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Mixpanel vs Plausible

Our take

Pick Mixpanel if product teams who will stay on Free at $0 (1M events / month on the yearly estimator we fetched) while they open a first Insights chart, then buy Growth at $100 / month billed yearly ($1,200 / year, 1.5M events / month) when they outgrow the free million. Pick Plausible if indie / small-site teams who will start the 30-day Cloud trial (no card) and land on Starter at $9/month (10k pageviews, 1 site,

Mixpanel

Mixpanel

hosted product-analytics query desk

Plausible

Plausible

privacy analytics desk

Best for

Mixpanel Event charts you start at $0

Plausible Pageviews you start at $9/month (10k, 1 site)

Free plan

Mixpanel $0 · / month, free forever. 1M events / month on the yearly breakdown we fetched (12M events / year, $0)

Plausible $0 · to run. You host it in the EU or wherever you deploy

Lowest paid

Mixpanel Growth (yearly, 1.5M events / month) $100

Plausible Growth $14

Next step up

Mixpanel Growth other yearly rows we fetched $185

Plausible Business $19

Runs where

Mixpanel Hosted

Plausible Local; you host it

Watch out

Mixpanel Free is 1M events / month on the yearly table

Plausible $9 is 10k pageviews and 1 site

Last checked

Mixpanel 2026-10-23 · mixpanel.com/pricing

Plausible 2026-10-22 · plausible.io

Which one, then?

Pick Mixpanel if

product teams who will stay on Free at $0 (1M events / month on the yearly estimator we fetched) while they open a first Insights chart, then buy Growth at $100 / month billed yearly ($1,200 / year, 1.5M events / month) when they outgrow the free million.

Read the Mixpanel page

Pick Plausible if

indie / small-site teams who will start the 30-day Cloud trial (no card) and land on Starter at $9/month (10k pageviews, 1 site, 3-year retention) — or self-host when they will run the script themselves.

Read the Plausible page

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