Plausible Analytics vs PostHog
A side-by-side comparison of Plausible Analytics and PostHog — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Lightweight, privacy-first web analytics without cookies | All-in-one product analytics, session replay, feature flags, and A/B testing |
| Category | Product & Web Analytics | Product & Web Analytics |
| Replaces | Google Analytics | Mixpanel, Amplitude, Hotjar, Google Analytics |
| GitHub stars | 27k | 35k |
| Language | Elixir | Python |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 3/5 Moderate | 5/5 Advanced |
| Deploy options | Docker Compose Manual | Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 3 days ago | 3 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
