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AmplitudevsPostHog

Saas
vs
Developer Tool71

Score Comparison

58
Overall
71
45
Pricing
70
55
Usability
55
65
Performance
60
50
Support
62
60
Reliability
66
45
Onboarding
55
70
Mobile
58
75
Security
75
70
Integrations
80
AmplitudePostHog

Signals Comparison

Pricing

Amplitude

  • Massive pricing jump from free to paid - sticker shock(9/10)
  • Event and MTU limits hit unexpectedly fast(8/10)

PostHog

  • Why is my PostHog bill so high? Many separate usage meters(7/10)
Usability

Amplitude

  • Steep learning curve - takes weeks to master(8/10)
  • Features siloed - can't transfer queries between sections(6/10)
  • UI constantly changing - hard to keep up(5/10)
  • No month-to-date or week-to-date selection(5/10)
  • Too complex for non-technical users(6/10)

PostHog

  • PostHog is overwhelming and has a steep learning curve(6/10)
  • PostHog is built for engineers, not marketers(6/10)
  • PostHog identify() merges or splits users incorrectly(6/10)
Performance

Amplitude

  • Reports load slowly with unnecessary details(6/10)

PostHog

  • PostHog queries and insights are slow on large datasets(6/10)
  • Does PostHog slow down my website?(4/10)
Integrations

Amplitude

  • Multi-device session tracking merges users incorrectly(7/10)
  • Data export limitations prevent AI analysis(5/10)

PostHog

  • Duplicate or missing pageviews in Next.js and SPAs(5/10)
Support

Amplitude

  • Support provides generic, unhelpful responses(7/10)

PostHog

No signals

Reliability

Amplitude

  • Significant user overcounting due to MTU tracking(7/10)
  • Session replay stopped working without fix(7/10)

PostHog

  • PostHog events not showing up because ad blockers block it(7/10)
  • PostHog session replay not recording some sessions(6/10)
  • PostHog data doesn't match Google Analytics(5/10)
  • PostHog feature flags flicker or return undefined(5/10)
  • Data dropped forever after hitting a billing limit(6/10)
Onboarding

Amplitude

  • Event taxonomy planning takes 4-6 weeks(6/10)

PostHog

No signals

Customization

Amplitude

No signals

PostHog

  • Self-hosting PostHog is heavy and limited to a hobby setup(5/10)

Pricing Comparison

Amplitude

Starter
Free

Users: 50K MTUs

Storage: N/A

Limits: No custom dashboards, No advanced behavioral analysis, Limited support (online only), No A/B testing, No causal insights

1,000 events per MTU limit - excess converted to MTUs, Account blocked after exceeding limits 3 times, Basic features only
Plus
Popular
$49/mo

Users: 1K-300K MTUs

Storage: N/A

Limits: No A/B testing, No causal insights, No real-time streaming, No advanced governance, Under 300K MTUs only

Pricing scales with MTU tier, 20% discount requires annual commitment, Higher tiers significantly more expensive
Growth
Free

Users: 300K+ MTUs

Storage: N/A

Limits: No SSO/SAML on base plan, No dedicated CSM, Complex procurement process

Starts at ~$22,400/year, Can reach $254,100+ annually, Requires sales call, Long-term commitments expected
Enterprise
Free

Users: Custom

Storage: Custom

Limits: Complex procurement, Enterprise-only features create vendor lock-in

Custom pricing (expensive), Must negotiate with sales, Long-term commitment, Complex implementation support extra

PostHog

Free
Free

Storage: 1 year data retention

Limits: 1 project, 1 year data retention, community support only. Data above the free allowance is not ingested unless you add a card.

Pay-as-you-go
Popular
$0/mo

Storage: 7 year data retention

Limits: No base fee, but bills scale with traffic. Billing limits stop ingestion and the data over the limit is permanently lost.

Add-ons are billed separately: identified events ($0.000198/event above 1M at the first tier), group analytics, data pipelines, mobile replay ($0.01/recording above 2,500), destinations, batch exports and logs. Each product has its own meter, so costs add up across products.
Boost
$250/mo

Limits: No SAML or priority support (Scale)

Platform fee on top of all usage charges
Scale
$750/mo

Limits: No RBAC or dedicated support (Enterprise)

Platform fee on top of all usage charges
Enterprise
$2000/mo
Platform fee on top of all usage charges

Feature Comparison

FeatureAmplitudePostHog
Analytics
Event Analytics

Core feature, very powerful

Product analytics (funnels, retention, paths)
Funnel Analysis

Industry-leading

Web analytics

Included with product analytics events

Retention Analysis

Industry-leading

Behavioral Cohorts

Plus plan and above

User Journeys

Pathfinder feature

Session Replay

Available on all plans but can be buggy

Real-time Data

Growth plan for streaming

Replay
Session replay

Web and mobile; sampling, minimum duration and URL triggers

Heatmaps

Viewed through the toolbar

Experimentation
Feature flags

Bootstrapping and local evaluation supported

A/B testing / experiments

Code-first, no mature visual editor

A/B Testing

Growth plan and above

Feature Flags

Unlimited on all plans

Feedback
Surveys
Monitoring
Error tracking
Reporting
Custom Dashboards

Plus plan and above

Data
Data warehouse and SQL

Sync sources and query with SQL

Managed reverse proxy

Free for Cloud users; not HIPAA-compliant

Data Collection
Autocapture

Manual event tracking required

Security
EU data hosting

EU Cloud region

SSO/SAML

Enterprise only

Integrations
Web SDK

Well supported

iOS SDK

Well supported

Android SDK

Well supported

React Native SDK

Available

Data Warehouse Sync

Available on paid plans

Deployment
Self-hosting

SaaS only, no self-hosting

Developer
API Access

Available on all plans

Collaboration
Team Collaboration

Shared dashboards and analyses