the EU on what Plausible describes as European-owned infrastructure. | Self-hosted: visitors, sales and keys stay in the buyer's own Cloudflare account and never touch DataBull's servers. No data is sold or shared. The page makes no region or GDPR-compliance claim beyond the cookie options. |

## Where they differ

### Kind of free offer

- Plausible Analytics: Free trial ([source](https://plausible.io/))
- DataBull: No free offer ([source](https://databull.app/))
- Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion.

### Entry paid plan

- Plausible Analytics: $9/month for Starter at up to 10,000 monthly pageviews: one site and three years of data retention. Growth is $14/month for up to three sites. ([source](https://plausible.io/))
- DataBull: $29 one time for a self-hosted lifetime license, at a launch price that rises as licenses sell: $29 for the first 40, then $49, $69 and $99. No monthly fee to DataBull; a hosted monthly plan is listed as coming soon. ([source](https://databull.app/))
- Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion.

### Pricing model

- Plausible Analytics: Banded by monthly pageviews, with a slider from 10,000 to 10 million and above; site and team-member counts rise with the tier. The page picks its currency in JavaScript, so the figures are origin-dependent and $9 is the default. ([source](https://plausible.io/))
- DataBull: One-time lifetime license with every future update included, sold at stepped launch prices ($29, $49, $69, then $99). It runs on the buyer's own Cloudflare account, where the page says the free plan covers most sites and very busy sites need the $5/month Workers plan, paid to Cloudflare. ([source](https://databull.app/))
- Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion.

### Sites or apps included

- Plausible Analytics: One site on Starter, the $9 entry plan. Growth raises it to three sites and three team members for $14. ([source](https://plausible.io/))
- DataBull: Unlimited websites and events on the license, each website connected to its own payment account. ([source](https://databull.app/))
- Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion.

### Works without cookies

- Plausible Analytics: Supported ([source](https://plausible.io/))
- DataBull: Optional, chosen per website: first-party cookies for the best attribution, fully cookieless with a daily-rotating salted hash, or cookieless until the site's banner reports consent. ([source](https://databull.app/))
- Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion.

### Revenue attribution from a payment provider

- Plausible Analytics: Limited ([source](https://plausible.io/docs/ecommerce-revenue-tracking))
- DataBull: Supported ([source](https://databull.app/docs/revenue))
- Lean: 36% Plausible Analytics / 64% DataBull — documented support level. inetGeek's own reading, computed from the two values above by the rules at https://inetgeek.com/methodology/, not a provider claim.

### AI and search crawler tracking

- Plausible Analytics: Not supported — Counts AI-assistant referral visits as a channel; crawler requests are excluded ([source](https://plausible.io/track-ai-traffic))
- DataBull: Limited — Bots counted separately as one total; no AI-crawler breakdown stated ([source](https://databull.app/docs/attribution))
- Lean: 36% Plausible Analytics / 64% DataBull — documented support level. inetGeek's own reading, computed from the two values above by the rules at https://inetgeek.com/methodology/, not a provider claim.

### GDPR / data residency

- Plausible Analytics: Made and hosted in the EU on what Plausible describes as European-owned infrastructure. ([source](https://plausible.io/))
- DataBull: Self-hosted: visitors, sales and keys stay in the buyer's own Cloudflare account and never touch DataBull's servers. No data is sold or shared. The page makes no region or GDPR-compliance claim beyond the cookie options. ([source](https://databull.app/))
- Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion.

## Which should you choose?

Pick Plausible Analytics if A site that wants one clear dashboard, no cookie banner and its data in the EU, at $9 a month for the first 10,000 pageviews — the cheapest EU-hosted option here that is a product rather than a favour.

Pick DataBull if A founder who sells through Stripe, Polar or Dodo and wants each sale credited to the post, search or link that brought the buyer. It is $29 once at the current launch price, with unlimited websites and events, run on your own Cloudflare account.

Consider something else: Plausible Analytics — You run more than one site on the entry plan. Starter is one site; three costs $14. Pirsch includes 50 websites at $6 and Fathom 50 at $15, both without raising the price to add the second.

Consider something else: DataBull — You want a monthly plan, a trial or a refund. The license is one-time and non-refundable, its price rises from $29 to $99 as licenses sell, and the hosted monthly plan is listed as coming soon. If revenue attribution is not the point, Plausible starts at $9 a month with a free trial.

## Documented by only one

One side documents these and the other does not. An absence is a missing source, not a stated "no" — except where a line says the other page was READ on a date and does not mention it, which is a sourced observation and the only one-sided case this site leans on.

- What the free plan includes: DataBull: None today. There is a live demo, but no trial or free plan; a hosted plan with a free tier is listed as coming soon. The license is non-refundable.
- When the free offer ends: Plausible Analytics: Sign up for 30-day free trial.
- Payment providers connected: DataBull: Stripe, Polar and Dodo Payments, each connected per website.
- Retention window: Plausible Analytics: Three years of data retention, stated on the entry Starter plan.
- Self-hostable: DataBull: Supported

## Questions this comparison answers

**Entry paid plan: Plausible Analytics or DataBull?**

Plausible Analytics: $9/month for Starter at up to 10,000 monthly pageviews: one site and three years of data retention. Growth is $14/month for up to three sites.
DataBull: $29 one time for a self-hosted lifetime license, at a launch price that rises as licenses sell: $29 for the first 40, then $49, $69 and $99. No monthly fee to DataBull; a hosted monthly plan is listed as coming soon.

**Should I choose Plausible Analytics or DataBull?**

Pick Plausible Analytics if A site that wants one clear dashboard, no cookie banner and its data in the EU, at $9 a month for the first 10,000 pageviews — the cheapest EU-hosted option here that is a product rather than a favour.
Pick DataBull if A founder who sells through Stripe, Polar or Dodo and wants each sale credited to the post, search or link that brought the buyer. It is $29 once at the current launch price, with unlimited websites and events, run on your own Cloudflare account.