PostHog

Analytics

PostHog groups product analytics with features such as session replay, flags, and experiments. Assess which parts your team would actually use.

Who it may suit

Product analytics for teams that need to study how people use an application.

Replaces

Not verified: no official positioning found

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Strengths for small teams

  • Product and web analytics in one tool Source

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  • Session replay and heatmaps Source

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  • Feature flags and experiments Source

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  • Error tracking Source

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License

MIT (Expat) core; ee/ directory under separate commercial license

Open-core: code outside ee/ is MIT.

License source

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Self-hosting effort

Advanced

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Although a Docker Compose deployment is offered, PostHog explicitly leaves infrastructure and deployments to the operator, and its stateful multi-service stack requires hands-on upgrades, backups, and scaling management. That operational footprint is substantial for a team without dedicated ops.

Documentation-based estimate; not hands-on tested. Official self-hosting effort evidence

Pricing

Includes free monthly usage allowances; paid usage is usage-based above the free limits.

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Managed cloud

Available

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Self-hosted: Available

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Repository activity

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Last push: 2026-11-01

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Repository metadata source

Self-hosting documentation

Official self-hosting instructions
Official website

Sources