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PostHog Pricing

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At a glance

Free plan with monthly product limits and 1-year retention; paid pay-as-you-go has $0 base, no per-seat charges, free tiers on every product, 1M product analytics events free and 5K session recordings free.

Self-hosting cost

PostHog is open source — the software itself costs nothing to run. Your real cost is the infrastructure you run it on plus the time to operate it.

Free & cheaper AI Monitoring & Observability

same category, free plan or open-source license

Grafanaopen sourceSelf-hosted free under AGPL v3. Grafana Cloud free tier available. Cloud Pro from $19/mo + usage. Enterprise from a $25,000/year spend commit.DatadogFree tier (5 hosts), Pro from $15/host/mo, Enterprise from $23/host/mo.Arize Phoenixopen sourceFree open-source / Arize Cloud for productionLangfuseopen sourceHobby free / Core from $29/mo / Pro from $199/mo
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FAQ

How much does PostHog cost?

Free plan with monthly product limits and 1-year retention; paid pay-as-you-go has $0 base, no per-seat charges, free tiers on every product, 1M product analytics events free and 5K session recordings free.

Does PostHog have a free plan?

Yes — PostHog has a free plan alongside its paid tiers.

Can you self-host PostHog for free?

PostHog is open source — the software itself is free to run; you only pay for your own infrastructure.

What are free or cheaper PostHog alternatives?

Grafana, Datadog, Arize Phoenix are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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