VeritaMetrics vs PostHog
PostHog is a broad product-analytics suite: analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, and surveys, with a large free tier and an MIT-licensed core. Its SDK is heavy, around 73KB, and it sets cookies by default. VeritaMetrics covers web analytics from a ~6KB cookieless script, with no product suite to instrument.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | VeritaMetrics | PostHog |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy & Compliance | ||
| Cookieless by default | Yes | Opt-in mode |
| No consent banner needed | Usually, see /privacy | Not by default |
| GDPR compliant by default | Yes | Configurable |
| EU data residency | Yes | EU Cloud option |
| Tracking & Data | ||
| Script size (gzipped) | ~6KB | ~ 73 KB |
| Ad blocker resilience | Yes | Proxy |
| No-JS fallback (pixel) | Yes | Server-side SDKs |
| Automatic event capture | Yes | Yes |
| Rage & dead click detection | Yes | Yes |
| Features | ||
| Session replay | Privacy-safe reconstruction | Yes |
| Growth insights (AI) | Yes | Max AI (beta) |
| Funnels | Yes | Yes |
| Feature flags & experiments | No | Yes |
| Revenue attribution | Yes | Stripe only (reducing) |
| Real-time dashboard | Yes | Live view (partial) |
| Data export | CSV / JSON / XLSX | CSV + warehouse export |
| Pricing & Hosting | ||
| Self-hosting option | Premium plan | Self-host (discouraged) |
| Open source | No | MIT core |
When to choose PostHog
- One platform for product analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, and surveys
- A large free tier: 1M events, 5k replays, and 1M flag requests per month
- Deep product analytics with SQL access, cohorts, and group analytics for B2B products
- Open-source (MIT) core that a team can inspect and, at small volumes, self-host
When to choose VeritaMetrics
- ~6KB script versus PostHog’s roughly 73KB SDK, for a much smaller page-load cost
- Cookieless with no consent banner by default, where PostHog sets cookies unless a cookieless mode is enabled
- Scoped to web analytics, with no separate per-product usage meters to watch for bill surprises
- Simple setup for a marketing site, with no SQL or product instrumentation
- Sub-100ms main-thread impact, where PostHog’s SDK is heavy enough that teams report page slowdowns
Pricing
PostHog: Usage-based. Free tier of 1M events, 5k session replays, and 1M flag requests per month, then per-unit pricing.
VeritaMetrics: Free plan, then paid from 7 €/mo
See pricing and plansPostHog vs VeritaMetrics: common questions
- How big is the PostHog script?
- The posthog-js SDK is about 73KB gzipped, measured two ways. PostHog’s "under 1KB" claim describes only the small loader stub, not the SDK it injects. That is roughly 12 times our ~6KB script.
- Does PostHog need a cookie banner?
- By default, yes. PostHog sets cookies and starts autocapture on load, before consent, so a banner is required unless you enable its cookieless mode. VeritaMetrics is cookieless from the first pageview.
- Is PostHog free?
- It has a generous free tier per product (1M events, 5k replays, 1M flag requests monthly), then bills per unit. Costs add up across separate meters for events, replays, flags, surveys, and more.
- Is PostHog a Google Analytics replacement?
- It is a product-analytics platform aimed at what activated users do next, with the weight and setup to match. For traffic, sources, and conversions on a marketing site, VeritaMetrics answers the same questions from a ~6KB script.
Switch from PostHog to VeritaMetrics
Same privacy commitment. More complete data. Deeper reporting.