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PostHog vs Amplitude

May 13, 2022 by Andy Vandervell, Joe Martin

PostHog vs Amplitude

May 13, 2022 by Andy Vandervell, Joe Martin
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The European Union's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was created in 2016 to provide a framework which protects user privacy and shape how the data of users in the EU (and the UK) can be stored and shared. It applies to all businesses, non…
The 5 best GDPR-compliant analytics tools
May 8, 2022 by Joe Martin
Most well-known analytics tools demand hefty price tags, and they own your data. This is bad news for early-stage startups, or anyone who cares about user privacy. Thankfully, open source analytics tools are better, and more numerous, than ever…
The 9 best open source analytics tools
Apr 21, 2022 by Joe Martin
Most analytics tools just give you the hard numbers: views, clicks, conversions. This is a good starting point, but statistics alone give you an incomplete picture – why did the user rageclick or fail to convert? Enter session recording. Why you need…
Open source (and self-hosted) alternatives to Hotjar & FullStory
Apr 7, 2022 by Hanna Crombie
Valentine's Day is coming up and we'd like to share our love for the open-source community that helps power PostHog! Here's how: For every GitHub star we receive on  the PostHog repo  between now and the end of Valentine's Day, we'll donate $5 USD…
Send love to open-source projects on Valentine's Day
Feb 8, 2022 by Andy Vandervell
I recently wrote a blog post for my personal site about the  lessons I'd learned from leading my first two projects as a Software Engineer at PostHog  . In it, I lay out a five-step approach for how I own projects.   One common theme that stood out…
How I learned to love feedback loops (and make better products)
Feb 4, 2022 by Neil Kakkar
The famous line from Marc Andreesen that  “software is eating the world”  has become part and parcel of modern technology’s canon and it continues to act as a rallying cry for the industry as a whole.  But there is another phenomenon riding on those…
Why open-source projects are essential for large businesses
Jan 28, 2022 by Avi Press
PostHog is a self-hosted,  open-source analytics tool . Transparency is one of our  core values  and we believe self-hosting is the best solution for many businesses, especially large enterprises with complex needs. But, why? Why do we believe in…
The 3 critical reasons companies choose self-hosted analytics
Jan 14, 2022 by Andy Vandervell
Black Friday is normally an occasion to shop around for a new TV or mobile phone. But we wanted to do something a little different, something to celebrate and support the open source community which we both rely upon and are proud to be part of.  So…
Give Back Friday with PostHog
Nov 25, 2021 by Joe Martin
(Welcome to another episode of PostHog's Community Conversations where we chat to our contributors and users.) Unlike most tech founders, Leo Anthias didn’t study computer science at university. Instead, he took Persian History and Modern American…
Building an open source data science publishing platform - An interview with Datapane CEO, Leo Anthias
Aug 6, 2021 by Mo Shehu
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