Budget & alternatives · Prompt 8 of 8 · July 2026

A real buyer question from the July 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“What's the best affordable alternative for product analytics if we're on a budget?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

…paths right now: If you want something plug-and-play (like Mixpanel/Amplitude, but cheaper): PostHog: probably the top pick. Generous free tier, event tracking, funnels, session replay, feature flags, and you can self-host to cut costs further. Very solid all-around product analytics. June: simpler and more opinionated (great for SaaS). Good for tracking user journeys without a ton of setup, but less flexible than…

Named across its answers: 1. PostHog2. Plausible3. Heap4. GrowthBook5. Metabase

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

PostHog swept every answer across all three models, earning the first recommendation slot all 9 times, which is about as complete a visibility win as this data allows. Plausible appeared just as often but never led, sitting at an average position of 3.4 and functioning more as a consensus filler than a top contender.

AI-generated read of the July 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Owned Consensus

All three models name PostHog and Plausible on this question.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

PostHog 111111111 9/9 · 9× first · #1

Plausible 253222654 9/9 · never first · #3.4

Mixpanel 8555222 7/9 · never first · #4.1

Umami 6333565 7/9 · never first · #4.4

Matomo 9444 4/9 · never first · #5.3

Microsoft Clarity 7764 4/9 · never first · #6

Amplitude 12664 4/9 · never first · #7

Heap 73118 4/9 · never first · #7.3

June.so 333 3/9 · never first · #3

RudderStack 468 3/9 · never first · #6

Segment 577 3/9 · never first · #6.3

Google Analytics 876 3/9 · never first · #7

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 22 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: FullStory, LogRocket, Hotjar, Adobe Analytics.