Airbyte vs PostHog
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Airbyte | PostHog | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Airbyte | Open-Source Autonomous Data Movement Platform airbyte.com | PostHog ingests and stores your analytics, errors, replays, and business data so you and your agents can query and act on it. posthog.com |
| Starting at | $20 Standard / month | Not observed |
| Deployment | Airbyte Cloud, VPC, Your VPC, on-prem, or multi-region airbyte.com | PostHog Cloud, self-hosting posthog.com |
| Integrations | ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Airtable, BigQuery, Amplitude airbyte.com | HubSpot, Postgres, Stripe posthog.com |
| Compliance | Not observed | CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 posthog.com |
| Free plan | Yes airbyte.com | Yes posthog.com |
| Plans | Enterprise Flex, Plus, Pro, Standard airbyte.com | Not observed |
| Open source | Yes airbyte.com | Yes posthog.com |
| License | Not observed | It is MIT licensed if you want to use it in a big organization that isn’t ready to move to PostHog Web yet. posthog.com |
| Pricing basis | Pick the model that fits: fixed capacity on Pro and Enterprise Flex, or volume-based on Standard and Plus. airbyte.com | Usage-based pricing posthog.com |
| Customers (their claim) | 25,000+ airbyte.com | Join 500,000+ teams already shipping with PostHog. posthog.com |
Where they differ
- PostHog claims GDPR on its own pages; Airbyte’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- PostHog claims HIPAA on its own pages; Airbyte’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- PostHog claims SOC 2 on its own pages; Airbyte’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.