Cheaper, and never a surprise.
Overage is a tenth of the big tools' rate, $5 per million events vs PostHog and Mixpanel's ~$50, every charge gets an emailed receipt, and your dashboard never locks. The AI is always free because it's your own model, and self-hosting the binary is unlimited and free forever.
14-day full trial, no card · cheap overage, dashboard never locks · no metered AI · self-host free
every plan gets the verdict, ask-in-editor on your own model, and the CI-tested agreement: answers can't drift from the dashboard, a test fails our build if they ever differ.
- · 2 isolated instances, unlimited sites on each
- · every report + the verdict
- · ask in your editor, free
- · 250k events, then $5/M, we email first
- · dashboard never locks
- · 5 isolated instances, unlimited sites on each
- · 3 team members, shared projects
- · 2M events, then $5/M, we email first
- · dashboard never locks
- · 15 isolated instances, unlimited sites on each
- · share links, team, cofounder, investors
- · everything in Pro
- · 50 isolated instances, unlimited sites on each
- · audit log + exports
- · everything in Scale
no ceiling: past Business it's $3 per million events and nothing ever locks
Pricing questions
How much does smolanalytics cost?
Cloud plans are Solo $9, Pro $29, Scale $149, and Business $499 per month, each starting as a 14-day full-product trial with no credit card. Overage is $5 per extra million events and the dashboard never locks. Self-hosting the open-source binary is free forever.
How is it cheaper than PostHog or Mixpanel?
Both meter event volume, and their bills climb steeply as you grow. smolanalytics overage is $5 per million events, roughly a tenth of the ~$50 the big tools charge, and the AI is your own model over MCP so it is never a metered add-on. If event-count anxiety is why you are leaving, self-host free and stop counting.
Is there a free plan?
Yes, two ways. The 14-day trial gives you every feature on every plan with no card. And self-hosting the MIT-licensed single Go binary is free forever with unlimited events, sites, and history: docker run -p 8080:8080 ghcr.io/arjun0606/smolanalytics.
Do you charge per site or per seat?
Sites are never the meter, run every product you own on one plan. The ladder is team seats, monthly event volume, and how much history you keep. Isolated instances (projects) are capped per plan because each is a real, separate server.
What happens if I go over my events?
Nothing breaks. You get an emailed receipt and overage is billed at $5 per extra million (a tenth of the big tools), and the dashboard never locks or samples your data. Past Business it is $3 per million and still nothing locks.
Coming from another tool? See vs PostHog, vs Mixpanel, or every comparison.