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Product analytics · October 2026 Edition

Mixpanel vs PostHog

Three of fourteen models named Mixpanel first on the direct prompt; one named PostHog. Mixpanel was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and PostHog by thirteen and Mixpanel carries 70 labels and PostHog 56, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Mixpanel

accepted challenger

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

PostHog

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share24%22%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels7056A 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 Analytics was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Amplitude Analytics vs Mixpanel · Amplitude Analytics vs PostHog · Mixpanel vs Pendo

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MixpanelFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPostHog
Direct311 against PostHog
Paraphrase311 against Mixpanel
Comparative61
Budget-constrained611
Scale-constrained20
Negative039 against Mixpanel · 2 against PostHog
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Mixpanel and PostHog were named in the same answer 229 times, of the 519 answers naming Mixpanel and the 386 naming PostHog. In those answers PostHog took the first choice fifty-three times and Mixpanel thirty-eight.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Mixpanel and PostHog stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Mixpanel PostHog first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Mixpanel on the left and PostHog on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Kimi K2Mixpanel, PostHog alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, Heap

Mixpanel first, PostHog an alternative

2 of 14 modelsPostHog was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, Pendo, PostHog
GPT-6 LunaMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, PostHog

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Pendo alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, Heap, Mixpanel
GPT-5.4 miniAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
Perplexity SonarAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Gainsight PX, June, Mixpanel, Pendo
Grok 4.20Amplitude Analytics alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Mixpanel, PostHog
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
GLM 4.7 FlashXAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, PostHog
MiniMax M2.5Amplitude Analytics, Pendo alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, PostHog
Muse Glimmer 30BAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, June, Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, Pendo
Llama 4 MaverickAmplitude Analytics, 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 sixteen points.
PostHog50%#1 of 8
Mixpanel34%#2 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Mixpanel leads at mid-market.
Mixpanel24%#2 of 7
PostHog22%#3 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Mixpanel leads by eleven points.
Mixpanel13%#3 of 11
PostHog2%#5 of 11
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"ate"ated security incidents” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Mixpanel | Team-wide adoption & UI | Exceptional visual query builder, highly democratized, great warehouse-syncing features, predictable MTU-based pricing.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Mixpanel: The Pure-Play Event Analytics Champion ... Its user interface is arguably the cleanest and most intuitive on the market.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative 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. Two of two in this category shown.

“Usage- or event-metered tools—such as Mixpanel, Amplitude, and PostHog—when your event volume is hard to predict.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose PostHog if you are a startup/engineering team wanting analytics, replays, A/B tests, and feature flags in one place” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.