PostHog vs Rybbit (2026): which should you pick?

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

Pick Rybbit if

• Fits if you want cookieless stats at a low price with the option to host it yourself
• Works for a developer who wants events and funnels without a heavy tool

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free cloud plan, as there's only a 7-day trial
• Too light for session replay on Standard, which needs Pro at $26
• Tight if you grow: Standard stops at 5 websites and 3 team members
• Watch out: price follows monthly pageviews, and the monthly-billed prices weren't shown on the page

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.

Rybbit

• The cloud service has no free plan; the 7-day trial is the only free route unless you self-host.
• Price follows monthly pageviews, from 100,000 up to 50 million and beyond.
• Standard is limited to 5 websites and 3 team members, and has no session replay.
• The pricing page also offers a Monthly option; its monthly-billed prices were not shown on the page text.

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.

Rybbit

Cookieless web analytics

Visitors, pages, referrers, locations and devices in real time, with stackable filters and UTM capture and no consent banner.

Autocapture and custom events

Clicks, form submits, outbound links and errors are captured automatically, alongside custom events with properties.

Funnels and journeys

Define conversion steps to see where visitors drop off, and follow complete user journeys through the site.

Session replay

Watch recorded sessions alongside the session timeline. Replay is included from the Pro plan, not Standard.

Web vitals and error tracking

Real-user performance metrics and captured errors sit in the same dashboard as traffic.

API and MCP server

An analytics API and an MCP server are documented, with a higher API rate limit on the Pro plan.

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.

Rybbit

• Standard$13

  per month for up to 100,000 pageviews, billed annually

  Up to 5 websites and 3 team members, with funnels, goals, journeys, web vitals and error tracking. 3 years of data.

• Pro$26

  per month for up to 100,000 pageviews, billed annually

  Unlimited websites and members, session replays, 5 years of data retention, higher API limit and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  SSO, infinite data retention, dedicated instance or on-premise install, whitelabeling and Slack support.

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.

Rybbit

• Annual discount

  4 months free with annual billing

  The pricing page labels the Annual option as 4 months free compared with monthly billing.