Plausible 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 Plausible 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 Apache SkyWalking Beszel Jaeger Vector Matomo 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 Plausible PostHog Category Web Analytics Web Analytics License AGPL-3.0 MIT Language Elixir Python Setup difficulty Medium Hard Min. RAM 1,024 MB 4,096 MB Deployment docker docker, kubernetes GitHub stars ★ 28,416 ★ 37,548 First released 2019 2020 Replaces Google Analytics Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Amplitude
Why pick each one
Choose Plausible if… Privacy-friendly by design Simple and fast Lightweight script Plausible details Choose PostHog if… Comprehensive product suite Session replay included Open-core model PostHog details
Frequently asked questions Is Plausible or PostHog better? Neither is universally better. PostHog has the larger community, while Plausible is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Plausible and PostHog free and open-source? Yes. Plausible is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and PostHog under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Plausible and PostHog with Docker? Plausible: yes. PostHog: yes.