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Userpilot vs PostHog

Userpilot and PostHog both land on Depends.

Userpilot

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a small-to-mid SaaS team wanting no-code onboarding, surveys, and analytics without Pendo's enterprise price.

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PostHog

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Product engineers at software startups should buy . real free tier, easy setup, analytics through data warehouse in one tool.

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Userpilot versus PostHog
Compare	Userpilot	PostHog
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Small SaaS teams (typical buyer: 1-10 people)	Product-engineering teams
Who it's not for	Early-stage teams needing one simple tooltip tour	Marketing teams wanting only simple web analytics
Privacy	SOC 2 Type II certified with a public trust center.¹¹	Open source with a public security page; one NVD-listed CVE (2025) surfaced in vulnerability feeds.
Support quality	Capterra reviewers call customer service excellent	No credible support-quality evidence found
Public sentiment	Reviewers praise support and value but commonly flag a steep learning curve, limited customization, and pricing that climbs with usage.^⁶	Independent sentiment is sparse but positive . engineers name PostHog their first pick for instrumenting analytics from scratch.
Biggest gotcha	Pricing is based on monthly tracked users . costs jump as you grow^³	Usage-based bills scale with events and replays; monthly free allowances only cover early-stage volumes.

Pick Userpilot when

Small SaaS teams (typical buyer: 1-10 people)
Product-led onboarding and adoption
Teams switching from Pendo on budget
No-code flow and survey builders

When Userpilot is not a fit

Early-stage teams needing one simple tooltip tour
Enterprises wanting deep analytics . Pendo/Amplitude fit better
Guess: Non-SaaS products with no user-onboarding stage
Teams unwilling to manage events, domains, and tracking setup

Pick PostHog when

Product-engineering teams
Startups consolidating analytics, replay, and flags
Teams leaving GA4
Open-source buyers

When PostHog is not a fit

Marketing teams wanting only simple web analytics
Non-technical buyers . it is built for product engineers
Anyone needing flat, predictable monthly bills
Buyers sold on proven auto-fix AI . it is new

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