# Cube vs PostHog

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Cube

| Attribute | Cube | PostHog |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 75.2 (73% (medium)) | 66 (63% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 39,734 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 7,392,984 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Cube is a business intelligence platform that unifies how metrics and business logic are defined and used across analytics interfaces. Organizations build a semantic model once, then access it through dashboards, AI chat, embedded surfaces, and APIs — available as a managed cloud service or self-hosted deployment. It is indexed under BI Software.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"What is Cube?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cube offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.15 per hour. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"Is Cube free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cube supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"What platforms does Cube support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Cube can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"Can Cube be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 21 integrations for Cube, including Notion, Linear, Sentry, Attio, Google Sheets, Excel, dbt and Okta, plus 13 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"What does Cube integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Cube. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cube not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://cube.dev/security","question":"What security certifications does Cube have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Cube is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"Where is Cube available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Product Analytics Software.","source":"https://posthog.com/handbook/engineering/feature-pricing","question":"What is PostHog?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"PostHog is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the (Apache-2.0 AND MIT) licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://posthog.com/handbook/engineering/feature-pricing","question":"Is PostHog free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"PostHog supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://posthog.com/handbook/engineering/feature-pricing","question":"What platforms does PostHog support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. PostHog can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://posthog.com/handbook/engineering/feature-pricing","question":"Can PostHog be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for PostHog, including Stripe, Postgres, HubSpot and Vercel. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://posthog.com/handbook/engineering/feature-pricing","question":"What does PostHog integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for PostHog. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as PostHog not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.posthog.com","question":"What security certifications does PostHog have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. PostHog is published under the (Apache-2.0 AND MIT) licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/posthog-js","question":"Is PostHog open source?","confidence":0.85},{"answer":"PostHog is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://posthog.com/handbook/engineering/feature-pricing","question":"Where is PostHog available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"nlq_ai":true,"hosting":"both","rls_sso":true,"paradigm":"semantic_layer","free_tier":true,"api_access":true,"dbt_native":true,"data_modeling":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"git_versioning":true,"semantic_layer":"built_in","visualizations":true,"warehouse_native":true,"connector_breadth":"50+ data sources plus MCP connectors","scheduled_reports":true,"embedded_analytics":true,"transparent_pricing":true,"self_serve_dashboards":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","free_tier":true,"ab_testing":true,"api_access":true,"sql_editor":true,"autocapture":true,"sdk_coverage":true,"feature_flags":true,"self_hostable":true,"session_replay":true,"visualizations":true,"analytics_scope":"product_analytics","retention_cohort":true,"warehouse_native":true}` |
| integrations.count | 16 | 120 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Notion"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"Attio"},{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"Excel"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Power BI"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Claude","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"ChatGPT","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Snowflake","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Databricks","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"BigQuery","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Presto","native":true,"category":"query_engine","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amazon Athena","native":true,"category":"query_engine","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Postgres","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"ClickHouse","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Tableau","native":true,"category":"bi","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Vercel"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | (Apache-2.0 AND MIT) |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["Connect any data source","Model in semantic layer IDE","Explore data in workbooks","Publish workbooks as dashboards","Semantic model agent","Workbooks and dashboards agent","Analytics chat"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For hobbyists completing small projects and showcasing work","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"compute":"10K shared","query_history_retention":"1 day"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$40/developer/month","features":["Everything in Free","Extended limits on agents","Use premium LLMs","Unlimited workbooks","Extended query limit","Production deployment compute","Cube Store caching","Semantic Layer Sync","Observability & high-availability","dbt integration","Custom Roles"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.6,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Dedicated deployment"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.15,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Additional API instance"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.15,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Cube Store caching (small worker)"}],"description":"For professionals streamlining data workflows","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"compute":"50K dedicated","query_history_retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$80/developer/month + $20/explorer/month","features":["Everything in Starter","Explorer role","Viewer role","Embedded dashboards","Embedded analytics chat","Unlimited queries","99.950% Uptime SLA","Custom Domains","Multi-cluster Deployment","Performance Insights","Single Sign-On (SSO)","Audit Logging"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"explorer","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":1.2,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Dedicated deployment per cluster"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.3,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Additional API instance"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.3,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Cube Store caching (medium worker)"}],"description":"For teams scaling analytics and collaboration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"compute":"Unlimited","query_history_retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Premium","99.990% Uptime SLA","Dedicated single-tenant installation","Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)","Bring Your Own LLM (BYOLLM)","SSO with SAML 2.0","Workspace Access Control","Advanced Networking Security (VPC Peering, AWS PrivateLink)"],"commitment":"annual","description":"For enterprises demanding security and support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $40/developer/month; free tier available","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cube.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-03T22:15:44.664Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"explorer","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"1M events, 5k recordings, 1M requests, 1M rows per month","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"rows":"1M/mo","events":"1M/mo","requests":"1M/mo","recordings":"5k/mo"}}],"summary":"Usage-based pricing with generous free tier. Paid usage: $0.00005 per event, $0.005 per recording (pricing decreases with volume).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://posthog.com/handbook/engineering/feature-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-10T21:06:59.109Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":20,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/desktop-v0.61.350","date":"2026-09-10T17:45:53Z","type":"stable","version":"desktop-v0.61.350"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/desktop-v0.61.332","date":"2026-09-10T01:43:51Z","type":"stable","version":"desktop-v0.61.332"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1192.0","date":"2026-09-10T20:30:59Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1192.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1191.0","date":"2026-09-10T20:14:33Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1191.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1190.0","date":"2026-09-10T19:55:30Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1190.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1189.0","date":"2026-09-10T19:32:31Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1189.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1188.0","date":"2026-09-10T18:57:19Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1188.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1187.0","date":"2026-09-10T18:35:13Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1187.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1186.0","date":"2026-09-10T18:26:30Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1186.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1185.0","date":"2026-09-10T17:43:49Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1185.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1184.0","date":"2026-09-10T17:36:00Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1184.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1183.0","date":"2026-09-10T17:18:20Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1183.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1182.0","date":"2026-09-10T17:04:36Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1182.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1181.0","date":"2026-09-10T16:51:22Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1181.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1180.0","date":"2026-09-10T16:21:46Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1180.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1179.0","date":"2026-09-10T16:14:58Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1179.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1178.0","date":"2026-09-10T16:06:19Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1178.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1177.0","date":"2026-09-10T15:53:40Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1177.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1176.0","date":"2026-09-10T15:30:33Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1176.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/releases/tag/agent-skills-v0.1175.0","date":"2026-09-10T15:09:13Z","type":"stable","version":"agent-skills-v0.1175.0"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.95 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.6 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://posthog.com/handbook/company/security-advisories |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=hogql-parser&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Analytics & BI Software)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-09-21T02:31:19.578Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*