Who should pick it
Plausible
Pick Plausible if you want cookie-free analytics whose vendor publishes a RAM floor (at least 2 GB). Note that its ClickHouse backend requires a CPU with SSE 4.2 or NEON support.
Comparison · privacy-first web analytics
Plausible vs Umami
Plausible: Privacy-first lightweight web analytics; cookie-free Google Analytics alternative.
Umami: Privacy-first web and product analytics platform.
Requirements
Side-by-side VPS specs
Every value is taken from each app’s RunOnVPS dataset entry. Badges show whether a figure is an official project figure or a RunOnVPS estimate — never compare the two as if they were equal.
| Resource | Plausible | Umami |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum RAM | 2GB Official | 1GB Estimated |
| Minimum CPU | 1 Estimated | 1 Estimated |
| Minimum disk | 10GB Estimated | 5GB Estimated |
| Recommended RAM | 4GB Estimated | 2GB Estimated |
| Recommended CPU | 2 Estimated | 2 Estimated |
| Recommended disk | Not stated Not stated | Not stated Not stated |
| Suggested VPS tier (our sizing) | 4 GB RAM tier | 2 GB RAM tier |
| GPU | Not required | Not required |
| Docker support | Yes | Yes |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 29443 | 39601 |
| Commercial alternative | Google Analytics | Google Analytics |
| Category | Monitoring / Analytics / Infra | Monitoring / Analytics / Infra |
Disk figures describe the application footprint recorded in the dataset. Personal media, documents, backups and other user data can require substantially more storage. Full source notes: Plausible requirements · Umami requirements.
Who should pick it
Umami
Pick Umami if you want the lighter footprint in our dataset — an estimated 1 GB minimum on its Umami + PostgreSQL compose stack — and an MIT licence.
Verdict
The short version
- Umami is lighter in our dataset, but every Umami hardware figure is an estimate: its README publishes only software requirements (Node.js 18.18+ and PostgreSQL 12.14+).
- Plausible’s 2 GB RAM minimum is official; its CPU and disk rows are estimates, and its disk needs grow with the ClickHouse event data you retain.
- The licence differs: Plausible is AGPL-3.0, Umami is MIT.
- Both position themselves as privacy-first Google Analytics alternatives with official Docker deployments. Umami has more GitHub stars in our dataset (~39.6k vs ~29.4k, checked 2026-10-24).
Neither verdict nor table scores the apps against each other — the right pick depends on the job, the licence you can accept, and how much of the spec is published rather than estimated. If you plan to run either alongside other apps, add it to a multi-app VPS estimate →