Temps vs Plausible
Researched and updated 2026-08-07
Same privacy stance. One tool instead of four.
Plausible does one thing extremely well: lightweight, cookieless web analytics with a script under 1KB. Temps' analytics are not more sophisticated, and unlike Plausible they do set a first-party cookie. The difference is that they come with deployments, session replay, error tracking and uptime monitoring rather than as a $9–19/month subscription of their own.
Monthly cost at a glance
The short answer
Choose Temps if you…
- You want analytics, session replay, error tracking and deploys in one tool
- You do not want pricing banded by monthly pageviews
- You need session replay, which Plausible does not offer
- You are already self-hosting your platform and want analytics to live there
- You want the analytics to come with the platform rather than run as a fifth service
Choose Plausible if you…
- Web analytics is all you need — Plausible is focused and does it very well
- You want the smallest possible tracking script; Plausible's is under 1KB
- You want a mature, hosted, privacy-first product with no server to run
- You value a single-purpose tool over a bundled platform
- $9/month is not a cost you are trying to remove
Why teams switch from Plausible
- No pageview tiers
- Plausible's hosted pricing is banded by monthly pageviews, starting at $9/month for 10,000. Self-hosted Temps analytics are not metered, so traffic growth does not move you up a plan.
- Session replay included
- Plausible is deliberately analytics-only and does not offer session replay. Temps includes rrweb-based replay, which is the usual second subscription beside a privacy-first analytics tool.
- Different routes to the same privacy stance
- Plausible is genuinely cookieless — it identifies visitors by hashing the IP, which is the stronger position and the reason it needs no consent banner. Temps sets a single first-party cookie (_temps_visitor_id) via the reverse proxy alongside localStorage, so it is first-party and self-hosted but not cookieless; check your own consent obligations rather than assuming they carry over. What Temps does add is that the data never leaves your infrastructure.
- One binary for the whole stack
- Deployments, analytics, session replay, error tracking, uptime monitoring and managed Postgres in a single Rust binary, rather than an analytics service you run beside everything else.
Feature comparison
What each platform includes out of the box, and what needs a separate subscription.
Cookieless analytics
Temps
NoFirst-party cookie + localStoragePlausible
YesGenuinely cookieless (IP hash)Privacy-first, no third-party trackers
Temps
YesPlausible
YesLightweight tracking script
Temps
YesPlausible
YesUnder 1KB — smaller than oursGoals and conversions
Temps
YesPlausible
YesMature and well-designedSession replay
Temps
Yesrrweb-basedPlausible
NoNot offered by designError tracking
Temps
YesSentry-compatible DSNPlausible
NoUptime monitoring
Temps
Yes60s checksPlausible
NoDeployments
Temps
YesGit-push PaaSPlausible
NoNot a deployment platformManaged PostgreSQL
Temps
YesPlausible
NoFree to run permanently
Temps
YesSelf-hosted, Apache 2.0Plausible
YesSelf-hosted Community Edition; the hosted product is trial-onlyPageview-based pricing
Temps
NoNot metered self-hostedPlausible
YesSelf-hostable
Temps
YesApache 2.0Plausible
YesCommunity editionFocused single-purpose product
Temps
NoPlausible
YesA genuine advantage if analytics is all you need
What it actually costs
If web analytics is genuinely all you need, Plausible at $9/month is inexpensive and excellent, and bundling is not a reason to switch. The case for Temps appears when analytics is one of four tools you are paying for — at which point the comparison is not $9 against $6, it is one subscription against several.
| Scenario | Temps | Plausible |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | $0 self-hosted | $9/mo — up to 10k pageviews |
| Growth | $0 (included) | $14/mo — up to 3 sites |
| Business | $0 (included) | $19/mo — up to 10 sites |
| Free tier | Unlimited self-hosted | None — 30-day trial, no card required |
| Infrastructure | ~$6/mo on your own VPS | $0 hosted, or self-host the community edition |
Migrating from Plausible
Easy difficulty
Replace the Plausible script with @temps-sdk/react-analytics. Pageviews and goals map directly, but the consent position does not carry over: Plausible is cookieless, and Temps sets a first-party cookie, so re-check whether your jurisdiction requires a banner before you assume it does not. Historical data does not transfer — Plausible can export CSV, but there is no import path here, so run both in parallel if the history matters. Expect small discrepancies between any two analytics tools; they count bots and sessions differently.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Plausible cost?
The Starter plan is $9/month for up to 10,000 monthly pageviews, Growth is $14/month for up to 3 sites and Business is $19/month for up to 10 sites. There is a 30-day free trial with no card required, but no permanent free tier on the hosted product.
Is Plausible open source?
Yes — the code is on GitHub and a self-hostable community edition exists, so you can run it yourself instead of paying for the hosted product.
Does Temps do everything Plausible does?
For pageviews, referrers and goals, broadly yes. Plausible is the more focused and more polished analytics product, with a smaller script. Temps adds session replay, error tracking, uptime monitoring and deployments around it.
How we researched this comparison
Plausible plan prices and trial terms read from Plausible's public pricing page. Temps capabilities from this repository. No benchmarks were run.
Disclosure: Temps publishes this page and is one of the products being compared.
Ready to switch from Plausible?
Self-host Temps for free, or run it on Temps Cloud from ~$6/mo.