PostHog vs Statcounter 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 GDPR compliant E-commerce tracking App analytics Funnels Revenue tracking Error tracking Audience insights User segments Surveys A/B testing Data ownership Custom reports AI insights 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 Statcounter if

Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics

Capabilities only listed for Statcounter

No unique capabilities in the current taxonomy.

Important considerations: Free history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus.

Shared capabilities

Real-time data Event tracking Free plan Behavior analytics Session recordings Heatmaps Goals Data export Integrations

Attribute	PostHog	Statcounter
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 hosted web analytics service centered on real-time visitor feeds, traffic trends, landing-page and paid-traffic analysis, conversions, session replay, and higher-tier heatmaps.
Pricing	Cloud product analytics includes 1M events/month free, then starts at $0.00005 per event; other products have separate usage-based free tiers	Basic is free for 5,000 sessions/month with 14-day retention; Premium starts at €9/month and Premium Plus at €19/month for 20,000 sessions
Deployment	Self-hosted and hosted options	Vendor-hosted cloud
Best for	Developers and product teams who want analytics, replay, experimentation, and feature delivery in a single toolchain	Small businesses and bloggers needing simple web analytics
Operator	PostHog Inc. Independent private company	StatCounter Independent private company
Company base	Distributed organization	Dublin, Ireland · European Union
Organization scale	215 team members · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026	No comparable official organization-size figure was publicly disclosed.
Recent direction	AI-assisted analysis Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis.	operational reliability Recent official evidence shows a focus on operational reliability.
Key features	Self-hosted Session recordings A/B testing Feature flags Surveys Open source Real-time analytics Custom event tracking Integrations Data export	Real-time visitor feeds Traffic trend charts Visitor paths Landing-page analysis Conversion tracking Paid-traffic analysis Session replay Heatmaps on Premium Plus
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 history is limited to 14 days; session replay is a separate allowance and heatmaps require Premium Plus.
Integrations	Slack, Zapier, Segment	WordPress, Shopify
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.

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

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