Is there an open-source alternative to Plausible for Rails?

Yes — Active Analytics and AhoyCaptain. Both mount into an application you already run, so there is no second deployment and no second database.

How do I replace Plausible in a Rails app?

Add active_analytics to your Gemfile, mount it in config/routes.rb at /analytics, and run its migrations. The whole integration is two lines and a migration.

How much does replacing Plausible save?

Plausible is priced from $9/mo. The engines here are open source, so the cost becomes the time to mount one and the resources it uses inside your existing application.

Replace Plausible

Lightweight, cookie-free traffic analytics with a single-page dashboard.

Plausible website From $9/mo Analytics

Why teams move off Plausible

Plausible is the good version of hosted analytics — privacy-first, light, fairly priced. It is still a third party holding numbers about your own product.

What you give up

Very little. The engines here are close to feature parity for traffic reporting.

This directory says so when an engine only covers part of the job. A replacement that needs a caveat is still worth knowing about — it just should not surprise you in week three.

Drop-in replacement

Plausible → active_analytics

# Gemfile
gem "active_analytics"

# config/routes.rb
mount ActiveAnalytics::Engine, at: "/analytics"

Read about Active Analytics →

2 Rails engines that replace Plausible

Questions

Is there an open-source alternative to Plausible for Rails?: Yes — Active Analytics and AhoyCaptain. Both mount into an application you already run, so there is no second deployment and no second database.
What do I give up by replacing Plausible?: Very little. The engines here are close to feature parity for traffic reporting.
How do I replace Plausible in a Rails app?: Add active_analytics to your Gemfile, mount it in config/routes.rb at /analytics, and run its migrations. The whole integration is two lines and a migration.
How much does replacing Plausible save?: Plausible is priced from $9/mo. The engines here are open source, so the cost becomes the time to mount one and the resources it uses inside your existing application.

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