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Analytics without the analytics bill

Mixpanel, Amplitude, and Segment charge by events and users. Costs explode with growth. SoloStack gives you PostHog + your own Postgres events table + Claude Code to query anything in plain English.

Mixpanel $25–100+/mo
Amplitude $49–995/mo
Segment $120+/mo
→
SoloStack $0/mo
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THE ANALYTICS TAX

Your analytics bill grows faster than your revenue

Analytics tools charge by monthly tracked users (MTUs) or events. Hit 10K users and suddenly you're paying $200+/mo just to understand your own product.

analytics-tools-pricing.com
Mixpanel Free $0/mo
  • 20M events/mo
  • Core analytics
  • No group analytics
  • No data pipelines
  • 90-day data history
  • Limited saved reports
Mixpanel Growth $28+/mo
  • 100M events/mo
  • Unlimited history
  • Group analytics
  • Scales with MTUs
  • $833/mo at 100K MTUs
  • Data in their cloud
Amplitude Growth $49+/mo
  • Behavioral analytics
  • Unlimited events
  • Cohort analysis
  • $995/mo for advanced
  • Scales with MTUs
  • Annual contracts
Segment $120+/mo
  • 10K visitors/mo
  • 2 data sources
  • Event piping
  • $12/1K extra visitors
  • $840/mo for Teams
  • Just a data router
YOU'RE PAYING THIS
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SoloStack replaces all of this for $0/mo

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FEATURE MAP

Analytics feature → SoloStack equivalent

Every analytics feature maps to an open, queryable component you own.

Analytics Feature SoloStack Equivalent SaaS Price
Event Trackingevents table in Neon Postgres$0–$120/mo
FunnelsSQL queries via Claude CodeMixpanel Growth $28+
Cohort AnalysisSQL cohort queries + PostHog cohortsAmplitude $49+
User Profilescontacts table with full historyMixpanel Growth $28+
Retention ChartsPostHog free tier + SQLAmplitude $49+
A/B TestsPostHog experiments (free tier)Amplitude $995+
DashboardsPostHog dashboards + Claude CodeMixpanel $28+
Data ExportIt's your database — unlimited exportSegment $120+
Session RecordingsPostHog free tier (5K/mo)Hotjar $32+
Data PipelineNo pipeline needed — same DBSegment $120+
HOW IT WORKS

The architecture

Your analytics is a table in your database. No black box. No vendor lock-in.

User Action Clicks, views, signups
Webhooks Stripe, Resend, forms
API Calls Product events
Neon Postgres
events contacts sessions pageviews
Your data. Your database.
Claude Code SQL in plain English
Queries anything
PostHog Visual dashboards
Free tier
ALL DATA IN ONE PLACE
No data pipeline. No syncing. Events, contacts, and analytics share the same database.
PLAIN ENGLISH ANALYTICS

Ask questions, get answers

Instead of building dashboards in Mixpanel, you type what you want to know. Claude Code writes the SQL and returns the answer.

claude — solostack/departments/growth
you: | 
Signup → Activation Funnel (last 30 days):

  Signed Up       ████████████████  482 users  │  100%
  Onboarding      ████████████░░░░  361 users  │   75%
  First Action    █████████░░░░░░░  274 users  │   57%
  Activated       ██████░░░░░░░░░░  193 users  │   40%
  Retained (D7)   ████░░░░░░░░░░░░  128 users  │   27%

  Biggest drop: Onboarding → First Action (−24%)
→ Recommendation: Add an in-app prompt after onboarding.
you: | 
Feature usage for churned users (last 90 days):

┌──────────────────────┬────────────┬───────────┐
│ Feature              │ Churned    │ Retained  │
├──────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────┤
│ Dashboard            │ 89%        │ 94%       │
│ Reports              │ 12%        │ 78%       │ ← gap
│ Integrations         │ 3%         │ 61%       │ ← gap
│ Team Invite          │ 0%         │ 45%       │ ← gap
│ API Access           │ 2%         │ 38%       │
└──────────────────────┴────────────┴───────────┘

