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How Vector 5 differs from cookieless analytics that only run in the browser.

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Matrix

	Typical cookieless GA alt	Vector 5
Browser pageviews	Yes	Yes (`v5.js`)
AI crawlers	Invisible	Server middleware
Assistant referrals	Often Direct	`human_via_ai` + AI UTMs
Actor on every row	No	Five actors, deterministic
Public manifest	Rare	`GET /api/sites/{domain}/manifest`
LLM insights	Sometimes raw rows	Rollups only, Ollama included
MCP	Rare	Six read-only tools
Database	ClickHouse or Postgres	Postgres first
Licence	Varies	AGPL + MIT split
Fork of Plausible	Sometimes	No. Clean-room.