WebMetric vs Plausible
Plausible and WebMetric share the same idea of privacy: no cookies and nothing stored on your visitors’ devices. The difference is how far each goes beyond counting.
In short
- Both are privacy-first: neither stores anything on your visitors’ devices.
- WebMetric adds click heatmaps and session replay, which Plausible says it does not offer.
- WebMetric shows where people click on every page, in the same dashboard as your traffic.
Why teams choose WebMetric
- See where people click and watch real visits, not only where they came from.
- Keep the same privacy: nothing stored on visitors’ devices.
- One tool instead of a traffic tool plus a separate heatmap or replay tool.
Side by side
- Price
- WebMetricFrom $7 a month for 250,000 events (page views, clicks, scrolls)PlausibleFrom $9 a month for up to 10,000 page views
- Free plan or trial
- WebMetric14-day free trial, no cardPlausible30-day free trial, no card
- Stored on visitors’ devices
- WebMetricNothing: no cookies and no local storagePlausibleNothing: no cookies or persistent identifiers
- Traffic analytics (pages, sources, campaigns)
- WebMetricYesPlausibleYes
- Click heatmaps
- WebMetricYesPlausibleNo
- Scroll depth
- WebMetricYesPlausibleYes
- Session replay
- WebMetricYes, on Starter and abovePlausibleNo
- Funnels
- WebMetricYesPlausibleYes
- Revenue attribution
- WebMetricNo; track a purchase as a custom eventPlausibleYes, revenue goals
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