5H3LL product guides · Updated 27 October 2026
PostHog vs Analytics by 5H3LL
PostHog is a broad product-analytics platform. Compare it with a focused tool for marketing sources, AI referrals and revenue attribution.
Where the products overlap
Both can track events, goals and funnels. They aim at different jobs: PostHog is a platform for understanding behaviour inside a product, and 5H3LL is for understanding which marketing sources bring customers.
When PostHog may be the better fit
PostHog is a strong choice if you need product analytics beyond website visits, such as feature flags, experiments, session replay or surveys, in one platform. Teams with engineers who want that depth, and who are comfortable with usage-based pricing, are its natural audience.
What you get with 5H3LL
Analytics by 5H3LL shows traffic sources, campaigns, goals and visitor journeys, and names visits from AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini as their own sources. Optional Stripe and Dodo Payments connections attribute revenue to the visit that led to it, a payments API covers other providers, and read-only OAuth MCP access lets an AI agent query the websites you choose. A Cloudflare Worker snippet adds verified AI and search crawler visibility.
Our monthly plans are £3 Starter, £5 Indie and £9.99 Growth. Starter covers one site and 10,000 monthly events; Indie covers three and 50,000; Growth covers ten and 250,000. There is a Free plan for one website and 2,000 events a month, without revenue attribution, agent access or team invitations. Your first paid-plan payment is fully refundable within 14 days if you are unhappy, no questions asked. Founder Lifetime is £80 once, limited to ten purchases.
We do not offer feature flags, experiments or session replay. If your question is "which channel, post or AI assistant brought paying customers", our setup is smaller and quicker.
What to check in PostHog
Check its current pricing and free allowance, how costs scale with events, which products you would need to switch on, and how much setup and maintenance you are prepared to do.
A practical switching check
Run both tools side by side for a few weeks. Create one tagged campaign and one known goal in each, compare the same date range, and reconcile payments with your payment provider. Keep your old reports while you validate the new setup. We do not currently offer an automated import of historical PostHog data.
| Decision | Analytics by 5H3LL | What to verify in PostHog |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free plan for one site, then paid plans from £3 a month; refundable within 14 days | Usage-based pricing and free allowances for the products you need |
| AI referral sources | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and others shown as named sources | Whether AI assistants appear as separate sources in your reports |
| Revenue attribution | Optional Stripe and Dodo Payments, plus a payments API | Which payment providers it supports and how visits are matched |
| AI agent access | Read-only OAuth MCP, limited to selected websites | Whether it offers agent access, with what scope |
| Privacy | First-party cookies with consent controls | Collection mode, consent needs and where data is stored |
Is this an independent PostHog review?
No. This comparison is published by Analytics by 5H3LL. We link to PostHog's own site and describe our own product so you can check the fit yourself.
Is 5H3LL cookieless?
No. Our browser tracker uses first-party visitor and session cookies, with consent controls you can configure. Choose a different collection approach if cookieless operation is a requirement.
Is there a free plan or trial?
There is a Free plan: one website and 2,000 events a month, free to install and learn. Paid plans start at £3 a month, with a full refund within 14 days of your first payment, no questions asked.
Free plan available. Paid plans from £3. Refund policy.