A FOUNDER WORKFLOW

Understand your users

Choose reports around one decision: how people arrive, where they stop, or whether they return.

How this shortlist was chosen

  • A defined acquisition or product behavior question.
  • Events and identity rules you can maintain.
  • A plan and collection scope that fit your actual reporting needs.

These are source-based fit judgments, not firsthand test results or a performance ranking. Choose the smallest setup that answers your next question. Read our editorial standards.

Plausible

Understand useful website pages, acquisition sources and conversion goals.

Check before choosing

Check the relevant plan's reporting scope before treating website goals as detailed product analytics.

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PostHog

Investigate product behavior alongside the product tools you actually need.

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Choose capture settings and enabled products deliberately, then check usage and billing controls.

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Mixpanel

Revisit activation, user paths and retention with shared report definitions.

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Have a second person reproduce your report with the same event model and time window.

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Inspect a tested workflow

Inspect a recorded local run with 13 synthetic deliveries. See why three product clicks can come from two measured visits, then download and rerun the example.

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Turn the shortlist into a decision

Write one task, try it with test data, and record what you could verify. Keep plan limits and future costs separate from the outcome you observed.

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