NEW 2026.10 RELEASE 45 Commercial SaaS Tools mapped to 71 Self-Hosted & Local AI Alternatives with instant Caddy Auto-SSL Docker configs.
OPEN-SOURCE MIGRATION BENCHMARK License: MIT / PostHog License ★ 23.9k GitHub Stars

Replace Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel with Self-Hosted PostHog

All-in-one open-source product analytics, session replay, feature flags, and A/B testing Stop paying Growth Analytics ($89/mo) ($89/mo for a 10-person team) and run PostHog on a $8.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings
+$966 / yr
vs Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel standard plan
Container RAM & vCPU
4096 MB RAM
4.0 vCPU • Migration: Easy
Recommended Cloud Box
$8.50/mo VPS
Hetzner CX32 (8GB RAM / 4 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel (Growth Analytics ($89/mo)) vs PostHog on Hetzner CX32 (8GB RAM / 4 vCPU).

Team Size Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel Cost PostHog VPS Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo) $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $8.50/mo (CX32) +$966 / year
5 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $8.50/mo (CX32) +$966 / year
10 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $8.50/mo (CX32) +$966 / year
25 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $8.50/mo (CX32) +$966 / year
50 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $8.50/mo (CX32) +$966 / year
100 Seats $89.00/mo ($1,068/yr) $8.50/mo (CX32) +$966 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: PostHog (Replaces Google Analytics 4 / Mixpanel)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  posthog:
    image: posthog/posthog:latest
    container_name: stack-posthog
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "SITE_URL=https://posthog.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
      - "SECRET_KEY=${POSTHOG_SECRET:-super_secret_posthog_key}"
    volumes:
      - posthog_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    container_name: stack-redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  posthog_data:
  postgres_data:
  redis_data:
Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):
# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for PostHog
posthog.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy posthog:8000
}

Why Teams Switch to PostHog

  • ✓Replaces Mixpanel + Hotjar + LaunchDarkly
  • ✓Session recordings & heatmaps
  • ✓SQL insights directly on events
GitHub Repository PostHog/posthog
Official Website posthog.com
Docker Image posthog/posthog:latest
Database Needed PostgreSQL 16 + Redis
PRODUCTION BOILERPLATE ZIP

Get All 16 Pre-Built Production Stacks + Encrypted S3 Backups

Includes pre-tuned docker-compose.yml, Caddy Auto-SSL, AES-256 encrypted nightly S3/R2 Postgres backups, and Ubuntu 24.04 UFW/Fail2ban hardening scripts.