Plausible Analytics
VERIFIEDEstonian-incorporated privacy-first Google Analytics alternative, bootstrapped, hosted on Hetzner Falkenstein, open source.
Why this score?
Estonian OÜ, bootstrapped and self-funded, runs the entire customer analytics stack on EU-incorporated infrastructure (Hetzner Falkenstein DE, Bunny SI, UpCloud FI) with no customer data at rest on a US-owned cloud; the publicly-linked DPA, AGPL open-source codebase, and self-hosting option round out a textbook 5/5 posture — the two non-EU sub-processors (Postmark, Algolia) are transient and SCC-covered, scoped to system email and docs search rather than customer analytics.
- SCORE
- 5.0/5
- CLOUD ACT
- CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
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None EU operator, no US parent, no US sub-processors of note.
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Minor This listing A transient US sub-processor (CDN, maps); data at rest stays in the EU.
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Material US parent, or a core sub-processor is a US-owned hyperscaler.
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Direct The operator itself is US-incorporated.
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- OWNERSHIP
- OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
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EU-owned This listing EU-incorporated and EU-controlled; no significant US ownership.
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EU HQ, US-funded EU-headquartered but US venture- or PE-controlled.
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US-owned US-headquartered, or has a US parent company.
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Other Swiss, UK or another non-EU jurisdiction.
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- SUB-PROCS
- 0 none disclosed
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About Plausible Analytics
Sub-processor map · none disclosed
Frameworks & certifications · none listed
Capability matrix
Pricing & tiers
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