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Product analytics · November 2026 Edition

Amplitude vs PostHog

Ten of fourteen models named Amplitude first on the direct prompt; zero named PostHog. Both were named by all fourteen models and both carry 71 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.

Amplitude

endorsed leader

United States. Named in ten categories this edition.

PostHog

endorsed leader

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share46%33%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels7171Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Amplitude reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Mixpanel was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Amplitude vs Mixpanel · PostHog vs Mixpanel

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.
AmplitudeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPostHog
Direct100
Paraphrase81
Comparative70
Budget-constrained114
Scale-constrained20
Negative009 against Amplitude · 4 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 November 2026 Edition, Amplitude and PostHog were named in the same answer 260 times, of the 503 answers naming Amplitude and the 486 naming PostHog. In those answers PostHog took the first choice seventy-two times and Amplitude sixty.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Amplitude 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
Amplitude PostHog first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Amplitude on the left and PostHog on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Amplitude first, PostHog an alternative

10 of 14 modelsPostHog was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniAmplitude alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, Pendo
Perplexity SonarAmplitude alternatives: June, Mixpanel, Pendo
Grok 4.20Amplitude alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
Mistral SmallAmplitude, Mixpanel alternatives: Heap, June, PostHog
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmplitude alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
Llama 4 MaverickAmplitude, Mixpanel alternatives: Heap, June, PostHog
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmplitude alternatives: June, Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
GLM 4.7 FlashXAmplitude alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
MiniMax M2.5Amplitude alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
Muse Glimmer 30BAmplitude alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, Heap, Pendo, PostHog
Kimi K2Mixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, PostHog
GPT-6 LunaMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, Pendo, PostHog

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice

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 fifty-six points.
PostHog62%#1 of 7
Amplitude5%#3 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Amplitude leads at mid-market.
Amplitude46%#1 of 8
PostHog33%#2 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Amplitude leads by fifty-seven points.
Amplitude61%#1 of 9
PostHog4%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Amplitude

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

“Why to avoid: Amplitude receives a high share of negative labels (31% in one analysis)” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Amplitude: Strong all-rounder for behavioral analytics, AI insights, experimentation, and enterprise governance. Best if you need depth + scalability.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · first choice
“The Gold Standard for Deep Insights: Amplitude ... widely considered the leader in the space for large-scale B2B SaaS companies.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually Amplitude if you want the strongest all-around product analytics platform” GPT-5.4 mini · direct 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.

“PostHog's interface assumes more technical comfort, with the HogQL query editor being powerful but requiring SQL knowledge” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“its broad all-in-one toolkit can create operational complexity. Be cautious if you lack engineering ownership” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“For a limited budget, PostHog (open-source, generous free tier, all-in-one features) is often the best starting point.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“For most lean startups today, PostHog is widely recommended as the best balance of price, power, and flexibility.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget 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.