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.
Named in nine categories this edition.
San Francisco, United States, founded 2009. Named in ten categories this edition.
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
PostHogFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMixpanel
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
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Mixpanel first, PostHog an alternative
5 of 14 modelsPostHog was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.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.Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
PostHog62%#1 of 7Mixpanel25%#2 of 7Mixpanel22%#2 of 9PostHog4%#5 of 9What 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
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.