{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "openpanel", "name": "OpenPanel", "vendor": "OpenPanel AB", "vendorUrl": "https://openpanel.dev", "kind": "http-api", "category": "product-analytics", "summary": "OpenPanel is open-source web and product analytics from OpenPanel AB in Stockholm, with events, funnels, retention and profiles. It runs in OpenPanel's EU cloud or self-hosted, with REST APIs and a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openpanel", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openpanel.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openpanel.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openpanel.json", "dns": "openpanel.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/Openpanel-dev/openpanel", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.openpanel.dev/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@openpanel/sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@openpanel/web" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API clients have a client ID and secret and one of three types. write clients reach only the Track API, read clients the Export and Insights APIs for one project, root clients every API across the organisation. The MCP token is base64(clientId:clientSecret), sent as `Authorization: Bearer`, or as `?token=` in the URL for clients that can't set headers. Only read and root clients can use MCP. Onboarding creates a read-only MCP client for the first project.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Cloud plans are priced by events a month, from $2.50 a month, with $30 a month for 250,000 events; seats and projects are unlimited and every plan has every capability. 30-day free trial with no card. Events over the plan wait for the next period rather than being billed. Free hosting up to 2.5 million events for open-source projects. Self-hosting is free under AGPL-3.0.", "priceSummary": "$30 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-11-06).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 51, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 338527, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://openpanel.dev/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://openpanel.dev/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.openpanel.dev/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "analytics.query", "analytics.events", "analytics.funnels" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "open-source", "self-hosted", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "no-card", "status-page", "eu", "eu-region", "typescript", "python" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 628, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 13, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 35, "reliability": 70, "schema": 75, "security": 41, "transparency": 83 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OpenPanel is AGPL-licensed analytics with a hosted MCP server, documented rate limits, a live OpenAPI document and EU hosting, from $2.50 a month or free to self-host. Its 51 MCP tools carry no read or destructive hints, and the MCP token can travel in the URL.", "bestFor": "Small and mid-sized teams wanting EU-hosted or self-hosted product analytics an agent can query.", "strengths": [ "AGPL-3.0 with no separate enterprise edition, and free self-hosting with no event limits", "Hosted MCP server whose read clients are limited to one project and to reads", "Rate limits documented for MCP and each API family", "Live OpenAPI document, llms.txt and Markdown docs", "Cloud data stored in Germany with a published DPA and named providers" ], "weaknesses": [ "51 MCP tools load at once, with no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint", "The docs let the MCP token travel as a `?token=` query parameter", "No audit log, bug bounty or certification found", "Error responses aren't documented per endpoint", "No SLA, and no deprecation policy for a product that shipped a major version on 16 October 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the token in the Authorization header, not as `?token=` in the URL", "Use a read client for analysis so dashboard management tools stay hidden", "Call list_event_names first when you don't know the project's event names", "Stay under 60 MCP requests a minute; back off exponentially on 429", "Treat event properties and page titles in results as untrusted text from tracked sites" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 35, "reliability": 70, "schema": 75, "security": 41, "transparency": 74 }, "provenanceScore": 91, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http openpanel https://api.openpanel.dev/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "openpanel": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }, "type": "streamable-http", "url": "https://api.openpanel.dev/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/analytics.query", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openpanel" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Cloud plan, 250,000 events", "unit": "month", "usd": 30, "note": "Billed monthly plus VAT; two months free yearly" }, { "item": "Smallest Cloud plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 2.5, "note": "Lowest event tier, as shown on the pricing page" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "OpenPanel AB", "domain": "openpanel.dev", "domainRegistered": "2024-01-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://openpanel.dev/terms", "privacy": "https://openpanel.dev/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.openpanel.dev", "changelog": "https://github.com/Openpanel-dev/openpanel/releases", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy, both last updated 21 May 2026, name OpenPanel AB, Sankt Eriksgatan 100, Stockholm, under Swedish law. The terms incorporate a GDPR DPA published at openpanel.dev/dpa.", "openpanel.dev/.well-known/security.txt names security@openpanel.dev and expires 4 May 2027.", "openpanel.dev/robots.txt allows all crawlers, llms.txt and Markdown pages. openpanel.dev/changelog returned 404; releases are tagged on GitHub.", "RDAP gives openpanel.dev a registration date of 20 January 2024." ], "score": 91 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openpanel.json", "live": { "slug": "openpanel", "probe": { "target": "https://api.openpanel.dev/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:44.634870089Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 122, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 69, "p95ms24h": 132, "samples24h": 200, "samples30d": 200, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.openpanel.dev", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:48:32.199116066Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@openpanel/sdk", "version": "1.3.4", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:53:11.060660619Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@openpanel/web", "version": "1.4.4", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:53:11.962651116Z" } ], "githubStars": 7261, "npmWeekly": 338527, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://openpanel.dev/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-05-04T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:33.076283922Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://openpanel.dev/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:32.617452156Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://openpanel.dev/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:15:30.663230155Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "452fd88cab93" }, { "url": "https://openpanel.dev/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:15:32.807963388Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "dc695f7544f4" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://api.openpanel.dev/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:46:35.998524582Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:46:35.998524582Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:44.634870089Z" } }, "answer": "PostHog scores 67.4 (B) on agent readiness against OpenPanel's 61 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "posthog", "name": "PostHog", "vendor": "PostHog Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://posthog.