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 pagePlausible vs SigNoz
Our take
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. Pick SigNoz if platform teams who will stay on Community Edition $0 (self-host, no card) while they ship a first OTel pipeline, then buy Cloud Teams at $49/month when they want $49 of included
Best for
Plausible Pageviews you start at $9/month (10k, 1 site)
SigNoz APM you start at $0 OSS or $49 Cloud
Free plan
Plausible $0 · to run. You host it in the EU or wherever you deploy
SigNoz $0 · self-host. You run the cluster, storage, upgrades, and backups. Community Slack. No Teams chat / email support
Lowest paid
Plausible Growth $14
SigNoz Enterprise $4/mo
Next step up
Plausible Business $19
SigNoz Startup program $19/mo
Runs where
Plausible Local; you host it
SigNoz Local; you host it
Watch out
Plausible $9 is 10k pageviews and 1 site
SigNoz Cloud has a $49 floor
Last checked
Plausible 2026-10-22 · plausible.io
SigNoz 2026-10-22 · signoz.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick SigNoz if
platform teams who will stay on Community Edition $0 (self-host, no card) while they ship a first OTel pipeline, then buy Cloud Teams at $49/month when they want $49 of included usage and no cluster to run.
Read the SigNoz page