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Plausible Analytics vs DataBull

OCT 2026 audit

A comparison of Plausible Analytics and DataBull built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 14 criteria compared

The short answer

Choose 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.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Choose 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.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Consider something else if…

  • 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.
  • 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.

Neither quite fits? Every other option, ranked by iScore: Plausible Analytics alternatives · DataBull alternatives

8 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.

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01.

At a glance.

CriterionPlausible AnalyticsDataBull
Pricing
Free tierNoNo
Kind of free offerFree trialNo 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 modelBanded 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.
Limits
Sites or apps includedOne 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.
Observability
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
Compliance
Works without cookiesSupportedOptional, 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 residencyMade 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.

Only criteria both providers publish appear here; a tinted cell marks a real difference. Criteria only one of them documents are listed below, and an absence there means we found no source — not that the feature is missing. How we source this.

The small bar above a value is inetGeek's own lean toward that side — computed from the same facts shown, never a number the provider published. See the picker below "The short answer" to weigh only the criteria you care about.

02.

Where they differ.

Kind of free offer

Plausible Analytics
Free trial
DataBull
No free offer
Sources (2) →

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.
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.
Sources (2) →

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.
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.
Sources (2) →

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.
DataBull
Unlimited websites and events on the license, each website connected to its own payment account.
Sources (2) →

Works without cookies

Plausible Analytics
Supported
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.
Sources (2) →

Revenue attribution from a payment provider

Plausible Analytics
Limited
DataBull
Supported
Sources (2) →

AI and search crawler tracking

Plausible Analytics
Not supported — Counts AI-assistant referral visits as a channel; crawler requests are excluded
DataBull
Limited — Bots counted separately as one total; no AI-crawler breakdown stated
Sources (2) →

GDPR / data residency

Plausible Analytics
Made and hosted in the EU on what Plausible describes as European-owned infrastructure.
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.
Sources (2) →

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03.

Documented by only one.

These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing — except where we say we read the other provider's own page on a given date and it does not state it. Those rows lean, and the provider can correct them with a link.

What the free plan includesDataBull: 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 endsPlausible Analytics: Sign up for 30-day free trial.
Payment providers connectedDataBull: Stripe, Polar and Dodo Payments, each connected per website.
Retention windowPlausible Analytics: Three years of data retention, stated on the entry Starter plan.
Self-hostableDataBull: Supported
04.

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.

Provider pages

Plausible AnalyticsLightweight, open-source website analytics hosted in the EU, with a single-page dashboard and no cookies.DataBullRevenue-first analytics that ties Stripe, Polar and Dodo sales to the post, search or link that brought the buyer, sold as a one-time license and run on your own Cloudflare.

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Comments

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