🔍 Pulserr and Plausible compared: which is right for you?
An honest, side-by-side comparison across 8 categories.
6
Pulserr wins
2
Ties
0
Plausible wins
Feature
Pulserr
Plausible
Free tier
✓Yes, free forever
No free tier ($9/mo minimum)
Real-time
✓Live WebSocket visitor feed
Polling-based updates
Attention analytics
✓Engagement scores, reader types, flow detection
Basic pageviews only
Link-in-Bio
✓Free bio page with full analytics
Not available
Content decay alerts
✓Automatic — flags pages losing traction
Manual date-range comparison
Visitor intent
✓Auto-classifies buying/researching/browsing
Not available
Privacy
No cookies, no fingerprinting
No cookies, no fingerprinting
Open source
Yes
Yes (AGPL)
The honest take
Plausible is solid and privacy-first. Pulserr gives you everything Plausible does, plus deep engagement analytics and a free bio page — at no cost.