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By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →

How well agents can access and operate the product

10.1/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

0.0/100

Dashboards reporting — stories about dashboards reporting in this arenaDashboards reportingevidence →

Stories about dashboards reporting in this arena

19.5/100

Event ingestion — stories about event ingestion in this arenaEvent ingestionevidence →

Stories about event ingestion in this arena

26.7/100

Flags experiments — stories about flags experiments in this arenaFlags experimentsevidence →

Stories about flags experiments in this arena

0.0/100

Funnels retention — stories about funnels retention in this arenaFunnels retentionevidence →

Stories about funnels retention in this arena

30.5/100

Integrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrationsevidence →

Connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrations

0.0/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

65.8/100

Privacy cookieless — stories about privacy cookieless in this arenaPrivacy cookielessevidence →

Stories about privacy cookieless in this arena

90.0/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

13.3/100

Session replay — stories about session replay in this arenaSession replayevidence →

Stories about session replay in this arena

n/a

Warehouse sql — stories about warehouse sql in this arenaWarehouse sqlevidence →

Stories about warehouse sql in this arena

16.4/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

What’s free: 2 free · 0 paid · 0 enterprise · 17 not stated in evidence

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Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 53/53 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence

Drive the product through a documented public API G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full7/10T

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3none0/10

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3noneuntestednone yet

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3n/auntestednone yet

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10T

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial5/10C

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2noneuntestednone yet

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1noneuntestednone yet

Build multi-step funnels with filters and breakdowns to find where users drop off C

Behavioral analysis

product-managerFunnels retention — stories about funnels retention in this arenaFunnels retention3full8/10X

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3fullfree8/10X

Answer "which activation step loses users?" myself with funnels and drop-off analysis, without an analyst C

Self serve insights

founderFunnels retention — stories about funnels retention in this arenaFunnels retention3partial7/10X

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3full7/10X

Run analytical queries and pull raw event data back through a documented query/export API G

Raw access

developerWarehouse sql — stories about warehouse sql in this arenaWarehouse sql3partial6/10T

Have an agent answer growth questions from live product data by running queries through the API or MCP server C

Ai analytics ops

ai-native userWarehouse sql — stories about warehouse sql in this arenaWarehouse sql3partial4/10T

Have an agent build a dashboard of my key metrics end-to-end via the API or MCP server C

Ai analytics ops

ai-native userDashboards reporting — stories about dashboards reporting in this arenaDashboards reporting3partial4/10T

Send events from web, mobile, and backend apps through official SDKs for the major languages and platforms G

Instrumentation

developerEvent ingestion — stories about event ingestion in this arenaEvent ingestion3partial4/10C

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3none0/10

Measure retention over time and slice it by behavioral cohorts C

Behavioral analysis

product-managerFunnels retention — stories about funnels retention in this arenaFunnels retention3none0/10

Query my raw events with SQL (or an SQL-equivalent query language) inside the platform C

Raw access

developerWarehouse sql — stories about warehouse sql in this arenaWarehouse sql3none0/10

Watch recordings of real user sessions with sensitive input masked by default C

Replay

product-managerSession replay — stories about session replay in this arenaSession replay3n/a0/10

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3noneuntestednone yet

Roll out features behind flags targeted by user properties, cohorts, and percentage rollouts C

Feature flags

developerFlags experiments — stories about flags experiments in this arenaFlags experiments3n/auntestednone yet

Run A/B experiments with goal metrics and statistical significance reported on the results C

Experimentation

product-managerFlags experiments — stories about flags experiments in this arenaFlags experiments3noneuntestednone yet

Track product usage without third-party cookies so I can minimize or avoid cookie consent banners C

Privacy first analytics

founderPrivacy cookieless — stories about privacy cookieless in this arenaPrivacy cookieless2full9/10X

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2full8/10X

Capture clicks, pageviews, and form interactions automatically without writing tracking code for each event C

Instrumentation

product-managerEvent ingestion — stories about event ingestion in this arenaEvent ingestion2partial6/10X

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2partialfree5/10X

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2partial5/10X

Explore the paths users actually take before or after a key event C

Behavioral analysis

product-managerFunnels retention — stories about funnels retention in this arenaFunnels retention2disputed5/10D

Compose saved insights into shareable dashboards for my team C

Dashboards

product-managerDashboards reporting — stories about dashboards reporting in this arenaDashboards reporting2partial4/10C

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partial4/10T

Analyze behavior at the account or company level, not just per user, for B2B products C

Behavioral analysis

product-managerFunnels retention — stories about funnels retention in this arenaFunnels retention2none0/10

Create and manage dashboards and saved insights programmatically via the API C

Dashboards

developerDashboards reporting — stories about dashboards reporting in this arenaDashboards reporting2none0/10

Identify users across devices and merge anonymous pre-signup activity into their identified profile C

Identity

developerEvent ingestion — stories about event ingestion in this arenaEvent ingestion2none0/10

Jump from a funnel drop-off or an error event straight to session replays of the affected users C

Replay

product-managerSession replay — stories about session replay in this arenaSession replay2n/a0/10

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2none0/10

Stream events onward to third-party destinations (CRM, ad platforms, webhooks) from the analytics platform G

