Hark vs Plausible
Two cookieless tools. Plausible is broader; Hark is live and costs less to start.
Plausible is the established choice: open source, EU-hosted, with funnels, revenue and a Stats API on its Business plan. Hark covers the core dashboard for less, and everything in it updates the moment a visitor arrives.
| Plausible | Hark | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $9/mo for 10K pageviews, 1 site | $5/mo for 100K pageviews, 3 sites |
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | 14 days, no card |
| Cookies and consent banner | None needed | None needed |
| Realtime | Live view, updated every 30 seconds | Live world map; each visit appears as it lands |
| Custom properties | Business plan ($19/mo and up) | Every plan |
| Public dashboards | Shared links and embeds, Growth plan and up | Every plan, live, plus an embeddable visitor badge |
| Funnels, journeys and revenue | Business plan | Not yet |
| Stats API | Business plan | Not yet, but every plan has an MCP server for AI assistants |
| Search Console and GA import | Yes | Not yet |
| Scroll depth | Tracked automatically | Not yet |
| Team members | 3 on Growth, 10 on Business | Not yet: one login per account |
| Data retention | 3 years (5 on Business) | 1, 2 or 3 years, by plan |
| Hosting | EU, on European-owned infrastructure | London, on Fly.io |
| Open source, self-hostable | Yes | No |
Plausible details checked on 28 September 2026 from Plausible home page and pricing , Plausible plans . Prices are monthly, in US dollars. Spot something out of date? Email [email protected] and we'll fix it.
Choose Plausible if…
- You need funnels, revenue attribution or a REST API today.
- You're bringing years of Google Analytics history with you.
- You want Search Console queries next to your pages.
- Your data has to stay in the EU, or you want to self-host.
- A team needs its own logins.
Choose Hark if…
- You have more than 10K pageviews a month and want to pay $5, not more.
- You want custom properties without moving to a business plan.
- You want to watch visitors arrive, not refresh a counter.
- You'd like a live badge on your own site showing who's reading now.
One thing we won't do
Hark counts visitors with an id that resets every day, so we can't follow anyone from one day to the next. That rules out returning-visitor counts and cohorts. It's also why there's nothing to consent to.
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