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Product analytics

PostHogMixed components

See how people use your product, where they drop off, and why.

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Source checked · 2026-09-086 official sourcesReadiness is an editorial assessment
Know which version you’re choosing

Selection updates setup effort, budget, edition caveats, and documented funnel support. Other product details stay the same.

Resolve these before a trial

Documentation is a starting point, not proof of fit in your setup.

  • Every current Cloud feature's self-host parity
THE SHORT VERSION

A good fit when…

Product teams investigating funnels, user behavior, and sessions.

Before you choose

Self-hosting has operational and support limitations. Cloud capabilities must not be assumed for every deployment.

Managed hosting reduces infrastructure work; event setup and data quality are still your responsibility.

What you’ll need

Application instrumentation and an account, or a maintained self-hosted deployment.

FIRST-TIME SETUPBrowser + tracking setup
EVERYDAY USEBrowser analyses
YOUR OWN CHECK, NOT OUR TEST RESULTS

Try one real task before switching

A generic checklist to run yourself. Use a small, reversible trial and non-sensitive sample data.

  1. Define one task and write down what a useful result would look like.
  2. Confirm the selected edition, total cost, setup owner, and required connections in the official documentation.
  3. Run the same task in your current setup and the candidate. Record missing steps, manual work, and errors.
  4. Check how you would export or remove your trial data and return to your current setup.
  5. Keep, test further, or stop. Do not migrate until your must-have requirements are confirmed.

Where your information goes

Events and session data go to the selected deployment. Review capture and retention settings.

Need funnel analysis?

Yes

Cloud product analytics; usage limits apply.

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