Mixpanel
Free
Free to use$0.00
Per year
$0
First 1M events a month free, then usage-based
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Mixpanel
83%
match · $0/yr
PostHog
83%
match · $0/yr
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Entry plan for 10 people, billed yearly where offered. Prices checked Oct 2026.
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PostHog
Entry plan
Flat price, whole team$0.00
× 12 months$0.00
Per year
$0.00 per person / mo
$0
Starting price; rises with usage
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Mixpanel
From $100Free plan
G2 4.5 · 1,379 reviewsTeams leaving Amplitude because they want the same event-based model with published prices up to 20M events and SSO without a sales call.
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PostHog
From $0.00005Free plan
G2 4.5 · 1,055 reviewsEngineering-led teams leaving Amplitude because they want analytics, replay, flags, experiments, surveys and error tracking under one SDK with public per-unit prices and monthly billing.
Side by side
 Mixpanel | PostHog | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free (1M events/month); Growth starts at $0, $100/month billed annually at 1.5M events; Enterprise by quote | Free (1M events, 5K recordings/month); pay-as-you-go from $0.00005/event after that, billed monthly |
| G2 Rating | 4.5 (1,379 reviews) | 4.5 (1,055 reviews) |
| Best For | Teams leaving Amplitude because they want the same event-based model with published prices up to 20M events and SSO without a sales call. | Engineering-led teams leaving Amplitude because they want analytics, replay, flags, experiments, surveys and error tracking under one SDK with public per-unit prices and monthly billing. |
Pros and cons
Mixpanel
Pros
- Report model and SDK calls map closely to Amplitude
- Published Growth prices up to 20M events/month
- SAML SSO on Growth instead of a quoted tier
- Free migration service for Amplitude projects under 15M events
Cons
- At 5M events Growth costs more than Amplitude Plus ($438 vs about $225/month billed annually)
- Free plan stops report access at 1M events
- No billing cap on Growth, per Mixpanel's docs
- Group Analytics and Data Pipelines cost extra
- No in-app guides
PostHog
Pros
- Every product has a free monthly allowance and public per-unit prices
- Anonymous events are cheap: $152.90/month at 5M events
- Billing limits per product prevent surprise bills
- Managed migration from Amplitude, and historic imports are free
Cons
- Identified events cost far more than anonymous ones (about $560/month at 5M if all identified)
- SAML SSO needs the Scale package at $750/month
- Self-hosting is unsupported and limited to free-plan features
- Many separate meters make forecasting harder
- Interface assumes some comfort with SQL and engineering concepts
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Emily RodriguezUpdated October 2026
Amplitude alternatives
Switch to Mixpanel if you want the closest replacement with public prices and SSO on a self-serve plan. Choose PostHog if engineers want analytics, replay, flags and experiments in one tool. Stay on Amplitude Plus if price is your only concern: at 5M events it is cheaper than most alternatives.
+2Emily RodriguezUpdated October 2026Analytics & BI+2Emily RodriguezUpdated October 2026
Best Product Analytics Tools
PostHog is the best product analytics tool for most product teams in 2026: the broadest free tier, published per-unit prices with billing limits, and analytics, replay, flags, experiments and surveys on one data set. Pick Mixpanel for fast self-serve reports with SSO on a published plan, or Amplitude for 2M free events and low mid-volume pricing.
+2Emily RodriguezUpdated October 2026Analytics & BI+2Emily RodriguezUpdated October 2026
PostHog alternatives
Switch to Mixpanel if your product managers want a simpler analytics tool with one meter. Pick Amplitude if you want to replace most of PostHog with a single vendor.
+2Emily RodriguezUpdated October 2026