Sankofa Analyticsvs PostHog

Sankofa Analytics vs PostHog

PostHog and Sankofa share a thesis: product analytics should be open-core, self-hostable, and live alongside flags and replays. Sankofa extends that thesis with first-party deployments, OKR tracking, and an automatic rollback loop tied to error monitoring.

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Sankofa Analytics vs PostHog — feature by feature

Feature
Sankofa Analytics
PostHog
Open-core
Yes — full platform open source
Yes — MIT-licensed core
Self-hostable
Yes — same binary as cloud
Yes — Docker / Helm
Storage spine
ClickHouse
ClickHouse
Session replay
Bundled per tier
Bundled with platform
Feature flags
Switch — cohort + percentage + auto-rollback
Yes — cohort + percentage
Deployments
First-party Deploy — web + mobile OTA
Not in scope
Auto-rollback on errors
Catch detects → Switch kills flag → Deploy rolls back
Manual remediation
OKRs & roadmap
Vision — bonded to Plan tasks + Deploy records
Not in scope

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Why teams switch

Reasons teams move from PostHog to Sankofa.

Migration: PostHog's event schema is a near-superset of Sankofa's wire contract — most teams migrate in a single sprint by re-pointing the SDK and replaying historical events into ClickHouse.
Frequently asked

Sankofa vs PostHog, answered.

If PostHog is also open-core, why pick Sankofa?

Both share the open-core thesis on analytics. Sankofa goes further by treating deployments, OKRs, and project management as first-party products on the same wire contract. That means a Plan ticket can link to a flag, a deploy, a crash event, and a survey response without integrations.

Does Sankofa share PostHog's ClickHouse architecture?

Yes — both products use ClickHouse as the event store. Sankofa adds materialized views for cohort lookups and a separate flag-decision log so flag-rollout audits don't hammer the event hot path.

Is Sankofa's licensing more or less restrictive than PostHog's?

Sankofa is open-core with paid tiers covering seats, support, and the enterprise compliance bundle. The core platform is permissive enough for production self-hosting without a commercial license.

Can I run Sankofa and PostHog side by side during a migration?

Yes. Sankofa SDKs do not interfere with PostHog SDKs — you can dual-instrument and reconcile metrics for a week before cutting PostHog out.

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Same SDK contract on every platform. Self-host or use Sankofa Cloud — your call.

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