Clycyo vs Plausible
Plausible is the reference cookieless analytics tool. Open source, EU-hosted, simple, and respected. If you run a content site or a personal blog, it's a great fit and we'd genuinely recommend it.
Clycyo overlaps with Plausible on the privacy stance and adds the things SaaS and AI-app teams need that Plausible has historically left to integrations: revenue attribution, server-side SDKs in seven languages, user identification at conversion, and a free forever tier.
TL;DR
Stay on Plausible if:
- You run a content site, blog, or marketing site
- You don't need revenue attribution or user identification
- You're happy with $9/month and don't need a free tier
- You need to self-host (Clycyo is managed-cloud only)
- You value Plausible's singular focus and brand
Move to Clycyo if:
- You sell something and need to attribute revenue back to traffic source
- You want typed SDKs in TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP
- You need to identify users post-signup for long-window attribution
- You want a free forever tier, not a 30-day trial
- You build AI apps and need token/cost tracking
Quick stats
| Clycyo | Plausible | |
|---|---|---|
| Free forever tier | 10k events/mo | 30-day trial only |
| Starter price | $0 | $9/mo (10k pageviews) |
| Tracker size | 1.1 KB | 2.5 KB |
| Cookieless | Yes | Yes |
| EU residency | Yes (Frankfurt) | Yes (Frankfurt) |
| Server-side SDKs | 7 typed languages | HTTP API only |
| Revenue attribution | Native (Stripe, LMS, Polar, Paddle) | Goals + custom props |
| User identification | Native | Not in core |
| Funnels | Native | Native |
| AI app metrics (tokens, cost) | Native helpers | Custom events only |
| Self-hostable | No (managed cloud) | Yes (AGPL) |
What Plausible does excellently
Plausible was the tool that proved cookieless analytics could be production-grade. The product is opinionated, the brand is clean, the open-source community is healthy, and the EU hosting is real. For 80% of website analytics use cases, Plausible is enough.
We dogfood respect: where Plausible is the right answer, we'll send you to Plausible.
Where Plausible leaves a gap
Plausible is intentionally narrow. That focus is its strength — it's also a gap if you're building a SaaS or AI app:
- No native revenue attribution. You can fake it with goals + custom props, but it doesn't natively reverse on refunds, doesn't natively integrate with Stripe webhooks, and doesn't natively model multi-touch.
- No first-party SDKs. Plausible's server-side surface is “call our HTTP API.” That works, but you write all the typing, retry logic, and request batching yourself.
- No user identification flow. You can pass a custom prop, but the dashboard doesn't natively model identified users, cohort retention, or LTV by source.
- No free tier. The 30-day trial is generous, but starting a side project means a recurring bill or a recurring decision to switch.
Migrating from Plausible to Clycyo
- Install Clycyo alongside Plausible. Both run cookieless; no conflict.
- On Pro, run the import:
clycyo migrate from-plausible --domain=...(uses Plausible's Stats API). - Validate the dashboards match for 7–14 days.
- Remove Plausible's script. Cancel the subscription.