PostHog
by PostHog · Analytics, replay, flags and error tracking with automated bug fixes
82.4 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
PostHog bundles product and web analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, surveys, error tracking and a managed data warehouse in one platform. Its context warehouse pulls in data from 120+ external sources such as Stripe and Postgres so every tool queries the same data. PostHog also diagnoses problems, fixes bugs and opens pull requests, including from Slack.
- Best for
- Product and engineering teams wanting analytics, replay, flags and error tracking in one tool
- Pricing
- Free tier on every product with no card required, then usage-based rates from $0.00005/event, $0.005/recording and $0.0001/flag request, plus optional platform packages at $250 or $750/month.
- Runs on
- WebSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free monthly tier on every product, no card needed to start
- Analytics, replay, flags, experiments and error tracking in one
- Per-unit rates published openly and fall as volume rises
- MIT-licensed open source version can be self-hosted
Trade-offs
- Free plan caps you at 1 project and 1-year data retention
- Email support needs a card; Slack support only above $2k/mo
- Usage-based rates across 14+ products make costs hard to forecast
- PR generation (Inbox) is beta and costs $15/PR after 3 free
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 92 out of 100
- API quality
- 75 out of 100
- Documentation
- 90 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 73 out of 100
- Pricing transparency
- 100 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 35 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 85 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 85 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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