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Product analytics · November 2026 Edition

PostHog vs Mixpanel

Zero of fourteen models named PostHog first on the direct prompt; five named Mixpanel. Both were named by all fourteen models and PostHog carries 71 labels and Mixpanel 75, so the shares are not directly comparable.

PostHog

endorsed leader

Named in nine categories this edition.

Mixpanel

accepted challenger

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

First-choice share33%22%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels7175A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, PostHog reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Amplitude was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Amplitude vs PostHog · Amplitude 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.
PostHogFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMixpanel
Direct05
Paraphrase14
Comparative03
Budget-constrained141
Scale-constrained00
Negative004 against PostHog · 12 against Mixpanel
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, PostHog and Mixpanel were named in the same answer 283 times, of the 486 answers naming PostHog and the 565 naming Mixpanel. In those answers Mixpanel took the first choice thirty-nine times and PostHog sixty-seven.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Mixpanel first, PostHog an alternative

5 of 14 modelsPostHog was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, Heap, Pendo, PostHog
Mistral SmallAmplitude, Mixpanel alternatives: Heap, June, PostHog
Llama 4 MaverickAmplitude, Mixpanel alternatives: Heap, June, PostHog
Kimi K2Mixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, PostHog
GPT-6 LunaMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude, Pendo, PostHog

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniAmplitude alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, Pendo
Perplexity SonarAmplitude alternatives: June, Mixpanel, Pendo
Grok 4.20Amplitude alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmplitude alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, 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 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 thirty-six points.
PostHog62%#1 of 7
Mixpanel25%#2 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
PostHog leads by eleven points.
PostHog33%#2 of 8
Mixpanel22%#3 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Mixpanel leads at enterprise.
Mixpanel22%#2 of 9
PostHog4%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about Mixpanel

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

“Mixpanel has received significant attention following a data breach in November 2025 that exposed profile information for some API users” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
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.