Why choose a focused tool over PostHog?

PostHog is powerful but broad, and answers often mean building insights or writing SQL. Trakily answers one question out of the box: which channels, pages and campaigns bring paying customers.

How is revenue different?

PostHog's revenue analytics (in beta) reads Stripe through its data warehouse or uses revenue events you capture. Trakily connects Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Dodo Payments or Razorpay with an API key and matches each payment to the visit that brought the buyer.

Can I self-host Trakily?

No. Trakily is a hosted service only. PostHog offers an MIT-licensed self-hosted deploy, without official support.

Does Trakily use cookies?

Yes, by default a first-party cookie on your own domain, so a payment made days later is credited to the channel that first brought the visitor. If you'd rather not use cookies, switch to the cookieless script; multi-day journeys and attribution get less precise.

Can I run Trakily and PostHog at the same time?

Yes. The scripts don't interfere with each other, so you can keep PostHog for product work and use Trakily for revenue.

PostHog alternative•2026

The PostHog alternative for founders who just need to know what sells

PostHog is a broad product platform: product analytics, web analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, surveys and more. Trakily does one job: it shows which channels, pages and campaigns bring paying customers, on one simple screen.

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The short version

Two good tools, built for different jobs

Both are solid choices. Here's who each one suits best, as of Oct 2026.

Choose

Trakily if…

You want marketing and revenue answers, not a product-analytics suite
You take payments with Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Dodo Payments or Razorpay
You want one screen you can read in seconds, with no insights to build
You want each paying customer's path from first visit to payment

Choose

PostHog if…

You need product analytics, session replay, feature flags or experiments
You want a generous free tier that resets every month
You want open source you can self-host (MIT)
You need SQL, a data warehouse or an MCP server

Full breakdown

Trakily vs PostHog, feature by feature

What each tool does today, checked against PostHog's own documentation as of Oct 2026.

Supported With caveats Not available Detail

Feature Trakily PostHog

01Revenue & attribution

Revenue by channel, page and campaign

TrakilyBuilt in: payments are matched to the visit that brought the buyer

PostHogRevenue analytics (beta), queried in insights and SQL[3]

Payment provider sync

TrakilyStripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Dodo Payments and Razorpay with an API key

PostHogStripe through the data warehouse; others via revenue events you capture[3]

Ad platforms

TrakilyMeta Ads spend next to your traffic

PostHogGoogle, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit and Bing in marketing analytics[2]

02Reports

Web analytics dashboard

TrakilyVisitors and revenue on one chart, with channels, pages and countries

PostHogVisitors, pageviews, sessions, bounce rate, top pages and sources[2]

Funnels

TrakilyOn Growth and up

PostHogFunnel insights in product analytics[4]

Session replay, feature flags, experiments

TrakilyNot available, by design

PostHogIncluded, each with its own free monthly allowance[1]

SQL, API and MCP

TrakilyREST API on the Scale plan; no SQL or MCP server

PostHogSQL editor, API and an MCP server[2][3]

03Privacy & data

TrakilyFirst-party cookies on your domain, or an optional cookieless script

PostHogFirst-party cookie plus localStorage by default; memory-only persistence is an option[5]

Data retention

Trakily1, 3 or 5 years depending on plan

PostHog1 year on the free plan, 7 years on paid plans[1]

Open source and self-hosting

TrakilyHosted only, not self-hostable

PostHogMIT-licensed Docker Compose deploy, without official support[6]

04Setup & pricing

Team members

TrakilyOn the Scale plan

PostHogUnlimited, including the free plan[1]

Price

TrakilyFrom $9/month after a 14-day free trial

PostHogFree up to 1M analytics events a month, then usage-based[1]

PostHog details last checked on October 7, 2026 against the official pages below. Features and prices change; check their site for the latest. PostHog is a trademark of its owner, and Trakily isn't affiliated with it.

Pricing

What you'd actually pay

PostHog prices as published on their site, Oct 2026.

Trakily

From$9/month

14-day free trial, no card required. 2 months free on yearly.

Starter10k monthly events · 1 website$9/mo

Growth100k monthly events · 10 websites$19/mo

Scale1M monthly events · Unlimited websites$49/mo

Revenue attribution and payment sync on every plan.

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PostHog

Free

Free monthly allowance on every product, then pay as you go.

AnalyticsFree every month1M events

Session replayRecordings free every month5K

Feature flagsRequests free every month1M

Pay-as-you-go6 projects, 7-year retentionUsage

PostHog's free tier is generous and covers far more than web analytics. Trakily is a flat monthly price for one focused job: revenue per channel from your payment provider.

Source: PostHog pricing

Why founders switch

What Trakily does differently

Where the two tools differ most for founders who sell online.

Visitors

12.4k

Revenue

$4,280

Conv.

3.1%

One screen instead of a platform

No insights, dashboards or SQL to set up. Visitors and revenue sit on the same chart, with channels, pages and countries underneath.

+ Polar

Google$1,240

ChatGPT$880

X$360

Revenue from more providers, out of the box

Paste an API key from Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Dodo Payments or Razorpay. Payments, refunds and subscriptions are matched to the visitor who made them.

Found you on GoogleMon

Read /pricingMon

Came back from ChatGPTThu

Lena paid · Growth plan$190

See what convinced each customer

Open any paying customer and follow every visit before they bought, from the first click to the checkout.

ChatGPT$880

Claude$410

Perplexity$260

Gemini$120

Know which AI assistants send buyers

Visits from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini are grouped into their own channel, with the revenue they bring. AI crawlers get a card of their own.

Switching

Switching takes 2 minutes

Keep PostHog running while you try Trakily. Nothing to remove until you're sure.

<script defer
  data-website-id="…"
  src="https://trakily.com/js/script.js"></script>

Paste one script

Add the snippet to your site's <head>. Works with Next.js, WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Shopify and anything else that serves HTML.

Payments synced

Connect payments

Paste an API key from Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Dodo Payments or Razorpay. Past payments sync too.

+ Polar

Google$1,240

ChatGPT$880

X$360

Watch the money come in

Each new payment shows up next to the channel, page and campaign that brought the buyer.

FAQ

Trakily vs PostHog, answered

What people ask before they switch.

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For web analytics and revenue attribution, yes. Trakily doesn't replace PostHog's product analytics, session replay, feature flags or experiments, so if your team uses those, keep PostHog and add Trakily only if you want a simpler revenue view.

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