Plausible vs PostHog

Two web analytics tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Short version

  • PostHog costs less for a six-person team.
  • Plausible fits retail shop, restaurant or café, service business, agency or studio, trades or contractor.
ComparePlausiblePlausible InsightsPostHogPostHog
In one lineOne-page analytics with no cookie banner neededProduct analytics, session replay, and feature flags with a large free tier
Starting priceFrom $7.50/moFree
Six-person team$7.50/mo$0/mo
PlansStarter $7.50/mo billed yearly, $9 monthly (10k pageviews, 1 site); Growth $11.67/mo; Business $15.83/mo; higher tiers priced by pageviewsFree each month: 1M events, 5,000 recordings, 1M feature flag requests; then pay per use (anonymous events $0.00005 each); optional Boost $250/mo, Scale $750/mo
Pricing modelFree trialFree tier
Free trial30 days—
UsersVaries by planUnlimited
IntegrationsGoogle Search Console, WordPress, Shopify, ZapierSlack, HubSpot, Intercom, Customer.io, Zapier, Salesforce, Klaviyo, Google Ads
Team sizeJust me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available inUS · UK · CA · AUUS · UK · CA · AU
Phone supportNone listedNone listed
Live chatNone listedNone listed
Support hoursNot publishedNot published
Incidents postedPlausible Insights has a public status page. Status pagePostHog has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score4.6 / 5 from 8 reviews (few reviews)See reviews on Capterra
Trustpilot score3.2 / 5 from 8 reviews (few reviews)3.6 / 5 from 12 reviews (few reviews)
Fit: Retail shop6535
Fit: Restaurant or café6525
Fit: Service business8555
Fit: Agency or studio8570
Fit: Trades or contractor7025
Fit: Online store6572
Why people pick it
  • Understandable in a minute
  • Privacy-friendly
  • 1M events and 5,000 recordings free every month
  • Spending caps per product
Where it falls short
  • No funnels or sessions on cheaper tiers
  • Paid only
  • Needs a developer to install and tune
  • Many separate meters make costs hard to predict
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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