Comparison

Amplitude vs PostHog

On the evidence we track, PostHog leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amplitude48

★PostHog68

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amplitude	PostHogLeader
Vioscale score	48 / 100medium · 73%updating	68 / 100medium · 63%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	free	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	9	120
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.2
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=hogql-parser&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	1
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	39,230
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	12,366,207
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	(Apache-2.0 AND MIT)
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Amplitude48 / 100medium · 73%updating

PostHog68 / 100medium · 63%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Model

Amplitudefree

PostHogfreemium

Price level

Amplitudefree

PostHoglow

Transparent

Amplitude✗

PostHog✓

Integrations

Count

Amplitude9

PostHog120

Security

Disclosure policy

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Gdpr

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Hipaa

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Scorecard

Amplitude–

PostHog4.2

Soc2

Amplitude–

PostHog✓

Vulnerabilities

Amplitude–

PostHogCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=hogql-parser&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Amplitude–

PostHog1

Github stars

Amplitude–

PostHog39,230

Package downloads weekly

Amplitude–

PostHog12,366,207

Activity

Commits last 30d

Amplitude–

PostHog100

Release

History

Amplitude–

PostHog20 items

License

Spdx

Amplitude–

PostHog(Apache-2.0 AND MIT)

Language

Primary

Amplitude–

PostHogPython

Market

Availability

AmplitudeAvailable worldwide

PostHogAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for product analytics software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Product Analytics Software
Capability	Amplitude	PostHog
Core
Analytics scope	Product analytics	-
Capture
Autocapture (no-code event capture)	✓	✓
Analyses
Funnels	✓	-
Retention / cohort analysis	-	✓
Paths / user journeys	-	-
Session replay	✓	✓
Experimentation
A/B testing & experimentation	✓	✓
Feature flags built-in	✓	✓
Data
Warehouse-native / BYODB	✓	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core	-	✓
Pricing
Free tier	✓	✓
Compliance
EU data residency option	✗	-
SDKs
Server-side + mobile SDK coverage	✓	✓

Core

Analytics scope

AmplitudeProduct analytics

PostHog-

Capture

Autocapture (no-code event capture)

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Analyses

Funnels

Amplitude✓

PostHog-

Retention / cohort analysis

Amplitude-

PostHog✓

Paths / user journeys

Amplitude-

PostHog-

Session replay

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Experimentation

A/B testing & experimentation

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Feature flags built-in

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Data

Warehouse-native / BYODB

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Deployment

Self-hostable / OSS core

Amplitude-

PostHog✓

Pricing

Free tier

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Compliance

EU data residency option

Amplitude✗

PostHog-

SDKs

Server-side + mobile SDK coverage

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amplitude

Amplitude is a product analytics platform that enables teams to understand user behavior through analytics, session replay, and experimentation. It integrates AI-powered features for automated analysis and includes capabilities for product, marketing, and business operations.

Independently observed

PostHog

Leader

All-in-one platform providing product analytics, web tracking, session recording, feature testing, experimentation, error tracking, and a managed data warehouse with integrations to unify customer data and insights for product development teams.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amplitude

Usage-basedFree tier

Free: 2M events/month forever. Plus: 2M free + usage-based. Growth/Enterprise: Contact sales for custom pricing.

FreeFree
- AI Agents and MCP
- Basic Product Analytics
- Cohort syncs (one-time)
- 2000 AI feedback records/month
- 10K monthly session replays
- +7 more
PlusPlus: 2M free + usage-based, up to 70M events/month
- First 2M events/month free
- Custom events and formulas
- Scale up to 70M events/month
- 20 Behavioral cohorts
- Alerts
- +3 more
GrowthContact sales
- Advanced Behavioral Exploration
- Currency conversion
- Monitoring and Alerts
- 20K monthly session replays
- 2500 active AI Visibility prompts
- +1 more
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

PostHog

Leader

Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing per product. Free tier available for all products. 98% of customers use PostHog free tier.

Product AnalyticsFree
Session ReplayFree
Feature FlagsFree
Managed WarehouseFree

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amplitude	PostHog
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
iOSPlatforms	✓	✗
AndroidPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

iOS

Amplitude✓

PostHog✗

Android

Amplitude✓

PostHog✗

CLI

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amplitude✓

PostHog✓

Self-hosted

Amplitude✗

PostHog✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)

Postgres
HubSpot

Amplitude

9 total - 7 not shared

Hightouch
Snowflake
Google BigQuery
Amazon Redshift
Databricks
Claude
Cursor

Independently observed

PostHog

Leader

4 total - 2 not shared

Stripe
Vercel

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.