Where Logiwolf goes further: behavioural analytics included
Plausible is strong at classic web analytics. But to understand why visitors convert or bounce you need heatmaps and replays. Plausible has neither, so you'd add a second tool like Hotjar, with its own contract and often its own banner.
Logiwolf has both in the product: one pixel, one contract, cookieless. Replays are anonymised and sensitive fields masked automatically, so you stay compliant even with deep funnel optimisation.
Hosting location: Switzerland vs the EU (Germany)
Plausible Cloud hosts with Hetzner in Germany. For most EU and many Swiss customers that is unproblematic, EU hosting is safe under the GDPR.
But anyone serving finance, healthcare or public-sector customers often must guarantee that data stays in Switzerland. Then Plausible is out, and Logiwolf with hosting in Zurich and Geneva is the uncompromising choice.
Preisgestaltung: CHF vs. USD
Plausible bills only in US dollars: exchange rate risk and VAT complications for Swiss customers. Logiwolf bills in CHF including Swiss VAT, with invoicing from the annual plan up.
Plausible is cheap at USD 9/month but has no free forever plan, only a 30-day trial. Logiwolf starts at CHF 0 free forever for 2,000 pageviews.
Price comparison at 100,000 pageviews / month
- Plausible Growth (Cloud): approx. USD 19/month (≈ CHF 17) – web analytics only
- Logiwolf Professional: CHF 29.95/month – web analytics + heatmaps + session recordings + API
- Plausible + Hotjar Business (comparable feature set): USD 19 + USD 80 = approx. CHF 90/month
Open Source & Self-Hosting
Here Plausible leads: AGPLv3-licensed and self-hostable. If you want full data control and have DevOps resources it serves you well, but you carry servers, updates and backups yourself.
Logiwolf is not open source, but it is fully managed: no servers, no updates, no backups. Far more practical if you don't want a second IT team for it.
Migrating from Plausible to Logiwolf
Since both tools work with a single script tag, the technical migration is trivial:
- Create a free Logiwolf account on logiwolf.com (no credit card).
- Tracking-Pixel im HTML-Head einbauen:
<script defer src="https://logiwolf.com/pixel/[ID]"></script> - Leave the Plausible script in place at first and run both in parallel for 1–2 weeks.
- Compare the data in both dashboards (it should be very similar, as both are cookieless).
- Remove the Plausible script, cancel the Plausible subscription.
Since Logiwolf requires no data export from Plausible (no account linking needed), the migration runs entirely client-side.
Recommendation: which tool when?
Choose Plausible, if:
- Open source and self-hosting are non-negotiable for you
- EU hosting (Germany) is sufficient for you
- You don't need heatmaps or session recordings
- You're fine with an English-only UI and USD billing
Choose Logiwolf, if:
- You want a fully managed solution from Switzerland
- You want to use heatmaps and session recordings without integrating a second tool
- You depend on Swiss hosting (finance, healthcare, public sector)
- You want billing in CHF with Swiss VAT
- You need German-language support