Mitzu vs PostHog (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick PostHog: it is second in our ranking of website and product analytics tools, and it grades higher too, 3.2 against 2.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
PostHog grades higher on value for money, the free plan and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mitzu
Warehouse-native product analytics priced by seats, not events
PostHog
Open-source product analytics with replays, flags and surveys
Which one is for you
Pick Mitzu if
- Fits if your events already sit in Snowflake, BigQuery or Databricks
- Works for data teams of five who want to skip copying events
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you have no data warehouse, because Mitzu stores no events
- Pricey if you're small, at $450 a month before extra seats
- Watch out: Starter has no viewers or published dashboards, so stakeholders need Pro at $900
- Watch out: self-hosting on AWS is Enterprise only
- Tight if you want a free plan, since there's only the 2-week trial
Pick PostHog if
- Fits if you're a startup that wants analytics, replays and flags within the free allowance
- Works for developers who want to go from a broken session to the error behind it
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you just want simple visitor counts without learning a whole toolkit
- Pricey if you need SSO or a HIPAA BAA, which take Boost at $250 a month on top of usage; SAML takes Scale at $750
- Not for you if you want a fixed monthly bill, as everything past the free allowance is metered
- Tight if you stay free, with 1 project, recordings kept a month and events dropped past the limits
- Watch out: self-hosted PostHog is officially unsupported, with no tagged releases or paid support
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAMitzuFair | 3.2GPAPostHogVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$450 a month billed yearly, a platform fee for 5 seats, in the dearest tenth where analytics tools start at $299. Extra seats are $75. | AA site with 10,000 visitors a month fits in the free 1M events and 5,000 recordings, so the figure is $0. There's no base fee after that, just usage from $0.00005 an event. Boost, at $250 a month, is only for SSO, HIPAA and more projects. |
| Free plan and trial | C2-week trial with no card. No free plan. | BNo card and no time limit: 1M events, 5,000 recordings, 1M flag requests and 1,500 survey responses every month, with unlimited members. Usage stops at the limit, so no surprise bill. You get 1 project, and recordings are kept a month. |
| Features | CFunnels, journeys, retention, dashboards and experiments, with the warehouse doing the storing. It's useless without one, and Starter has no viewer licenses. | AAnalytics, web analytics, replays, flags, A/B tests, surveys, error tracking, logs and a data warehouse with pipelines in and out. Graded against Amplitude, Mixpanel and Heap, it covers the whole job, and none of them bundles errors, logs and a warehouse too. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating read. A warehouse to connect and events to model. | CNo rating on record. The cloud version is a snippet and a sign-up, but there are a lot of products to learn and events to plan. The free self-hosted version is a Docker deploy PostHog doesn't officially support, which is a developer's job. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks and Slack, plus an API on Pro. | BWeb only, so it can't reach an A. It pulls data in from Stripe, HubSpot, Salesforce and Postgres, sends events out to Braze, Klaviyo and others, and works with Snowflake, BigQuery and Zendesk. |
| Best for | product analytics on your own data warehouse | a whole product toolkit on one free allowance |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Mitzu and PostHog. How we grade
Where they differ
- PostHog is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Mitzu also covers reports and dashboards.
- PostHog also covers surveys and session replay.
At a glance
| Mitzu | PostHog | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $450 per month platform fee, billed yearly ($500 billed monthly) | $0.00005 per analytics event past the free 1M (pay-as-you-go) |
| Free plan | None | Monthly allowance that resets: 1M analytics events, 5,000 recordings, 1M flag requests, 1,500 survey responses, 100K exceptions. Unlimited members, 1 project, 1-year retention. |
| Free trial | 2-week free trial, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Mitzu | PostHog |
| Price read from | mitzu.io | posthog.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Mitzu
- There is no free plan; the entry platform fee is $500 a month, or $450 billed yearly.
- It needs a connected data warehouse, since Mitzu does not store the events itself.
- Starter has no viewer licenses or published dashboards, so teams with stakeholders who only view reports need Pro.
- Self-hosting on AWS is an Enterprise option; startups may ask the vendor about a discount.
PostHog
- Usage is metered per product, so the monthly bill moves with traffic; billing limits can be set for each product to cap it.
