Web & Product Analytics · reliability comparison
Mixpanel vs PostHog: which is more reliable? (2026)
Mixpanel is more reliable than PostHog, scoring 84.1 vs 73.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Mixpanel reported 5 incidents and PostHog reported 29, with effective uptime of 99.84% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Mixpanel | PostHog |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 84.1 | 73.9 |
| Rank (analytics tools) | #4 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.84% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 29 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 10 |
| Avg time to resolve | 3h 41m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Mixpanel and PostHog differ
- PostHog reported 5.8× as many incidents as Mixpanel over the last 90 days (29 vs 5).
- PostHog had 10 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Mixpanel.
90-day uptime
Mixpanel
PostHog
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Mixpanel incidents
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 7h 33m
- InformationalOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 7h 50m
- Partial outageAug 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 7m
Degraded Query API Performance impacting US Projects
Affected: Application Availability (US)
- Partial outageAug 19, 2026 · resolved in 3h 45m
Issues Populating Event Properties in dropdown menus
Affected: Application Availability (US), Application Availability (EU), Application Availability (IN)
- Degraded performanceAug 6, 2026 · resolved in 6h 13m
Mixpanel MCP: Get-Report degraded
Affected: Application Availability (US), Application Availability (EU), Application Availability (IN)
Recent PostHog incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 25, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 22, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 13, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Google Ads Data Warehouse source - some schemas are failing to sync
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Other analytics tools to consider
- Hotjar · #1 · 100% uptime
- Lucky Orange · #2 · 99.98% uptime
- Google Analytics · #3 · 99.89% uptime
- Pendo · #5 · 99.75% uptime
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