PostHog alternatives
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PostHog is a usage-based platform of 10+ products including product analytics, web analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, surveys, error tracking, data warehouse and data pipelines.
We only list alternatives we can defend with sourced pricing data.
Top PostHog alternatives
We compared 16 products and found 14 alternatives · PostHog pricing is still being verified, so savings are not computed yet · scenario: 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing, USD.
PostHog’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
We list 14 assessed alternatives; PostHog's own price is not verified yet, so no cheaper-than claim is made. PostHog's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK DataBull Hosted Starter (beta) plan · missing: Data export | 83% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Pirsch Analytics Standard · 100k plan · missing: Realtime visitor view, MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 67% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Fathom Analytics Base plan · missing: MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 83% | $15/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
DataFast Starter · 100k plan · missing: Data export web analytics — adjacent | 83% | $19/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Plausible Analytics Starter · 100k plan · missing: Analytics API, MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 67% | $19/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Umami Pro plan web analytics — adjacent | 100% | $20/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Simple Analytics Self-serve plan · missing: Data export, Realtime visitor view, MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 50% | $20/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Seline Analytics Pro · 100k plan · missing: Data export web analytics — adjacent | 83% | $24/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Matomo Cloud plan web analytics — adjacent | 100% | $25.66/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Piwik PRO Business plan · missing: Data export, Realtime visitor view, MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 50% | $42/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Humblytics Business plan · missing: Realtime visitor view web analytics — adjacent | 83% | $79/mo how? ⓘ | — |
Which PostHog alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Mixpanel — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 83%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 83%
- Best paid drop-in
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 83%
- Need pageview analytics, event tracking, analytics API, data export or MCP server for AI agents?
- Mixpanel — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need realtime visitor view?
- Umami — from $0/mo (Hobby plan)
What you give up
Capabilities PostHog has that the top alternatives lack.
- Analytics API — Pull analytics data programmatically via an API.Missing from Umami, Amplitude, Minilytics.
- Data export — Export raw analytics data for use in other tools.Missing from Amplitude, Minilytics.
- Realtime visitor view — See visitors on the site right now (live or last-minutes view).Missing from Mixpanel, Amplitude.
- MCP server for AI agents — Official MCP server so AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT…) can query your analytics.Missing from Umami, Minilytics.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
PostHog vs the top alternatives, on the 6 compared capabilities.
| Capability | PostHog | Mixpanel | Umami | Amplitude | Minilytics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pageview analytics from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analytics API from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Data export from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Realtime visitor view | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| MCP server for AI agents | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | — | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Hobby | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Self-hosted (open source) |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What PostHog covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Pageview analytics — from Free
- ✓ Event tracking — from Free
- ✓ Analytics API — from Free
- ✓ Data export — from Free
- ✓ Realtime visitor view
- ✓ MCP server for AI agents
- ✗ Payment collection
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://posthog.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://posthog.com/web-analytics (feature_page, checked 2026-10-28)
- https://posthog.com (feature_page, checked 2026-10-28)
Frequently asked
Is there a free PostHog alternative?
Yes. Mixpanel has a free plan that covers 83% of the 6 capabilities we compared against PostHog.
What is the cheapest PostHog alternative?
In our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing), Mixpanel is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest PostHog alternative with Analytics API?
Mixpanel covers Analytics API and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does PostHog have a free plan?
Yes. PostHog's free plan is limited to 1,000,000 pageviews or events/month.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.
