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Mintlify vs PostHog

Beautiful docs + AI search — used by Anthropic, Cursor, Perplexity
vs. Open source product analytics — all-in-one dev tool

Mintlify website ↗PostHog website ↗

Pricing tiers

Mintlify

Hobby
$0. 1 editor. Unlimited pages. Mintlify subdomain. Community support.
Free
Pro
$150/mo. Custom domain, analytics, versioning, 10 editors. Commercial use.
$150/mo
Growth
$550/mo. API playground, OpenAPI, 25 editors, advanced analytics, SSO.
$550/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Dedicated support, HIPAA, SAML, custom integrations, large teams.
Custom
Mintlify website ↗

PostHog

Free (generous)
No credit card. Each product has its own free monthly quota. Great for startups + OSS.
Free
Paid (usage-based)
Pay only what you use, after free quotas. Volume discounts at higher tiers. 6 projects, 7-year retention.
$0 base (usage-based)
Self-Hosted (OSS)
MIT-licensed. Run on your own infra via Docker/k8s. Zero vendor lock-in.
$0 base (usage-based)
Enterprise
Custom. SAML SSO, dedicated CSM, custom SLA.
Custom
PostHog website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing hobby on Mintlify vs free on PostHog.

MetricMintlifyPostHog
data warehouse rows—1000000 rows/month
error tracking exceptions—100000 exceptions/month
feature flags requests—1000000 requests/month
llm analytics events—100000 events/month
logs gb—50 GB/month
product analytics events—1000000 events/month
projects—1 projects
retention years—1 year
session replay recordings—5000 recordings/month
surveys responses—1500 responses/month
team members—unlimited members

Features

Mintlify · 15 features

  • AI Chat — User-facing AI assistant trained on your docs.
  • AI Search — Semantic search across docs.
  • Analytics — Page views, search queries, CTR.
  • API Playground — Try API endpoints from docs (OpenAPI).
  • Custom Domain — docs.yourco.com.
  • Custom Theming — Logo, colors, fonts, branding.
  • Git Sync — Build on push to GitHub/GitLab.
  • i18n — Multi-language docs.
  • MDX — Markdown + React components.
  • Multi-version Docs — Support /v1, /v2, /v3 side-by-side.
  • OpenAPI Generation — Auto-generate docs from spec.
  • Pre-built Components — Cards, Callouts, Tabs, CodeGroups, Accordions.
  • SEO Optimized — SSR + structured data.
  • SSO — SAML + OIDC (Growth+).
  • Syntax Highlighting — Shiki-based, 100+ languages.

PostHog · 14 features

  • A/B Testing — Experiments with significance analysis.
  • Data Pipelines — Export events to BigQuery, Snowflake, S3.
  • Data Warehouse — Query external sources (Stripe, Hubspot, S3) alongside events with SQL.
  • Error Tracking — Sentry-style error tracking in same platform.
  • Feature Flags — Rollout flags with targeting, A/B testing, JSON payloads.
  • LLM Analytics — Tracing + cost tracking for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, etc.
  • Logs — Centralized log ingest with free 50 GB/month.
  • Product Analytics — Events, funnels, trends, retention, paths. SQL insights available.
  • Revenue Tracking — Integration with Stripe for revenue + churn metrics.
  • Self-Hosting — Docker/Helm. Full feature parity with cloud.
  • Session Replay — Watch user sessions. Privacy controls, masked inputs, JS errors.
  • SQL Query API — Run ClickHouse SQL over your events via API.
  • Surveys — In-app surveys + feedback widgets.
  • Workflows — Trigger emails/webhooks on events.

Developer interfaces

KindMintlifyPostHog
CLImintlify CLI—
SDK—posthog-android, posthog-flutter, posthog-go, posthog-ios (Swift), posthog-js, posthog-node, posthog-php, posthog-python, posthog-react-native, posthog-ruby
REST—PostHog REST API
MCP—PostHog MCP
OTHERAI Chat Widget, Analytics Dashboard, API Playground, MDX + mint.json, Mintlify DashboardWebhooks + Actions
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