Plausible Analytics vs DataFast
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of Plausible Analytics and DataFast built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
inetGeek runs DataFast. It is the analytics on the page you are reading, alongside Google Analytics, and this record was written by the people who pay for it. Nothing below is sourced differently because of that — the figures come from DataFast's own pricing page like every other record here, and the entry price is recorded as unreadable because it is, which is the least flattering thing on this page and is here anyway.
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 DataFast if…
Tying revenue back to the channel that produced it. DataFast connects a payment provider per website and reports revenue per visitor rather than pageviews alone, which is a different question from the one the rest of this category answers.
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.
- DataFast: You need to know the price before signing up. The pricing block lists what each plan contains and never renders the figure — it prints an empty amount and a literal NaN — so the only way to learn the cost is to start the trial.
4 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
Plausible Analytics 0
DataFast 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | Plausible Analytics | DataFast |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | No | No |
| Kind of free offer | Free trial | Free trial |
| Entry paid plan | $9/month for Starter at up to 10,000 monthly pageviews: one site and three years of data retention. Growth is $14/month for up to three sites. | Not readable. The pricing block renders its plan contents in full and then prints "$ /month" with an empty figure and "Save $NaN" — in a headless browser, after twenty seconds, on every extraction tier this site has. |
| 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. | Traffic-based plans metered in monthly events rather than pageviews, from 10,000 to over 10 million, monthly or yearly with two months free on yearly. |
| Limits | ||
| Sites or apps included | One site on Starter, the $9 entry plan. Growth raises it to three sites and three team members for $14. | One website and one team member on Starter, the entry tier. Growth raises both to 30. |
| Observability | ||
| Retention window | Three years of data retention, stated on the entry Starter plan. | Three years of data retention on Starter, the entry tier; five or more on Growth. |
Where they differ.
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 $14/month for up to three sites.
- DataFast
- Not readable. The pricing block renders its plan contents in full and then prints "$ /month" with an empty figure and "Save $NaN" — in a headless browser, after twenty seconds, on every extraction tier this site has.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Plausible Analytics ↗
“Up to 10k monthly pageviews 10k 10k 10M+ Starter /year /month $9 /month Custom Start free trial One site 3 years of data retention Intuitive, fast and privacy-friendly dashboard”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
- DataFast ↗
“Traffic-based plans to match your growth”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
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.
- DataFast
- Traffic-based plans metered in monthly events rather than pageviews, from 10,000 to over 10 million, monthly or yearly with two months free on yearly.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Plausible Analytics ↗
“Up to 10k monthly pageviews 10k 10k 10M+ Starter /year /month $9 /month Custom”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
- DataFast ↗
“Traffic-based plans to match your growth”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
Sites or apps included
One site on Starter, the $9 entry plan. Growth raises it to three sites and three team members for $14.
One website and one team member on Starter, the entry tier. Growth raises both to 30.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Plausible Analytics ↗
“Start free trial One site 3 years of data retention Intuitive, fast and privacy-friendly dashboard Email/Slack reports Google Analytics import Goals and custom events Saved Segments Annotations Growth /year /month $14 /month Custom Start free trial Everything in Starter Up to 3 sites Up to 3 team members”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
- DataFast ↗
“10k monthly events 1 website 1 team member 3 years of data retention 100K AI bot requests”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
Retention window
- Plausible Analytics
- Three years of data retention, stated on the entry Starter plan.
- DataFast
- Three years of data retention on Starter, the entry tier; five or more on Growth.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Plausible Analytics ↗
“Start free trial One site 3 years of data retention Intuitive, fast and privacy-friendly dashboard”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
- DataFast ↗
“1 website 1 team member 3 years of data retention 100K AI bot requests API, CLI”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
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.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: Plausible Analytics or DataFast?
Plausible Analytics: $9/month for Starter at up to 10,000 monthly pageviews: one site and three years of data retention. Growth is $14/month for up to three sites.
DataFast: Not readable. The pricing block renders its plan contents in full and then prints "$ /month" with an empty figure and "Save $NaN" — in a headless browser, after twenty seconds, on every extraction tier this site has.
Should I choose Plausible Analytics or DataFast?
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 DataFast if Tying revenue back to the channel that produced it. DataFast connects a payment provider per website and reports revenue per visitor rather than pageviews alone, which is a different question from the one the rest of this category answers.