Comparison

Plausible vs PostHog

Overview

Simple and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics

Plausible is a lightweight, open-source web analytics platform that is GDPR-compliant by default, providing essential metrics without cookie banners or personal data collection.

PostHog

The only all-in-one platform built for engineers

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PostHog is an open-source product analytics suite with event tracking, feature flags, A/B testing, session replay, and error monitoring deployable as a single platform.

Features

—Cookie-free tracking
—GDPR compliant
—Pageview and session analytics
—Custom events and goals
—Funnel analysis
—Custom dashboards
—Email reports
—Open source self-hosting

—Product analytics
—Session replay
—Feature flags
—A/B experiments
—Surveys
—Error tracking
—Data warehouse
—Self-hosting option

Pricing

Plausible

subscriptionFree plan available30-day free trial with no credit card required for hosted Plausible; self-hosted open-source deployment is also available.

Plan	Price	Notes
Self-hosted Open Source	Free	Free software; you provide hosting and operations.
Growth	$9/mo	Hosted plan starting at 10K monthly pageviews.
Business	$19/mo	Hosted plan with more advanced reporting features; scales with traffic.
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom hosted volume and support.

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PostHog

freemiumFree plan available

Plan	Price	Notes
Free	Free	1M events/month free; generous limits per product.
Usage-based	Contact sales	Pay per event beyond free tier; e.g. $0.000045/event.
Teams	$450/mo	Add-on: SSO, SAML, advanced permissions.
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom pricing, SLA, dedicated support.