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Authentik vs Plausible CE

Technical hardware and popularity breakdown for self-hosting Authentik and Plausible CE on cloud VPS servers.

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Candidate A

Authentik

goauthentik/authentik
★ 0

Unified identity provider emphasizing flexibility, SSO, SAML, OAuth2, LDAP, and self-service password recovery.

Min RAM
2 GB
Lower RAM
CPU Cores
2 vCPU
Disk Storage
20 GB
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Candidate B

Plausible CE

plausible/analytics
★ 21.4k

Lightweight, open-source web analytics without cookies, fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR.

Min RAM
2 GB
Lower RAM
CPU Cores
2 vCPU
Disk Storage
20 GB
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Full Technical Benchmark Breakdown

Specification Authentik Plausible CE Advantage
Primary Category security analytics —
Minimum RAM Required 2 GB 2 GB Equal Memory
GitHub Stars ★ 0 ★ 21,400 Plausible CE (+21,400 stars)
GitHub Forks 0 1,200 Plausible CE
License FOSS AGPL-3.0 Open-Source
Primary Language N/A Elixir —
Docker Image ghcr.io/goauthentik/server:latest ghcr.io/plausible/community-edition:latest Both Container Ready
Multi-App Server Sizing

Can You Run Both Authentik & Plausible CE Together?

Yes! Running both simultaneously requires approximately 6 GB RAM including host OS and Docker daemon buffers. A single standard $6-$10/mo cloud VPS easily hosts both without bottlenecks.

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