Both privacy-first.
Both open source.

Plausible is a solid tool and we have huge respect for what they've built. Like Plausible, Argusmetrics is free, open source and self-hostable. This page is an honest look at where the two differ.

Self-host Argusmetrics How privacy works

Fair disclosure: Both Argusmetrics and Plausible are cookieless, store nothing on the visitor's device, and never keep a raw IP address. If you're happy with Plausible, it's a good product. The differences below are real, but many teams will be well served by either.

Feature comparison

Where the two products diverge on what matters most.

Feature	Argusmetrics	Plausible
No cookies, no consent banner	✓	✓
Visitor IP never stored	✓	✓
Data location under your control	✓Your server	✓Self-hosted only
Free to self-host (no plan limits)	✓	✓
E-commerce revenue tracking	✓	~Custom props only
Daily-salted visitor hash (IP truncated)	✓	✓
Open source	✓AGPL-3.0	✓AGPL-3.0
Self-hosting option	✓	✓
Lightweight tracking script	✓<3KB gzip	✓~1KB gzip
Custom events & goals	✓	✓
REST API	✓	✓

Where Argusmetrics offers more

Two areas where we go further than Plausible today.

Built-in e-commerce tracking

Revenue, order count, and average order value tracked as first-class metrics in your dashboard. Plausible supports revenue via custom properties but without the dedicated e-commerce UI.

Free to self-host, no fees

Plausible's managed hosting is paid (its free offering is a 30-day trial). Argusmetrics is AGPL-3.0, run it on your own server with Docker for free, with unlimited sites and pageviews. Great for personal projects and startups.

Give Argusmetrics a try

Free and open source. Spin it up with Docker and you're running in minutes on your own server.

Already on Plausible? Migration is a single script swap.