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BuildPusher is the release-aware alternative to Plausible Analytics

Plausible is lightweight, privacy-friendly web analytics without cookies. BuildPusher puts deploys, servers, monitoring and analytics in one account.

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Plausible Analytics is focused, independent analytics. BuildPusher is analytics beside the deploys that change your traffic.

BuildPusher and Plausible Analytics at a glance
BuildPusherPlausible Analytics
FocusTraffic beside releases, incidents and the rest of your stackWebsite analytics
CookiesNoneNone
How you payFree tier, then by pageviewsBy pageviews
Deeper analysisPaths, retention, attribution, A/B tests and click mapsGoals, funnels and custom properties
Also in the accountDeploy, Infrastructure, Monitoring, Security and AuditAnalytics only

Who should choose which?

Choose BuildPusher if…

You want deploys, the servers they run on, monitoring and analytics to work together, on one bill.

  • Your releases are marked on the chart, and the same account deploys and monitors the site.
  • Path exploration, automatic insights, attribution, ad spend with return on ad spend, click maps, form analytics, A/B tests, items sold, opt-in retention, Slack reports, a Looker Studio connector and nightly raw exports ready for BigQuery.
  • One bill with Deploy, Infrastructure and Monitoring, with a free tier for each.

Choose Plausible Analytics if…

You only need analytics, or want an analytics product that’s independent of your hosting.

  • Analytics is all it does, from an independent company.
  • Open source, with a community edition you can host yourself.
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3 reasons teams choose BuildPusher over Plausible Analytics

  1. 1

    See what a release did to traffic

    Releases from Deploy are marked on the chart, so a drop in sign-ups points at the change that caused it.

  2. 2

    Go deeper when you need to

    Path exploration, retention, attribution, ad spend with return on ad spend, click maps, form analytics and A/B tests.

  3. 3

    One account for the whole stack

    The same team, roles and bill as your deploys and monitoring, with a free tier for each service.

Try BuildPusher: analytics without the busywork

Site overview

storefront.example · last 30 days

Sample report

Traffic estimates beside sources, pages and goals.

Visitors

1,248

↑ 12%
Visitors
1,248
Top source
Search
Conversions
37

Illustrative interface with sample data.

Sample data, for illustration.

What’s included in each

FeatureBuildPusherPlausible Analytics
Cookieless trackingYesYes
Goals, funnels and custom propertiesYesYes
Import from Google AnalyticsYesYes
Shared and embedded dashboardsYesYes
FeatureBuildPusherPlausible Analytics
Path exploration and retentionYes—No
A/B testsYes—No
Ad spend and return on ad spendYes—No
Releases marked on the chartYes—No

What’s alike

  • No cookies and no personal data, with one small script you can serve from your own domain.
  • Pages, sources, channels, campaigns, places, devices, goals, funnels and custom properties, with custom date ranges, comparisons and segments.
  • Email reports, scheduled CSV exports, traffic spike and unusual traffic alerts, shared and embedded dashboards, and an import from Google Analytics.

Switching is easier than you think

Three steps, with nothing to rebuild by hand.

  1. Step 1

    Add your site under Analytics → Sites

  2. Step 2

    Swap the Plausible script for the one-line BuildPusher script

  3. Step 3

    Recreate your goals and funnels; visits appear within a minute

Read the step-by-step guide

Run analytics without the overhead.

Every service has a free tier. Paid tiers: Analytics from $9 a month. The free tiers of every other service come with it, on one bill.

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What else you should know

Plausible Analytics is a trademark of its owner. This page is based on their public information as of September 2026; products change, so check their site for the latest.

Add your site under Analytics → Sites. Swap the Plausible script for the one-line BuildPusher script. Recreate your goals and funnels; visits appear within a minute. You can run both side by side while you compare, then remove Plausible Analytics when you’re ready.

No cookies and no personal data, with one small script you can serve from your own domain. Pages, sources, channels, campaigns, places, devices, goals, funnels and custom properties, with custom date ranges, comparisons and segments. Email reports, scheduled CSV exports, traffic spike and unusual traffic alerts, shared and embedded dashboards, and an import from Google Analytics.

You only need analytics, or want an analytics product that’s independent of your hosting. Analytics is all it does, from an independent company. Open source, with a community edition you can host yourself.

Every service has a free tier. Paid tiers: Analytics from $9 a month. Each is a line on the same bill, and servers are billed by your cloud provider.

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