Destinations

developerIntegrations — connecting to other tools — breadth and depth of built-in integrationsIntegrations2none0/10

Sync events between the platform and my own data warehouse (query warehouse tables in-product or export events continuously to it) G

Warehouse

developerWarehouse sql — stories about warehouse sql in this arenaWarehouse sql2none0/10

Have an agent create, target, and toggle feature flags through the API or MCP server C

Ai analytics ops

ai-native userFlags experiments — stories about flags experiments in this arenaFlags experiments2n/auntestednone yet

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2noneuntestednone yet

Bulk-import historical events from another analytics tool or a data export into the platform G

Identity

developerEvent ingestion — stories about event ingestion in this arenaEvent ingestion1full7/10X

Subscribe to dashboards and get alerted when a key metric moves abnormally C

Dashboards

product-managerDashboards reporting — stories about dashboards reporting in this arenaDashboards reporting1partial6/10C

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1n/auntestednone yet

Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 39 stories with headroom

What would move Plausible Analytics’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.

  1. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDelegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product

    nonemoves Built-in AIimpact 45

    Missing: any built-in AI assistant, agentic chat interface, or task-delegation feature.

  2. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productConnect an agent via an official MCP server

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 45

    Plausible is a SaaS analytics product, so an official MCP server is a plausible ecosystem offering, but no evidence pack item mentions MCP, an agent integration, or any AI-agent connector; probes confirm no llms.txt/openapi discoverability either.

  3. Flags experiments — stories about flags experiments in this arenaRun A/B experiments with goal metrics and statistical significance reported on the results

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Plausible is a privacy-focused web analytics tool offering goals, funnels, and traffic stats, but there is no evidence of any A/B testing/experimentation feature, variant assignment, or statistical significance reporting on results.

  4. Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedDefine rules that trigger actions automatically on events

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Missing: rule definition UI/API, conditional trigger logic, automated action execution beyond static notifications.

  5. Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrevent my data from being used to train AI models

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    The evidence pack covers Plausible's privacy stance on cookies, consent banners, and personal data collection, but nowhere does it address whether collected data is used to train AI models or how a user could opt out of such use.

  6. Funnels retention — stories about funnels retention in this arenaMeasure retention over time and slice it by behavioral cohorts

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Plausible's docs describe funnels, goals, and dashboard filters/segments, but there is no evidence of retention curves, cohort definitions, or cohort-based behavioral analysis over time.

  7. Warehouse sql — stories about warehouse sql in this arenaQuery my raw events with SQL (or an SQL-equivalent query language) inside the platform

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Missing: sQL/SQL-equivalent query language, raw event-level query access, in-platform query editor.

  8. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPoint an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Probes explicitly show llms.txt, docs.md, and OpenAPI endpoints all return 404, indicating no agent-oriented documentation is exposed at expected locations, and no other evidence mentions llms.txt or agent-readable docs.

Showing the top 8 of 39 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.

Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.

Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map8 surfaces · 21 covered stories

Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

8 of 13 testable claims verified · 2 contradictedintegrity 31/100

45 distinct capability claims found in Plausible Analytics’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.

8

Verified

3

Unverified

2

Contradicted

9

Undersold

Verified (15)
Unverified (6)
Contradicted (5)
Undersold (9)
Claims outside our story set (22)

Real capability claims found in Plausible Analytics’s own materials, but no story in this arena’s taxonomy covers them yet — that’s feedback on the taxonomy, not a mark against the product.

  • Can be deployed via Google Tag Manager without editing site code

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  • Dashboard supports previous period, year-over-year, and custom period comparisons

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  • Dashboard can be filtered by multiple sources, countries, pages, and more simultaneously

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  • Can add annotations to charts to mark events like deployments, campaigns, or outages

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  • Consolidated view lets you see all your sites in one dashboard

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  • Real-time dashboard shows live current visitors and activity

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  • Dashboard appearance supports light mode, dark mode, and more

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  • Can track which AI tools (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude) send traffic and see their conversions

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  • Can embed the analytics dashboard on any external page

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  • Can be installed via a WordPress plugin

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  • Single dashboard page shows visitors, sources, pages, countries, devices, goals, and revenue attribution

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  • Filters and segments allow drilling into any slice of traffic data

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  • Compare periods feature benchmarks current stats against previous time ranges

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  • Annotations let you mark events like deployments or campaigns directly on the chart

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  • Real-time dashboard gives a live view of current visitors

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  • Search Console integration surfaces search queries and organic performance in the dashboard

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  • UTM campaign tracking with automatic channel grouping (e.g. Paid Search, Affiliates)

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  • Chart time-grouping unit (e.g. day/week/month) can be changed via options menu

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  • Clicking any report entry filters the whole dashboard by that value

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  • Single Sign-On (SSO) support for Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra, and Okta

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  • Shared links let you share the dashboard publicly or with specific people

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  • Role-based access invites for team members alongside public/shared dashboard links

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Paid cloud subscription tiered by monthly pageviews (30-day free trial, no free cloud tier); the AGPL community edition can be self-hosted for free.

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How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Score14 (Sep 4 '26)19 (Sep 4 '26)
Agent-ready11 (Sep 4 '26)19 (Sep 4 '26)

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