Best Plausible Analytics hosting
1 provider on this site publish their own Plausible Analytics documentation. Every row below links to the guide it came from.
Open-source web analytics deployed as a Docker Compose stack, requiring PostgreSQL for application data and ClickHouse for the event store.
Where you can deploy it.
Ordered by how the provider documents it — a dedicated guide first, a generic path second. There is no score: the ordering is the evidence.
| Provider | Category | Documented fit for Plausible Analytics | Entry paid plan | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | VPS & cloud | Dedicated guide | $4.00 | Yes |
What actually works.
Every platform here claims Plausible Analytics support, so the claim on its own says little. These are the capabilities each provider documents, and the constraints it documents alongside them.
| DigitalOcean | |
|---|---|
| docker_compose | Supported |
| one_click_image | Supported |
| smtp_outbound | Not supported |
| automated_backups | Supported |
| vertical_resize | Supported |
The detail.
Cloud infrastructure provider offering Linux virtual machines, managed databases, object storage and an app platform across global datacenter regions.
- docker_compose: Supported
- one_click_image: Supported
- smtp_outbound: Not supported
- automated_backups: Supported
- vertical_resize: Supported
Sources (5) →Sources ↓
- Plausible Analytics — DigitalOcean Marketplace ↗
“In addition to creating a Droplet from the Plausible Analytics 1-Click App via the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Docker | DigitalOcean Marketplace 1-Click App ↗
“This 1-click enables you to create a DigitalOcean droplet pre-installed with recommended Docker tools (docker-engine, docker-compose).”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- Why is SMTP blocked? | DigitalOcean Documentation ↗
“SMTP ports 25, 465, and 587 are blocked on Droplets to prevent spam and other abuses on our platform. This block applies to all Droplets by default and includes traffic passing through a Reserved IP address.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- Backups | DigitalOcean Documentation ↗
“Backups are automatically-created disk images of Droplets. Enabling backups for Droplets enables system-level backups at intervals of every 4 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, day, or week, which provides a way to revert to an older state or create new Droplets.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- How to Resize Droplets for Vertical Scaling | DigitalOcean Documentation ↗
“Resizing a CPU Droplet changes the resources (CPU, RAM, and disk) that the Droplet has. You cannot resize GPU Droplets.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
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