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Ask HN: Best alternatives to Google Analytics -> plausible/analytics #127

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nelsonic opened this issue Dec 23, 2021 · 12 comments
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Ask HN: Best alternatives to Google Analytics -> plausible/analytics #127

nelsonic opened this issue Dec 23, 2021 · 12 comments
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29662859
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This might be what we're looking for: https://github.com/plausible/analytics 💭

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nelsonic commented Feb 5, 2023

Busy investigating this now. 👀 🤞

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@nelsonic nelsonic changed the title Ask HN: Best alternatives to Google Analytics in 2021? Ask HN: Best alternatives to Google Analytics in 2022 -> plausible/analytics Feb 5, 2023
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nelsonic commented Feb 5, 2023

https://plausible.io/
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nelsonic commented Feb 5, 2023

Not a huge fan of the "pay more when you have more visitors" pricing model ... https://plausible.io/#pricing
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But I guess it's "fair" given that more visitors consume more resources ... 💭

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nelsonic commented Feb 6, 2023

Sign-up is email & password ... 💭
https://plausible.io/register
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https://plausible.io/activate
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Email confirmation with OTP:
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No "magic link" security anti-pattern nonsense.
ref: https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/123022/perceived-security-of-magic-link-passwordless-login/145576

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Next screen is https://plausible.io/sites/new
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<script defer data-domain="dwyl.com" src="https://plausible.io/js/script.js"></script>

@iteles any objection to me swapping out Google Analytics for Plausible Analytics a 1 month trial. 📈
Will immediately invite you and anyone else interested to test-drive it. 👌

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nelsonic commented Feb 6, 2023

https://plausible.io/dwyl.com/snippet

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nelsonic commented Feb 6, 2023

https://plausible.io/settings
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nelsonic commented Feb 7, 2023

https://plausible.io/dwyl.github.io?page=%2Fbook%2F
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nelsonic commented Feb 7, 2023

Importing historical data from Google Analytics:

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nelsonic commented Feb 9, 2023

Metrics working for the MVP: https://plausible.io/mvp.fly.dev
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The 0 current viewers stat is nonsense because I permanently have Safari open with my task list:
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Not that I "lose trust" in the metrics because the rest of them make sense, but that one is a false negative.
It bumped up to 1 when I refreshed the page:

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Going to continue monitoring. 👀 📈

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PR: dwyl/dwyl-site#503 assigned to @iteles 🤞

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This is working on dwyl.com now: https://plausible.io/dwyl.com

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Closing for now as this issue is very long.
Will open a follow-up issue when relevant. 👌

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