Openpanel
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product analytics
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How HN took it
12 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstPricing: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cheaper than Mixpanel and a welcome alternative
From 2 comments
This is great. Analytics space has many players in all shapes and sizes. Mixpanel, Amplitude, Google analytics, simpleanalytics, Posthog, usefathom, plausible. If you include UI…
nojvek on HNThis looks great! As an engineer who has used Mixpanel at multiple companies it has always annoyed me that what you get for what you pay seems quite poor, so I'm very happy to…
chucky on HN
Simpler and more lightweight than PostHog
From 1 comment
Mainly the difference is that openpanel is a bit more lightweight and easier to grasp. Posthog is a great product and really like it. Just want something more hands on but have…
lindesvard on HN
Objections
Not self-hostable yet; self-hosting requested
From 2 comments
Waiting for the self-hosted version... would be great to be able to deploy this with Kubernetes too
rmdes on HNLooks great as a self-host alternative if/when you make self-hosting feasible.
dimitry12 on HN
Write performance concerns: events not batched into ClickHouse
From 1 comment
This doesn't seem to be buffering inserts to ClickHouse:…
klaussilveira on HN
Requests
Self-hosting option and Kubernetes/Helm support
From 2 comments
Waiting for the self-hosted version... would be great to be able to deploy this with Kubernetes too
rmdes on HNBuilding a helm chart right now to see if I can get it self-hosted in our cluster... :D
jordo on HN
Multi-site aggregated analytics
From 1 comment
I run a saas where we host a number of websites, can I use this for us to track visits, events etc across multiple sites? We want aggregated results not per site metrics
t4m2x on HN
Group/company-level analytics for B2B
From 2 comments
The group-level / account-level stuff is pretty big for B2B SaaS companies to be able to consider using it. And it's tucked away on one of Mixpanel's higher price plans.
a13n on HNYeah generally the customer will specify which "group" a user belongs to when calling your SDK/API. Mixpanel's docs:…
a13n on HN
Questions
How privacy-first tracking works without cookies
From 2 comments
Looks really good! How do you create funnels without cookies? In other words, how do you track sessions?
weejewel on HNWhat does "privacy first" mean in this case? My understanding is the plausible, unlike GA, doesn't use cookies. Does that mean web analytics are IP-only? [edit: Or does it mean…
bravura on HN
Funnels, retention and returning-user tracking
From 2 comments
I’m looking for a tool like this. Previously used mixpanel (under free startup package), but dropped it after that expired because it was going to be $x,000 per month. (Tho I…
RileyJames on HNIf the salt changes daily, how is. It possible to know how many users returned after > 24 hrs? Edit: @lindesvard- Got it, thanks for clarifying!
metadat on HN
Alternatives named
Mixpanel
From 1 comment
REALLY looking forward to trying this. Mixpanel has the most obscure pricing model of any SAAS i've ever tried to integrate with... When we 'upgraded' from their free tier to a…
jordo on HN
PostHog
From 2 comments
how does this compare to https://posthog.com ?
debuggerpk on HNWhat's the advantage of using this over PostHog?
afro88 on HN
Plausible
From 1 comment
I've considered self-hosting plausible but ultimately decided to pay for subscription instead, because I think self-hosting would cause more in terms of VPS hosting. The minimum…
paradite on HN
Umami
From 1 comment
This is still not very affordable for my use case. My small network of sites does around 400.000 pageviews per day. $120 per month is pretty steep for something I look at only a…
spiderfarmer on HN
Clicky
From 1 comment
I pay around $180/m for Clicky for 800k events per day. Looking forward trying your service and eventually try to self host it. Thanks!
slig on HN