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PostHog vs Simple Analytics comparison

Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose PostHog if

Developers and product teams who want analytics, replay, experimentation, and feature delivery in a single toolchain

Capabilities only listed for PostHog

Self-hosted Open source App analytics Behavior analytics Revenue tracking Error tracking Session recordings Heatmaps Surveys A/B testing Data ownership Integrations Custom reports Retention analytics Cohort analysis Enterprise

Important considerations: Each PostHog product has separate usage metering. Self-hosting is open source but positioned for hobbyist use and requires substantial operational work.

Choose Simple Analytics if

Website owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity

Capabilities only listed for Simple Analytics

Privacy-first Cookieless CCPA compliant

Important considerations: Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users.

Shared capabilities

GDPR compliant Real-time data E-commerce tracking Event tracking Free plan Funnels Audience insights User segments Goals Data export AI insights
Attribute PostHog Simple Analytics
Overview A product and web analytics platform for developers that combines usage analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, surveys, and data tooling in one stack, with both cloud and self-hosted deployment options.A privacy-first analytics platform built around straightforward traffic reporting, lightweight event tracking, and GDPR-friendly measurement with minimal setup.
Pricing Cloud product analytics includes 1M events/month free, then starts at $0.00005 per event; other products have separate usage-based free tiersFree hobby plan with one month of history; paid self-serve pricing starts at €20/month for 100K monthly pageviews; Enterprise is custom
Deployment Self-hosted and hosted optionsVendor-hosted cloud
Best for Developers and product teams who want analytics, replay, experimentation, and feature delivery in a single toolchainWebsite owners who prioritize privacy and simplicity
Operator PostHog Inc.
Independent private company		Simple Analytics B.V.
Independent private company
Company base Distributed organizationAmsterdam, Netherlands · European Union
Organization scale 215 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 20263 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026
Recent direction AI-assisted analysis
Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis.		AI-assisted analysis
Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis.
Key features
  • Self-hosted
  • Session recordings
  • A/B testing
  • Feature flags
  • Surveys
  • Open source
  • Real-time analytics
  • Custom event tracking
  • Integrations
  • Data export
  • Cookieless traffic dashboard
  • Real-time reporting
  • Events and goals
  • Ecommerce tracking
  • AI-assisted analysis
  • Automated reports
  • Raw data export
  • Lightweight tracking script
Important considerations Each PostHog product has separate usage metering. Self-hosting is open source but positioned for hobbyist use and requires substantial operational work.Free accounts retain only one month of history and require a public badge; paid price varies with data-point volume and extra users.
Integrations Slack, Zapier, SegmentGhost, WordPress
Fact check We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08.

Capability matrix

This matrix shows capabilities recorded in our catalog. Not listed means we have not confirmed the capability here. Check the linked vendor sources for plan, deployment, and usage limits.

AttributePostHogSimple Analytics
A/B testing Listed Not listed
AI insights Listed Listed
App analytics Listed Not listed
Audience insights Listed Listed
Behavior analytics Listed Not listed
CCPA compliant Not listed Listed
Cohort analysis Listed Not listed
Cookieless Not listed Listed
Custom reports Listed Not listed
Data export Listed Listed
Data ownership Listed Not listed
E-commerce tracking Listed Listed
Enterprise Listed Not listed
Error tracking Listed Not listed
Event tracking Listed Listed
Free plan Listed Listed
Funnels Listed Listed
GDPR compliant Listed Listed
Goals Listed Listed
Heatmaps Listed Not listed
Integrations Listed Not listed
Open source Listed Not listed
Privacy-first Not listed Listed
Real-time data Listed Listed
Retention analytics Listed Not listed
Revenue tracking Listed Not listed
Self-hosted Listed Not listed
Session recordings Listed Not listed
Surveys Listed Not listed
User segments Listed Listed
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