Amplitude vs Mixpanel

Self-host either: open-source alternatives compared. · Category: observability & analytics

Both Amplitude and Mixpanel are in the observability & analytics category. 2 open-source projects (PostHog, Plausible Analytics) self-host as a replacement for both — listed below alongside the picks unique to each.

	Amplitude	Mixpanel
Category	Product analytics / event tracking / funnels	Product analytics
SaaS pricing anchor	Free tier up to 10M events/mo; Plus/Growth start at $49/mo and rise sharply with event volume	Free up to 1M events/mo; Growth from $20/mo and scales fast
Self-host options listed	3	3

Replaces both — 2 shared open-source picks

These open-source projects appear on both /amplitude/ and /mixpanel/ — picking one solves the migration off either SaaS.

PostHog PostHog/posthogalivereplaces both

GitHub: ★ 34.5k · last commit today
License: MIT
Setup time: 20min docker-compose (the official `hobby` deploy is one command)
Monthly cost: $20-40 VPS — ClickHouse + Postgres + Kafka + Redis + the app; demanding stack but absorbs serious event volume.

Plausible Analytics plausible/analyticsalivereplaces both

GitHub: ★ 24.8k · last commit today
License: AGPL-3.0
Setup time: 10min docker-compose (Elixir app + ClickHouse + Postgres)
Monthly cost: $10 VPS; ClickHouse is the heaviest piece but tiny at startup volumes.

Picks unique to each

Amplitude only

RudderStackalive
AGPL-3.030min docker-compose (rudder-server + Postgres + transformer + control plane)$15 VPS for the server; storage is wherever you route events (BigQuery / Snowflake / your own Postgres).

Mixpanel only

Countlyalive
AGPL-3.030min (their installer or docker-compose)$10 VPS — Mongo-backed, plan for 4GB RAM.

In a terminal? npx os-alt amplitude or npx os-alt mixpanel prints either side — how the CLI works →

FAQ

Which open-source self-host alternatives replace both Amplitude and Mixpanel?

2 open-source projects appear on both /amplitude/ and /mixpanel/: PostHog, Plausible Analytics.

How many self-host alternatives are listed for Amplitude and Mixpanel?

3 for Amplitude, 3 for Mixpanel.

Are all the self-host alternatives free?

Yes — every listed option is open source. Your cost is the VPS or hardware that runs it.