PostHog vs Bolt.new
Open source product analytics — all-in-one dev tool
vs. Prompt to full-stack app in your browser — by StackBlitz
Pricing tiers
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
Bolt.new
Free
1M tokens/month. 300K tokens/day cap. Public + private projects. 10MB file uploads. Hosting + unlimited DBs.
Free
Pro
$25/month. Starts at 10M tokens/month, no daily cap. No Bolt branding, 100MB uploads, custom domains, SEO support, image AI edit. Rollover tokens.
$25/mo
Teams
$30/member/month. Centralized billing, team access, private NPM registries, design system knowledge.
$30/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, audit logs, dedicated account manager, 24/7 support.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on PostHog vs free on Bolt.new.
| Metric | PostHog | Bolt.new |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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.
Bolt.new · 14 features
- Browser Terminal — Real shell in-browser. Run npm install, scripts, etc.
- Deploy to Netlify — One-click deploy to Netlify.
- Deploy to Vercel — One-click deploy to Vercel.
- Design System Knowledge — Team plan: shared design-system context for consistent UI.
- Expo Support — Build React Native/Expo apps too.
- GitHub Export — Push full project to a new GitHub repo.
- Image Input — Upload image/sketch → Bolt generates matching UI.
- Import Existing Project — Upload an existing repo and iterate in Bolt.
- Live Edit + Run — Edit code + hot reload alongside AI agent.
- Private NPM Registries — Team plan: use private packages.
- Prompt to App — Describe app → Bolt scaffolds + codes + runs it in the browser.
- Stripe Integration — Hook up Stripe payments in-chat.
- Supabase Integration — Provision + connect Supabase from chat.
- WebContainer runtime — Node.js + terminal + filesystem running entirely in your browser.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | PostHog | Bolt.new |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| OTHER | Webhooks + Actions | Bolt Web App, GitHub Export, StackBlitz Sync, WebContainer runtime |
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