SEARCH INTEREST
Amplitude gets 86% of Google searches between the two.
PostHogAmplitude
- PostHog
- -6% 3 mo
- Amplitude
- -28% 3 mo
Google Trends, 12 months, searches for “PostHog” and “Amplitude”.
PostHog vs Amplitude
A PickDuel user created this battle · Updated 24 Sept 2026
PostHog leads this battle by 13 points.
PostHog's pricing page shows $0 seven times over
COMMUNITY PICK
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WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?
Both are defensible: it depends on which of these you actually care about.
Choose PostHog if…
- you want to try it properly before paying anythingPostHog has a free plan; Amplitude doesn't
- you can't afford problems with user interface5 reviewers raise it about Amplitude
- you want to see who is behind it before committingclearer on trust (90% against 70%)
Choose Amplitude if…
- you care most about analytics capabilities15 of 45 reviewers praise it
Worked out from prices read on each company's own site and what reviewers repeatedly say, both linked below. We don't pick a winner: the right answer depends on which of these you care about.
AT A GLANCE
WHY POSTHOG LEADS
PostHog's pricing page runs a live calculator that prices out seven products at $0, then says plainly "the first 1M events are free." Amplitude's Plus tier just says "Starts at $0" and asks for a credit card to find out what happens next. That gap in nerve, not features, is most of the 13-point spread.
- 1
One prints numbers, the other prints slogans
EDGE POSTHOGPostHog's pricing page has a working calculator showing Analytics, Session Replay, Error Tracking and four more products all at $0, with the actual free-tier limit (1M events) spelled out. Amplitude's Plus plan reads "Starts at $0," requires a credit card to proceed, and never states the per-event rate once you're past the 2M free events.
- 2
Named founders beat aggregate stats
EDGE POSTHOGPostHog's about page names co-CEOs James Hawkins and Tim Glaser, states the YC W20 origin, and claims 500,000+ teams and an open-source codebase. Amplitude's homepage leans on a 76% resolution rate and 4,900+ customers with no names attached to the company itself, backing trust with logos like Coursera and RocketMoney instead of people.
PostHog · sitePostHog · siteAmplitude · siteAmplitude · site
- 3
A checkout bug beats a dashboard of stats
EDGE POSTHOGPostHog's homepage walks through one concrete scenario: a required field losing customers at mobile checkout, found via replay and fixed with a pull request. Amplitude's homepage instead throws four AI metrics at you (41.7% user interaction, 1.34M weekly interactions) without tying any of them to a story a visitor can follow.
HEAD TO HEAD
| Measure | PostHog | Amplitude |
|---|---|---|
| PickDuel score | 90/100 | 77/100 |
| Rating | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Positioning | 20/25 | 20/25 |
| Product clarity | 18/20 | 16/20 |
| Trust | 18/20 | 14/20 |
| Conversion | 20/20 | 16/20 |
| Pricing clarity | 14/15 | 11/15 |
| Web popularity rank | #2,104 | #320 |
| Share of Google searches | 14% | 86% |
| Community backers | 0 | 0 |
PostHog
GOOD AT
Showing its pricing math in public and putting real names behind the trust claims, down to an open-source codebase and a public rickroll joke on the pricing FAQ.
COSTING THEM
Positioning still tops out at 20/25 because the site speaks almost entirely to product engineers, which caps how broad an audience it can win over.
Amplitude
GOOD AT
Enterprise-grade proof: Forrester Wave placement and named case studies from Coursera, RocketMoney and Snoonu with dollar figures attached.
COSTING THEM
The Plus plan's "Starts at $0" plus a credit-card requirement to see real costs, and a trust section built on aggregate percentages instead of a company anyone can picture.
THE OVERTAKE MOVE
Amplitude should replace "Starts at $0" on its pricing page with the actual per-event rate past the free tier, and add a real about-page story with founder names to match the concreteness PostHog leads with.
Fix it, then rescan in a week to see if the result flips.
PRICING VS VALUE
Only PostHog's pricing has been checked so far; Amplitude's is next time it is analysed.
POSTHOG
Free plan, then charged per product usage (e.g., events, recordings, logs).
- How it bills
- Free plan, paid upgrades
- Free plan
- Yes
- Commitment
- None (monthly pay-as-you-go; annual plans optional for volume)
- Pricing clarity
- 13.5 of 15
What makes the bill grow
- Usage beyond monthly free tier limits on pay-as-you-go
- Slack support threshold requiring over $2k/mo
- Onboarding call ($80 for 30 minutes)
- Platform packages (SSO, audit logs, custom roles)
AMPLITUDE
We haven't checked this company's pricing yet.
9 reviewers are positive about the pricing
Prices are read from each company's own pages and never estimated. When a business bills by usage or only by quote, there is no single price to compare, so we show the meter and what can make the bill grow instead.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Which is better, PostHog or Amplitude?
PostHog scores 90/100 to Amplitude's 77/100 on PickDuel. PostHog's pricing page runs a live calculator that prices out seven products at $0, then says plainly "the first 1M events are free." Amplitude's Plus tier just says "Starts at $0" and asks for a credit card to find out what happens next. The score rates how clearly each public website explains the product, earns trust, shows pricing and asks for the next step. It is not a judgement of product quality.
What does PostHog do?
All-in-one developer platform combining product analytics, session replay, error tracking, and feature flags. (Based on posthog.com.)
What does Amplitude do?
Digital analytics platform combining product analytics, session replay, AI agents, and experimentation. (Based on amplitude.com.)
How do PostHog and Amplitude compare on pricing?
PostHog: Pricing details generous monthly free tiers (e.g., first 1M analytics events free) followed by metered pay-as-you-go usage. Amplitude: Clear freemium model with 2M events free per month, but Plus shows 'Starts at $0' with usage-based scaling whose exact per-event rates are not printed.
Who does the community back, PostHog or Amplitude?
Nobody has backed either side yet. Anyone can back one side, once, with no signup. Backing never changes the PickDuel score.
How is the PickDuel score calculated?
PickDuel reads up to three public pages per website and runs one web search. A language model rates 11 specific signals from 0 to 5, and fixed code turns them into a 0-100 score: positioning 25, product clarity 20, trust 20, conversion 20, pricing clarity 15.
SOURCES
- PostHog
- posthog.com/
- posthog.com/pricing
- posthog.com/about
- Analysed 24 Sept 2026
- Amplitude
- amplitude.com/
- amplitude.com/pricing
- amplitude.com/solutions
- Analysed 24 Sept 2026
PickDuel scores public website communication, not product quality. Backers never change the score. How scoring works
THE SHORTLIST
Almost nobody decides between two. These are the businesses the public puts next to PostHog, with the reason each one comes up — checked against their own sites and their public reviews, not our opinion.
- Amplitude77
Digital analytics platform combining product analytics, session replay, AI agents, and experimentation.
- Already compared head to head
- Same market · Digital Product Analytics
- FullSession76
Session replay and behavioral UX intelligence platform that prioritizes conversion fixes using AI.
- Same market · Session Replay & UX Analytics
- Listed next to it on the web
Free plan, then $49 per Sessions/mo.
The same rules run in both directions: PostHog is on these businesses' shortlists for the same reasons. Nothing here rates anyone's product, and no business can pay to be added or removed. Something wrong? Tell us
YOUR TURN
Who beats your business?
Your score, your closest rival and the one fix that would flip it. About a minute.