→ Churned users never touch Reports or Integrations.
→ Nudge these features in onboarding.
you: | 
Cohort created: "LinkedIn Signups — Fast Activators"

  Criteria:
    source = 'linkedin'
    signed_up >= '2026-02-14'
    activated_at IS NOT NULL
    activated_at - signed_up < INTERVAL '48 hours'

  Result: 34 contacts matched

┌──────────────────────┬──────────┬─────────────────┐
│ Name                 │ Company  │ Time to Activate│
├──────────────────────┼──────────┼─────────────────┤
│ Sarah Chen           │ Acme AI  │ 3h 12m          │
│ Marcus Johnson       │ Bolt.io  │ 11h 45m         │
│ Priya Patel          │ ScaleUp  │ 22h 08m         │
│ ... 31 more contacts                              │
└──────────────────────┴──────────┴─────────────────┘

→ Cohort saved. Available in PostHog + SQL.
THE MATH

Cost comparison

Real numbers at 10K monthly users. No asterisks.

Mixpanel Amplitude Segment SoloStack
Monthly cost$28+$49+$120+$0
Event limits100MUnlimited10K visitorsUnlimited
FunnelsYesYesNoYes (SQL)
CohortsYesYesNoYes (SQL)
Session ReplayAdd-onAdd-onNoYes (PostHog)
A/B TestingAdd-on$995+NoYes (PostHog)
Data ownershipTheirsTheirsTheirsYours
Data exportLimitedLimitedPipelineIt's Postgres
Vendor lock-inYesYesYesNone
HONEST TAKE

When SoloStack isn't the right fit

We believe in honesty. Here's when you should stick with a SaaS analytics tool.

No point-and-click dashboards

Mixpanel and Amplitude let you drag and drop charts. SoloStack analytics are driven by Claude Code (plain English) and PostHog. If your whole team needs self-serve dashboards, a traditional tool may be better.

Large data science teams

If you have 10+ analysts who need collaborative notebooks, version-controlled experiments, and role-based access — dedicated platforms offer more team tooling.

No pre-built SDKs

Mixpanel has SDKs for iOS, Android, React Native, and more. SoloStack uses simple API calls or PostHog's SDKs. It's straightforward but not as plug-and-play for mobile.

Compliance at enterprise scale

If you need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAAs, and dedicated security reviews from your analytics vendor, enterprise SaaS tools offer that out of the box.

FAQ

Common questions

Mixpanel charges by monthly tracked users (MTUs). At 10K MTUs you're paying $28/mo minimum, and at 100K it jumps to $833+/mo. SoloStack stores events in your own Postgres database (Neon free tier) and uses PostHog's generous free tier (1M events/mo) for visual dashboards. Same features, you own the data, $0/mo.
Yes — and it's simpler than any SaaS tool. Just INSERT a row into your events table with any properties you want. No SDK initialization, no payload limits, no 'custom event quota.' It's your database. Tell Claude Code 'track a button_clicked event with button_id and page_url' and it writes the tracking code.
PostHog's free tier includes real-time dashboards, session recordings, and feature flags. For custom queries, ask Claude Code — 'show me signups by hour for today' returns a live SQL result. You get both: visual dashboards from PostHog and infinite flexibility from SQL.
Neon's free tier gives you 512 MB of storage — enough for millions of events. PostHog's free tier allows 1 million events per month. If you outgrow either, Neon's paid tier starts at $19/mo and PostHog's at $0/mo with usage-based pricing after 1M events. No surprise bills.
It's already yours — it's a Postgres database you control. Run any SQL query, pg_dump for backups, connect any BI tool that speaks Postgres. No 'export credits,' no CSV limits, no waiting for a support ticket. With analytics SaaS, your data is their leverage. With SoloStack, it's just a database.
No. You tell Claude Code what you want in plain English: 'show me retention for users who signed up last month' or 'which marketing channel has the best conversion rate?' Claude writes and runs the SQL for you. If you know SQL, even better — you have full access.
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