Plausible vs PostHog Comparison 2026
Plausible answers page views and referrers on one flat-fee dashboard, no cookies, no consent banner, from $9 a month for 10,000 monthly pageviews. PostHog bundles that plus session replay, feature flags and surveys, billed by usage rather than a flat plan: the first million events a month are free, then from $0.00005 each, falling as volume rises. Plausible is simple and predictable. PostHog is more powerful and, by its own admission, more setup than you need if page views are all you are after.
At a glance
- Only PostHog has a free tier.
Side by side
Plausible | PostHog | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $9 | Not listed |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free trial, then paid | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier (they differ) | No | Yes |
| Billing (they differ) | Monthly or annual | Usage-based |
| Free trial | 30 days | Not stated |
| API |
Plausible
Privacy-first analytics without cookies
Plausible answers what a Google Analytics dashboard takes four clicks to answer, on one page, without cookies or a consent banner. The script is a fraction of the size, which shows up in a page speed score. There are no user-level reports at all, so anybody who needs to follow one visitor around is in the wrong tool.
Our note
Not running a consent banner is a saving the price does not show. No cookies means no banner and no consent records to keep, and on a small site that is worth more than the gap between $9 a month and free analytics.
PostHog
Product analytics billed by the event
PostHog bundles product analytics, session replay, feature flags and surveys and bills each of them by usage rather than by seat, so a team of ten costs the same as a team of one at the same volume. The first million events each month cost nothing, and that allowance survives an upgrade. Billing limits can be set per product, which is the guard against a viral week arriving as an invoice. The event rates are quoted to five decimal places, so working out a monthly figure takes arithmetic rather than reading.
Why people weigh these two
- PostHog instead of Plausible
- PostHog bills by the event with a free tier, for product behaviour rather than page counts.
- Plausible instead of PostHog
- Plausible is privacy-first and cookie free at $9, far simpler if events are not the point.
Which one should you pick
Choose Plausible if the questions are which pages get read and where visitors came from, and you want a bill you can predict: $9 a month covers 10,000 pageviews on one site, rising to $19 for Business with funnels and ecommerce attribution. There are no user-level reports at all, so following one visitor around, or building a product funnel PostHog-style, is not what this does. Skipping cookies also skips the consent banner, a saving the price does not show.
Choose PostHog if you need product analytics, session replay and feature flags without buying three separate subscriptions, and your team's size would make a per-seat tool expensive: the first million events a month are free on every plan, including after upgrading. Rates are quoted to five decimal places, so a monthly figure takes arithmetic rather than a glance, and billing limits per product are worth setting on day one rather than after a viral week arrives as an invoice. Its own listing is honest that Plausible answers page views and referrers for a flat fee and far less setup.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper, Plausible or PostHog?
- For simple traffic numbers, Plausible: a flat $9 a month with no arithmetic required. PostHog is free up to a million events a month, which can cost nothing for a small site, but its usage-based rates beyond that are harder to predict than Plausible's flat tiers.
- Does Plausible do session replay or feature flags like PostHog?
- No, its listing is explicitly page views, goals and custom events on one dashboard, with no user-level reports at all. PostHog bundles session replay, feature flags and surveys alongside analytics, each billed separately by usage.
- Which one is easier to budget for?
- Plausible, since its tiers are flat monthly prices that rise with pageviews in clear steps, $9 to $19. PostHog's own listing admits that rates quoted to five decimal places make a monthly figure harder to plan than a flat plan, though billing limits can be set per product to cap the risk.
- Does either need a consent banner?
- Neither does. Both count visits without cookies or personal data, which is what keeps a consent dialog off the page. Plausible leads with this specifically as a saving that does not show up in the price.
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