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Product analytics · September 2026 Edition

Mixpanel vs PostHog

Five of twelve models named Mixpanel first on the direct prompt; zero named PostHog. Both were named by all twelve models and Mixpanel carries 60 labels and PostHog 56, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Mixpanel

accepted challenger

San Francisco, United States, founded 2009. Named in seven categories this edition.

PostHog

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share28%21%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels6056A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Mixpanel reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Amplitude was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Amplitude vs Mixpanel · Amplitude vs PostHog

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 product analytics page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MixpanelFirst choices, of twelve modelsPostHog
Direct50
Paraphrase50
Comparative11
Budget-constrained291 against Mixpanel
Scale-constrained11
Negative029 against Mixpanel · 2 against PostHog
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Mixpanel and PostHog stood in it.

Mixpanel first, PostHog an alternative

5 of 12 modelsPostHog was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Mixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, Heap, June, Pendo
Gemini 3.5 FlashMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, Pendo, PostHog
Perplexity SonarMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, Heap, Pendo, PostHog
Grok 4.1 FastMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, Pendo, PostHog
GLM 4.7 FlashXMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, Heap, Pendo, PostHog

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniAmplitude alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, PostHog
Mistral SmallAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmplitude alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmplitude, Pendo alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel
Kimi K2Amplitude alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 MaverickAmplitude
MiniMax M2.5Pendo alternatives: Amplitude, Heap

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
PostHog leads by nine points.
PostHog43%#1 of 8
Mixpanel34%#2 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Mixpanel leads at mid-market.
Mixpanel28%#2 of 8
PostHog21%#3 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Mixpanel leads by eight points.
Mixpanel8%#3 of 9
PostHog0%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Mixpanel

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“Highest Caution: Mixpanel ... When to avoid: If handling sensitive user data or EU users” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Choose Mixpanel if: You want a highly intuitive, self-serve interface that your non-technical teams will actually use” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Mixpanel is frequently cited as the best balance of cost, ease of use, and B2B-specific features” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about PostHog

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“While tools like PostHog are fantastic, choosing to *self-host* them ... can turn into an engineering resource drain.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Moderate Caution ... Teams prioritizing data ownership → PostHog (self-hosted)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose PostHog if: You have a developer-heavy culture, want to consolidate product analytics, session replays, and feature flags into a single SDK” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“If you have a technical team and want to get the absolute most value for $0, PostHog is the top choice.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Amplitude vs MixpanelAmplitude vs PostHogThe full product analytics standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.