Vireo vs Plausible Analytics

Vireo Analytics

Free on WordPress.org. Pro from $60 for the first year on one site, then $100 a year.

Plausible Analytics

No free plan; a 30-day trial. Paid from $108 a year (1 site, 10k pageviews).

Checked

October 2026, against Plausible Analytics’ own pages, listed under Sources

Looking for a Plausible Analytics alternative? Here’s how Vireo compares, including where Plausible does more.

Feature by feature

Free and Pro mark which Vireo edition has a feature. Not listed means we didn’t find it on Plausible Analytics’ pricing page, feature pages, docs or WordPress.org readme in October 2026. Numbers link to the sources below.

Prices, first year and renewal

Where Vireo is ahead

• The free plugin has no pageview limit, and the data lives in your own database.
• Plausible history comes with you: Vireo imports Plausible's CSV export.
• It knows your WordPress posts: per-post stats in the Posts list, Search Console per post, and a Popular posts block.
• AI crawler fetches against the readers AI assistants send, read from your own server.
• Store revenue from WooCommerce, EDD, FluentCart and Freemius, priced by sites, with no pageview cap.

Where Plausible is ahead

• No server load at all: Plausible counts on its own servers.
• Works the same on any site, WordPress or not, with one dashboard for all of them.
• Filters on any dimension, saved segments and drop alerts as well as spike alerts.
• Funnels, custom properties and user journeys on the Business plan.

Switching from Plausible Analytics

Vireo imports your Plausible history for free: pageviews, visitors, pages, referrers, countries, devices, 404s, clicks and events. Install Vireo next to Plausible, let both run while you compare, then turn Plausible off when you’re ready.

Read the Plausible switching guide

Questions

Is Vireo Analytics a good Plausible Analytics alternative?

For most WordPress sites, yes. Vireo counts without cookies, keeps visitor data in your WordPress database and is free on WordPress.org. Plausible Analytics is the better pick if you run many sites that aren't WordPress and want nothing running on your own server.

How does Vireo’s price compare with Plausible Analytics’?

The Vireo plugin is free. Vireo Pro costs $60 for the first year on one site and $100 a year after that. Plausible Analytics’ Starter plan (1 site, 10k pageviews) costs $108 a year. No free plan; a 30-day trial.

Can I move from Plausible Analytics to Vireo and keep my history?

Vireo imports your Plausible history for free: pageviews, visitors, pages, referrers, countries, devices, 404s, clicks and events. The Plausible switching guide has the steps.

Can Vireo import my Plausible history?

Yes. Export your site from Plausible and upload the zip to Vireo. Daily pageviews and visitors, pages, referrers, countries, devices, goals and custom events come across.

Sources

1. Plausible pricing, checked October 2026
2. Plausible docs, checked October 2026
3. Plausible docs: Search Console, checked October 2026
4. Plausible docs: shared links, checked October 2026

Vireo’s column is the released free plugin, version 0.23.0, and Vireo Pro, read from their code and readmes. Plausible Analytics is a trademark of its owner. Prices and features change, so check Plausible’s own pages before you buy. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.