Summary:
PostHog launches privacy-focused Web Analytics
Why It Matters:
The product is expanding from deep product analytics into the broader website tracking market. It is specifically targeting users who are unhappy with Google Analytics 4 by offering a simpler, cookieless alternative.
What Changed:
- Added a dedicated Web Analytics dashboard for tracking visitors, pageviews, and conversions.
- Introduced cookieless tracking to help users avoid using cookie consent banners.
- Added a detailed comparison table against Google Analytics and Plausible.
- Included new technical features like Core Web Vitals monitoring and a "reverse proxy" to bypass ad blockers.
- Updated pricing to include a free tier of 1 million events per month for web and product analytics combined.
- Added a CLI tool to install the product using AI in under 90 seconds.