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Comparison

Pendo vs PostHog

On the evidence we track, Pendo leads this comparison with a composite score of 77/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Pendo77
PostHog69
Score
vioscaleAI score
Pendo77 / 100medium · 72%
PostHog69 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tier
Pendo✓
PostHog✓
Model
Pendofreemium
PostHogfreemium
Price level
Pendolow
PostHoglow
Starting price
Pendo–
PostHog$0.00
Transparent
Pendo✓
PostHog✓
Integrations
Count
Pendo85
PostHog120
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Pendo✓
PostHog✓
Gdpr
Pendo✓
PostHog✓
Hipaa
Pendo✓
PostHog✓
Iso27001
Pendo✓
PostHog–
Pci
Pendo✓
PostHog–
Scorecard
Pendo–
PostHog4.6
Soc2
Pendo✓
PostHog✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Pendo✓
PostHog✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Pendo–
PostHog1
Github stars
Pendo–
PostHog40,256
Package downloads weekly
Pendo–
PostHog16,555,591
Activity
Commits last 30d
Pendo–
PostHog100
Release
History
Pendo–
PostHog20 items
License
Spdx
Pendo–
PostHog(Apache-2.0 AND MIT)
Language
Primary
Pendo–
PostHogPython
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Pendo6 items
PostHog8 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Pendo

Leader

A platform that tracks user behavior across web, mobile, and AI applications, providing analytics, guided in-app experiences, and user journey analysis to improve feature adoption and reduce time-to-value.

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.

Pendo

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier30-day trial

Free tier (up to 500 MAUs). Usage-based pricing per monthly active user with volume discounts built in. Custom pricing for enterprise.

  • Pendo FreeFree
    • Product analytics
    • In-app guides
    • Pendo-branded roadmaps
    • Pendo-branded NPS surveys
  • Product Analytics CoreContact sales
  • Session ReplayContact sales
  • NovusFree
    • Continuous product monitoring
    • Proactive recommendations in Slack
    • Auto-instrumentation via GitHub
as of verify ↗

PostHog

from $0.00/eventUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier: 1M events/mo. Paid: $0.00031/event.

  • FreeFree
    • unlimited team members
  • Paid$0.00031/event
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • HubSpot
  • Slack

Pendo

Leader
51 total - 49 not shared
  • Algolia
  • Amazon S3
  • BigQuery
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Calendly
  • Candu
  • Catalyst
  • ChurnZero
  • Confluence
  • Crowdin
  • DataGrail
  • Dataworkz
  • Domo
  • Drift
  • Figma
  • Fivetran
  • Fulcrum
  • G2
  • Gainsight
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Help Scout
  • HelpDocs
  • Integrately
  • Intercom
  • +25 more
Independently observed

PostHog

6 total - 4 not shared
  • Stripe
  • Postgres
  • Vercel
  • GitHub
Independently observed
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