Mixpanel vs PostHog
Mixpanel
Self-serve product analytics with an event-and-profile data model, fast segmentation reports, and direct ingestion from cloud warehouses.
Full directory entry →PostHog
Open-source platform bundling product analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, and surveys on a single ClickHouse-backed event store.
Full directory entry →Facts, side by side
| Mixpanel | PostHog | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | freemium | freemium |
| Pricing notes | Free plan includes 1M monthly events and 10K monthly session replays; Growth starts at $0 with 1M events free, then $0.28 per 1K events with volume discounts; Enterprise is quoted. | Usage-based per product with monthly free allowances on Cloud (1M analytics events, 5K replays, 1M flag requests, 1.5K survey responses); per-unit rates fall with volume and anonymous events are billed cheaper than identified ones. The open-source Docker deploy is free. |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | Partial — A Docker Compose hobby deploy is supported at small scale; large self-hosted instances are no longer sold or supported as a paid product. |
| Categories | Product analytics, Session replay | Product analytics, Session replay, Experimentation |
| Who it's for | measurement managers, marketing managers, implementation engineers | implementation engineers, data engineers, measurement managers |
| Integrations listed | 10 | 5 |
Directory entries last updated: Mixpanel 2026-07-18 · PostHog 2026-07-18.
In brief
Mixpanel — Self-serve product analytics with an event-and-profile data model, fast segmentation reports, and direct ingestion from cloud warehouses. Pricing: freemium. Free plan includes 1M monthly events and 10K monthly session replays; Growth starts at $0 with 1M events free, then $0.28 per 1K events with volume discounts; Enterprise is quoted. Self-hosting: No. Listed integrations: segment, rudderstack, mparticle, bigquery, snowflake, databricks, redshift, postgres, census, hightouch.
PostHog — Open-source platform bundling product analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, and surveys on a single ClickHouse-backed event store. Pricing: freemium. Usage-based per product with monthly free allowances on Cloud (1M analytics events, 5K replays, 1M flag requests, 1.5K survey responses); per-unit rates fall with volume and anonymous events are billed cheaper than identified ones. The open-source Docker deploy is free. Self-hosting: Partial — A Docker Compose hobby deploy is supported at small scale; large self-hosted instances are no longer sold or supported as a paid product.. Listed integrations: segment, rudderstack, bigquery, snowflake, hightouch.
Which one, when
Derived mechanically from the structured facts above — deltas only, not an editorial verdict. Where the facts tie, read both entries.
- its entry lists marketing managers in "who it's for"; PostHog's does not
- you want an open-source codebase — Mixpanel is not open source
- you need at least partial self-hosting — Mixpanel offers none
- you also need Experimentation — not a listed category for Mixpanel
- its entry lists data engineers in "who it's for"; Mixpanel's does not
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