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Comparison

Cube vs PostHog

On the evidence we track, Cube leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Cube75
PostHog66
Score
vioscaleAI score
Cube75 / 100medium · 73%
PostHog66 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tier
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Model
Cubefreemium
PostHogfreemium
Price level
Cubemid
PostHoglow
Starting price
Cube$20
PostHog–
Transparent
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Integrations
Count
Cube16
PostHog120
Security
Disclosure policy
Cube–
PostHog✓
Gdpr
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Hipaa
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Scorecard
Cube–
PostHog4.6
Soc2
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Cube99.95
PostHog–
Status page
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cube–
PostHog1
Github stars
Cube–
PostHog39,734
Package downloads weekly
Cube–
PostHog7,392,984
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cube–
PostHog100
Release
History
Cube–
PostHog20 items
License
Spdx
Cube–
PostHog(Apache-2.0 AND MIT)
Language
Primary
Cube–
PostHogPython
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Cube7 items
PostHog8 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Self-serve dashboards
Cube✓
PostHog-
Rich visualisations
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Modelling
SQL editor
Cube-
PostHog✓
Semantic / metrics layer
Cube-
PostHog-
Data modelling
Cube✓
PostHog-
Delivery
Scheduled reports & alerts
Cube✓
PostHog-
Embedded analytics
Cube✓
PostHog-
Deployment
Hosting
CubeCloud + self-hosted
PostHogCloud only
Data
Warehouse-native (no extract)
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Extensibility
Public API
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Ops
Git-based version control
Cube✓
PostHog-

What each one is

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

Cube

Leader

A modern analytics platform that combines a semantic layer with dashboard, workbook, and conversational AI interfaces to serve teams and autonomous agents. Users query data through dashboards, natural language chat, or APIs, while the semantic layer ensures consistent metric definitions and business logic across all tools and workflows.

Independently observed

PostHog

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.

Cube

Leader
from $20/explorer/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $40/developer/month; free tier available

  • FreeFree
    • Connect any data source
    • Model in semantic layer IDE
    • Explore data in workbooks
    • Publish workbooks as dashboards
    • Semantic model agent
    • +2 more
  • Starter$40/developer/month
    • Everything in Free
    • Extended limits on agents
    • Use premium LLMs
    • Unlimited workbooks
    • Extended query limit
    • +6 more
  • Premium$80/developer/month + $20/explorer/month
    • Everything in Starter
    • Explorer role
    • Viewer role
    • Embedded dashboards
    • Embedded analytics chat
    • +7 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Premium
    • 99.990% Uptime SLA
    • Dedicated single-tenant installation
    • Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
    • Bring Your Own LLM (BYOLLM)
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

PostHog

Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing with generous free tier. Paid usage: $0.00005 per event, $0.005 per recording (pricing decreases with volume).

  • FreeFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Cube✓
PostHog✓
CLI
Cube✓
PostHog✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cube✓
PostHog✓
Self-hosted
Cube✓
PostHog✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Postgres

Cube

Leader
21 total - 20 not shared
  • Notion
  • Linear
  • Sentry
  • Attio
  • Google Sheets
  • Excel
  • dbt
  • Okta
  • Power BI
  • Slack
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor
  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • BigQuery
  • Presto
  • Amazon Athena
  • ClickHouse
  • Tableau
Independently observed

PostHog

4 total - 3 not shared
  • Stripe
  • HubSpot
  • Vercel
Independently observed
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Cube or PostHog: which one depends on you

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