Cutting session replay costs

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We aim to be significantly cheaper than our competitors. Session replay is pay-as-you-go and you are billed for the number of session recordings at ingestion time. This means:

  • The total number of sessions retained in PostHog doesn't affect your bill.
  • You don't have to worry about deleting old sessions.
  • You don't have to worry about the cost of storing old sessions.

Below are a few ways to reduce costs by recording fewer sessions:

  1. Disable automatic recording and programmatically start and stop recordings
  2. Set a feature flag with the conditions that define which users or sessions you want to record.
  3. Set a minimum recording duration.
  4. Set a sampling rate for recordings.
  5. Make sure you capture at least one event per session to reduce the costs while maintaining all filtering options.

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