PostHog vs Mixpanel
Zero of twelve models named PostHog first on the direct prompt; one named Mixpanel. PostHog was named by ten of the twelve models and Mixpanel by twelve and PostHog carries 16 labels and Mixpanel 43, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
San Francisco, United States, founded 2009. Named in seven categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the customer intelligence and data science page.
By framing
PostHogFirst choices, of twelve modelsMixpanel
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, PostHog and Mixpanel were named in the same answer 198 times, of the 257 answers naming PostHog and the 333 naming Mixpanel. In those answers Mixpanel took the first choice thirty-six times and PostHog forty-one.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | |
PostHog Mixpanel first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, PostHog on the left and Mixpanel on the right.The direct prompt
Mixpanel first, PostHog an alternative
1 of 12 modelsPostHog was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
9 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Mixpanel12%#3 of 10PostHog10%#4 of 10PostHog6%#4 of 14Mixpanel4%#5 of 14PostHog2%#– of 14Mixpanel2%#6 of 14What the models said about PostHog
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“PostHog is arguably the best single "customer analytics and intelligence platform" for a limited budget” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“The Best All-in-One Platform: PostHog ... combines them into one dashboard, saving you thousands of dollars” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Mixpanel
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“🔴 Mixpanel (HIGH RISK) - November 2025 security breach... Still operating but has lost trust among major enterprise customers” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Mixpanel disclosed a security incident where an attacker gained unauthorized access and exported customer analytics data” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Who should avoid them: Startups without dedicated developers to write tracking code” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Mixpanel - Best for digital product teams with strong behavioral analytics, funnels, retention analysis, and cohort segmentation.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best for: Mid-sized product/growth teams needing quick insights without data teams... strong in ease/speed” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.