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Plausible CE vs Portainer

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

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Candidate A

Plausible CE

plausible/analytics
★ 21.4k

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

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

Portainer

portainer/portainer
★ 0

Centralized container management GUI for Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes environments.

Min RAM
512 MB
Lower RAM
CPU Cores
1 vCPU
Disk Storage
10 GB
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Full Technical Benchmark Breakdown

Specification Plausible CE Portainer Advantage
Primary Category analytics devops —
Minimum RAM Required 2 GB 512 MB Portainer (1.5 GB lighter)
GitHub Stars ★ 21,400 ★ 0 Plausible CE (+21,400 stars)
GitHub Forks 1,200 0 Plausible CE
License AGPL-3.0 FOSS Open-Source
Primary Language Elixir N/A —
Docker Image ghcr.io/plausible/community-edition:latest portainer/portainer-ce:latest Both Container Ready
Multi-App Server Sizing

Can You Run Both Plausible CE & Portainer Together?

Yes! Running both simultaneously requires approximately 4 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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