Simple Analytics vs PostHog

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

Compare	Simple AnalyticsSimple Analytics	PostHogPostHog
In one line	Privacy-first analytics on one page, no cookie banner needed	Product analytics, session replay, and feature flags with a large free tier
Starting price	From $16.67/mo + $16.67/extra person	Free
Six-person team	$16.67/mo	$0/mo
Plans	Free for hobby sites (badge required, 1 month history); Simple plan $200/yr ($16.67/mo) or $20/mo (100k pageviews, 1 user), rising with pageviews; extra users $200/yr or $20/mo each; 30-day trial	Free 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 model	Free tier	Free tier
Free trial	14 days	—
Users	1; extra users $200/yr or $20/mo	Unlimited
Integrations	WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Google Tag Manager	Slack, HubSpot, Intercom, Customer.io, Zapier, Salesforce, Klaviyo, Google Ads
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	None listed	None listed
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	Simple Analytics has a public status page. Status page	PostHog has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.8 / 5 from 46 reviews	See reviews on Capterra
Trustpilot score	Not listed	3.6 / 5 from 12 reviews (few reviews)
Fit: Retail shop	50	35
Fit: Restaurant or café	45	25
Fit: Service business	70	55
Fit: Agency or studio	75	70
Fit: Trades or contractor	45	25
Fit: Online store	65	72
Why people pick it	No cookie banner needed Readable in a minute	1M events and 5,000 recordings free every month Spending caps per product
Where it falls short	Free plan needs a badge Extra users cost $20 each	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