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Plausible Analytics README
Plausible Analytics: a pinned README that routes readers through Why Plausible?, Why is Plausible Analytics Cloud not free like Google Analytics?.
Our interpretation
Useful when you are building…
Explain the product differentiation and business model before onboarding.
Observed in the source
Patterns and sections
Why Plausible?
The pinned README includes a distinct Why Plausible? route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
Why is Plausible Analytics Cloud not free like Google Analytics?
The pinned README includes a distinct Why is Plausible Analytics Cloud not free like Google Analytics? route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
Getting started with Plausible
The pinned README includes a distinct Getting started with Plausible route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
Technology
The pinned README includes a distinct Technology route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
Contributors
The pinned README includes a distinct Contributors route that helps readers choose a product or implementation path.
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Adaptation ideas
What to apply to your own product
- Pair cloud-vs-self-hosted explanation with a technology section and contributor path.
- Explain the product differentiation and business model before onboarding.
Tradeoff to consider
The README directly addresses why the hosted service is not free, making the cloud/self-host tradeoff explicit.
Starting route
Start at Getting started with Plausible, including the self-hosting question.
Source and version
- analytics/README.md at b3c2c887bd75e75473b1b26b2effd9241b10a00e · plausible/analytics · GitHub ↗https://github.com/plausible/analytics/blob/b3c2c887bd75e75473b1b26b2effd9241b10a00e/README.md
Reviewed README at commit b3c2c887bd75e75473b1b26b2effd9241b10a00e. The linked file is pinned to that revision; the live repository may change.
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