Alternatives to PostHog
Product analytics with replay, flags and experiments
PostHog ranks #3 of 10 in Web analytics, with an Alt Score of 89. It is licensed under MIT, open source with paid hosting and available on the web. 11 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Product engineers and small-to-mid-size product/engineering teams who want a single tool to understand and improve how users interact with their app, rather than stitching together separate analytics, testing, and feedback tools.
An open-source product analytics suite covering event/product analytics, session replay, feature flags, A/B testing (experiments), and surveys. You get one SDK and data store powering funnels, trends, retention analysis, and user-level session recordings, plus tools to gate features and run experiments on the same event data. It's available as a managed PostHog Cloud service or self-hosted for full data control.
You add PostHog's SDK (or API) to your app to start capturing events and sessions, then use the dashboard to build insights, watch replays, toggle feature flags, and configure experiments or surveys, all against the same underlying event data.
Where PostHog stands out
Verified capabilities most alternatives don't have.
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Ranked alternatives
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Web analytics checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for PostHog is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model OSS + paid hosting verified 2026-07-11
The self-hosted version is the same exact product we run on PostHog Cloud
https://posthog.com/docs/self-host -
Platforms Web verified 2026-07-11
This doc refers to our posthog-js library for use on the browser.
https://posthog.com/docs/libraries/js -
License MIT verified 2026-07-11
MIT Expat" license as defined below."
Content outside of the above mentioned directories or restrictions above is available under the
https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/blob/master/LICENSE -
Status active verified 2026-07-11
PostHog is an all-in-one, open source platform for building successful products
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Cookieless / no consent banner Partial verified 2026-07-11
PostHog never stores data in cookies or local/session storage.
https://posthog.com/tutorials/cookieless-tracking -
Self-hostable Yes verified 2026-07-11
PostHog is open-source and freely available for anyone to host themselves.
https://posthog.com/docs/self-host -
Event tracking Yes verified 2026-07-11
You can send custom events using capture
https://posthog.com/docs/product-analytics/capture-events -
Funnels Yes verified 2026-07-11
Funnels enable you to visualize your flows and understand where the friction points are so that you can improve them.
https://posthog.com/docs/product-analytics/funnels -
Session replay Yes verified 2026-07-11
Play back sessions to diagnose UI issues, improve support, and get context for nuanced user behavior.
https://posthog.com/docs/session-replay -
Data ownership / export Yes verified 2026-07-11
Schedule bulk data exports to select destinations, including Postgres, S3, and more.
https://posthog.com/docs/getting-started/data-import-export -
EU hosting option Yes verified 2026-07-11
PostHog Cloud EU – a managed version of PostHog that's hosted on servers based in Frankfurt.
https://posthog.com/docs/privacy/gdpr-compliance -
Real-time dashboard Yes verified 2026-07-11
Live view into site activity. See what's happening on your site right now.
https://posthog.com/templates/real-time-dashboard -
Free tier limits Yes verified 2026-07-11
If your usage goes beyond the free tier limits, we offer usage-based pricing.
https://posthog.com/pricing -
API access Yes verified 2026-07-11
The API is available for all users and instances.
https://posthog.com/docs/api -
Open source Yes verified 2026-07-11
PostHog is an all-in-one, open source platform for building successful products
https://github.com/PostHog/posthog
FAQ
Yes. Simple Analytics, Mixpanel and Microsoft Clarity have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Umami, Plausible and Pirsch — every license claim links its source.