Matomo vs PostHog
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted web analytics options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Matomo with
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Compare PostHog with
choose an app… Uptime Kuma Netdata Grafana Superset Prometheus Metabase Umami Postiz Netron Glances InfluxDB Grafana k6 Redash Grafana Loki Plausible Apache SkyWalking Beszel Jaeger Vector GoAccess Druid Unleash Rybbit OpenReplay Highlight.io Fathom Lite Plausible Community Plus Evidence Flagsmith OpenPanel Countly Community Edition GoatCounter Jitsu Ackee RudderStack Shynet Tianji Open Web Analytics Counterscale Vince Analytics Aptabase Litlyx Middleware Gramps Web Socioboard Shaper Swetrix Pirsch Counter.dev Selfhost Offen Fair Web Analytics Rakam Analytics Medama AWStats Daily Stars Explorer TelemetryDeck Self-Hosted EDA Liwan Abby Mixpost Prisme Analytics HitKeep ANALOG d8a.tech Statistics for Strava
Feature Matomo PostHog Category Web Analytics Web Analytics License GPL-3.0 MIT Language PHP Python Setup difficulty Medium Hard Min. RAM 1,024 MB 4,096 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal docker, kubernetes GitHub stars ★ 21,749 ★ 37,548 First released 2007 2020 Replaces Google Analytics Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Amplitude
Why pick each one
Choose Matomo if… Comprehensive analytics Privacy-respecting Mature and extensible Matomo details Choose PostHog if… Comprehensive product suite Session replay included Open-core model PostHog details
Frequently asked questions Is Matomo or PostHog better? Neither is universally better. PostHog has the larger community, while Matomo is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Matomo and PostHog free and open-source? Yes. Matomo is licensed under GPL-3.0 and PostHog under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Matomo and PostHog with Docker? Matomo: yes. PostHog: yes.