- SSO enforcement, a HIPAA BAA and unlimited projects need the $250-a-month Boost package on top of usage; SAML sign-in needs Scale at $750.
- The free plan keeps recordings for 1 month and data for 1 year, allows 1 project, and drops events past its limits.
- Self-hosted PostHog is officially unsupported and has no tagged releases; PostHog recommends always running the latest image.
Key features
Mitzu
- Warehouse-native analytics
- Reads events from the customer's own warehouse such as Snowflake, BigQuery or Databricks, so there is no separate event store to fill.
- Funnels, journeys and retention
- Funnel, user journey, retention and cohort analyses, all built on one shared set of metric definitions.
- AI analytics and agents
- Ask questions in plain language, in the app, in Slack or through an MCP server, and have agents watch metrics. 100 AI insights per seat monthly.
- Experimentation
- Experiment analysis that flags when a result is significant. Starter allows 1 experiment per seat; Pro and Enterprise are unlimited.
- Dashboards and BI
- Warehouse metric tables and published dashboards for sharing, available on Pro and Enterprise with free viewer licenses.
PostHog
- Product and web analytics
- Funnels, trends, retention, user paths and a web analytics dashboard, built from events. The first 1M events a month are free.
- Session replay
- Recordings of real visits to see where people get stuck, linked to funnels and errors. 5,000 recordings a month are free; recordings are kept 90 days on pay-as-you-go.
- Feature flags and experiments
- Roll features out to chosen users and run A/B tests, billed together by flag requests, with 1M requests free each month.
- Surveys
- In-app surveys with 1,500 free responses a month, and white-labeled surveys on the Boost package.
- Error tracking and logs
- Captures exceptions (100K free a month) and ingests logs (10 GB free), so you can go from a replay to the error behind it.
- Data warehouse and pipelines
- Syncs data in from Stripe, HubSpot, Salesforce, Postgres and others, and sends events out to tools such as Braze and Klaviyo.
Plans
Mitzu
Starter$450
per month with 5 seats, billed yearly ($500 billed monthly)
Platform fee. 1 workspace, core analytics, AI agents, Slack and MCP. Extra seats $75 a month. 1 experiment per seat.
Pro$900
per month with 10 seats, billed yearly ($1,000 billed monthly)
Platform fee. 5 workspaces, unlimited experiments and dashboards, SSO, API, 1 free viewer per seat. Extra seats $75 a month.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited workspaces, dedicated support, self-hosting on AWS, bring your own AI and volume discounts.
PostHog
Free$0
Full free allowance on every product, unlimited team members, 1 project, community support. Usage stops at the limits, so no surprise bill.
Pay-as-you-go$0
plus usage above the monthly free allowance
No base fee. Analytics from $0.00005 an event and replays from $0.005 a recording, cheaper at volume. 6 projects, 7-year data, email support.
Boost$250
per month, plus usage
Platform package: unlimited projects, SSO enforcement, 2FA enforcement, white labeling, HIPAA BAA and 12 months of replay retention.
Scale$750
per month, plus usage
Everything in Boost plus SAML and OIDC sign-in, approval workflows, real-time alerts and priority support with an 8-hour target.
EnterpriseCustom
Sold through sales: role-based access, a dedicated account manager, training, and up to 5 years of replay retention.
Self-hosted (hobby deploy)$0
MIT-licensed Docker Compose deployment you host yourself. Officially unsupported, with no paid support plan.
Ways to pay less
Mitzu
- Annual discount
10% off with yearly billing
Paying yearly saves 10% on the platform fee and extra seats: Starter is $450 a month and Pro is $900 a month.
- Startups
Startup discount on request
The pricing page says startups may apply for a discount and should contact the vendor to learn more.
PostHog
- Startups
$50,000 in credits for early-stage startups
Companies under 2 years old that have raised less than $5M get $50,000 of PostHog credit for 12 months, plus partner perks. A company email domain is required.
- Nonprofit
Discount for nonprofits
PostHog says it gives nonprofits a discount in most cases: create an account, then contact sales with details of the organization.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Mitzu or PostHog?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mitzu starts at $450 per month platform fee, billed yearly ($500 billed monthly), and PostHog starts at $0.00005 per analytics event past the free 1M (pay-as-you-go).
Which has a free plan, Mitzu or PostHog?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only PostHog has a free plan. Mitzu does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.