NEW 2026.10 RELEASE 45 Commercial SaaS Tools mapped to 71 Self-Hosted & Local AI Alternatives with instant Caddy Auto-SSL Docker configs.
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Replace Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel with Self-Hosted Plausible CE

Lightweight (<1KB script), cookie-free, GDPR-compliant web analytics on a single clean dashboard Stop paying Growth Analytics ($89/mo) ($89/mo for a 10-person team) and run Plausible CE on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings
+$1,014 / yr
vs Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel standard plan
Container RAM & vCPU
1024 MB RAM
1.0 vCPU • Migration: Instant (1 line script tag)
Recommended Cloud Box
$4.50/mo VPS
Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel (Growth Analytics ($89/mo)) vs Plausible CE on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel Cost Plausible CE VPS Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo) $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,014 / year
5 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,014 / year
10 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,014 / year
25 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,014 / year
50 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,014 / year
100 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,014 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: Plausible CE (Replaces Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  plausible:
    image: ghcr.io/plausible/community-edition:v2.1
    container_name: stack-plausible
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "BASE_URL=https://stats.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
      - "SECRET_KEY_BASE=${PLAUSIBLE_SECRET:-generate_64_char_secret_key_base_here}"
      - "DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}@postgres:5432/plausible"
    volumes:
      - plausible_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  plausible_data:
  postgres_data:
Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):
# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Plausible CE
plausible.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy plausible:8000
}

Why Teams Switch to Plausible CE

  • ✓No cookie banner required anywhere in EU/UK
  • ✓UTM, funnel & revenue goal tracking
  • ✓1KB script loads 45x faster than GA4
GitHub Repository plausible/analytics
Official Website plausible.io
Docker Image ghcr.io/plausible/community-edition:v2.1
Database Needed PostgreSQL 16
PRODUCTION BOILERPLATE ZIP

Get All 16 Pre-Built Production Stacks + Encrypted S3 Backups

Includes pre-tuned docker-compose.yml, Caddy Auto-SSL, AES-256 encrypted nightly S3/R2 Postgres backups, and Ubuntu 24.04 UFW/Fail2ban hardening scripts.