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Hightouch vs PostHog

Side-by-side plans, pricing, and feature gates for Hightouch and PostHog, verified . Hightouch is primarily customer data platform; PostHog is primarily analytics.

Hightouch

Starting price
Free
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
·
Plans
3
Full Hightouch profile →

PostHog

Starting price
Free
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
·
Plans
4
Full PostHog profile →

Plans side by side

Every published plan from each vendor, with the headline monthly anchor price. Some prices scale with subscriber count or seats; full detail lives on each tool's page.

Hightouch

  • Free Reverse ETL

    Free tier with 2 active syncs and unlimited destinations

    Free
  • Composable CDP

    Full CDP or à la carte modules with usage-based pricing

    Custom
  • Agentic Marketing Platform

    Ad Studio plus AI Decisioning for lifecycle and ads

    Custom

PostHog

  • Free + Pay-as-you-go

    Generous free tier across every product

    Free
  • Boost

    Add-on: Boost

    $250/mo
  • Scale

    Add-on: Scale

    $750/mo
  • Enterprise

    Add-on: Enterprise

    Custom

When Hightouch wins

  • Data teams at companies with a warehouse that want to activate that data into ad platforms and SaaS tools
  • Marketing teams partnered with strong analytics engineering
  • Companies replacing Segment with a warehouse-native CDP

Where Hightouch is the wrong fit

  • Small teams without a warehouse (use Segment or RudderStack)
  • Marketers who want a turnkey CDP UI without data-team involvement
  • Brands with all data in SaaS tools and no warehouse

When PostHog wins

  • Technical product teams that want one tool covering analytics, experiments, replay, and surveys
  • Startups under 1M events per month, where the free tier covers the entire stack
  • Companies committed to open-source infrastructure who want the option to self-host

Where PostHog is the wrong fit

  • Marketing-only teams who need attribution and campaign analytics (Mixpanel or GA4 fit better)
  • Enterprises with strict procurement that requires a SaaS-only vendor with no self-hosted option in scope
  • Non-technical users who cannot navigate event-based analytics UIs and SQL-style insights

Common questions

Is Hightouch cheaper than PostHog?
Both Hightouch and PostHog have free or custom entry pricing, so a direct entry-tier price comparison is not meaningful.
Does Hightouch or PostHog have a free plan?
Both have free plans. Hightouch: Free tier with 2 active syncs and unlimited destinations. PostHog: Generous free tier across every product.

Hightouch: https://hightouch.com/pricing · PostHog: https://posthog.com/pricing

Last verified . Pricing changes between refreshes; confirm at the vendor before purchasing.