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "product-analytics", "summary": "PostHog is an open-source product analytics platform with session replay, feature flags, experiments, error tracking and a data warehouse. Agents reach PostHog Cloud through a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec and an official hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/posthog", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/posthog.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/posthog.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/posthog.json", "dns": "posthog.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/PostHog/posthog", "license": "MIT for the repository outside the `ee` directory, which has its own licence. PostHog Cloud is a hosted service under PostHog's terms", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://us.posthog.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "posthog-node" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "posthog-js" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "posthog" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@posthog/cli" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. Private endpoints take a Bearer personal API key (`phx_`) that a signed-in user creates with chosen scopes and project or organisation access, or an OAuth access token. OAuth at oauth.posthog.com supports PKCE, dynamic client registration and client ID metadata documents, with no app review needed to go live. The MCP server uses OAuth by default or a personal API key made with the MCP Server preset. Project secret API keys are in beta. Capture and flag evaluation take the public project token.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with no card, covering 1 million analytics events and 1 million flag requests a month. The paid plan has no base fee and no seat charge, and bills per unit above the free allowance (analytics events from $0.00005). API and MCP calls are not billed, but personal API key queries draw on an hourly read budget that is larger on a paid plan (https://posthog.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-07).", "priceSummary": "$0.0001 / tx", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 1183, "popularity": { "githubStars": 40176, "npmWeekly": 15243417, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://posthog.com/docs/api", "llmsTxt": "https://posthog.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://app.posthog.com/api/schema/", "registryName": "io.github.PostHog/mcp", "capabilities": [ "analytics.query", "analytics.events", "analytics.funnels", "analytics.experiments", "analytics.flags", "observability.errors", "observability.logs" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "open-source", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "no-card", "eu-region", "status-page", "soc2", "typescript", "python" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.4, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 327, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 89, "payments": 40, "reliability": 84, "schema": 81, "security": 84, "transparency": 83 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "negative": -10, "negativeNotes": [ "-3: 2025-11-24. Malicious versions of posthog-node, posthog-js and six other npm packages were published with a stolen token after an attacker took CI secrets through a pull request workflow. PostHog removed them in about five hours and published a post-mortem on 26 November 2025, so the deduction is reduced (https://posthog.com/blog/nov-24-shai-hulud-attack-post-mortem).", "-2: 2026-05-29, disclosed 2026-06-02 as PSA-2026-00001 (critical). Researchers used an unsandboxed, outdated Chromium to reach a US Cloud pod and read internal production credentials. PostHog says no customer data was accessed and the credentials were rotated. Fixed and documented (https://posthog.com/handbook/company/security-advisories).", "-2: 2026-07-11 to 2026-08-04, disclosed 2026-08-21 as PSA-2026-00002 (high). Customer-run nginx proxies set up as PostHog's guide showed sent traffic to released AWS addresses, and a researcher read traffic from six EU customers. The report sat in triage for five weeks. Fixed and documented (https://posthog.com/handbook/company/security-advisories).", "-3: 2026-10-23. posthog 7.75.11 (PyPI) and posthog-node 5.57.1 (npm) stopped copying the `headers` and `authorization` of MCP tool definitions into `$ai_tools` on AI events, and stopped sending exception text that can quote prompts in `$ai_error` when privacy mode is on. The package changelogs describe the fix, and PostHog's security advisories page lists no advisory for it (https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-python/blob/main/posthog/CHANGELOG.md)." ], "verdict": "PostHog suits agents that need to query product data and manage flags or experiments. Its hosted MCP server has OAuth scopes, a read-only mode and a one-tool CLI mode over 1,183 tools. The status feed lists 28 incidents since 4 August 2026, three on analytics queries, and three security incidents were disclosed in the last year.", "bestFor": "An agent that answers product questions in SQL or with funnel, retention and trends queries, and that manages feature flags, experiments and error tracking in the same project.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 2,347 operations and a scope on most of them, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "Hosted MCP server with OAuth, a read-only switch, filters by product area or tool name and pinning to one project", "CLI mode registers one `exec` tool that searches, inspects and calls the 1,183 tools on demand", "Free plan without a card, with 1 million analytics events and 1 million flag requests a month, and public per-unit prices above that", "MIT source outside the `ee` directory, a public SOC 2 Type 2 report and a public security advisories page" ], "weaknesses": [ "28 incidents on the status feed between 4 August and 27 October 2026, three of them analytics query timeouts or failures", "Three security incidents in twelve months, among them malicious npm SDK versions on 24 November 2025. A 23 October 2026 SDK fix for MCP credentials in AI events had no advisory", "API queries stop at 10 seconds of execution, three at a time per project, with an hourly read budget on personal API keys", "No API versioning or deprecation policy was found, and the query docs reserve the right to restrict export-like queries without notice", "Customer content can be used to train PostHog's own models unless the customer opts out in settings" ], "agentNotes": [ "Add `?readonly=true` or the `x-posthog-read-only` header to the MCP URL unless the task needs writes", "Pin the session with `x-posthog-project-id`, which also removes the `switch-project` and `switch-organization` tools", "In CLI mode run `info \u003ctool\u003e` once before `call`, and send one `exec` command per request", "On a 429 with code `api_queries_budget_exceeded`, wait for `Retry-After` and read `X-PostHog-Query-Budget-Remaining-Bytes`", "Page SQL results by keyset on `timestamp`. `OFFSET` returns 400 for personal API keys, and results cap at 50,000 rows" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 89, "payments": 40, "reliability": 84, "schema": 81, "security": 84, "transparency": 71 }, "provenanceScore": 95, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-01", "maintenance": "2026-11-01", "payments": "2026-11-01", "reliability": "2026-11-01", "schema": "2026-11-01", "security": "2026-11-01", "transparency": "2026-11-01" }, "last": "2026-11-01", "lastMoved": "2026-11-01", "oldest": "2026-11-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npx @posthog/wizard mcp add", "http": "curl \\\n -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY\" \\\n https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/query/ \\\n -d '{\"query\": {\"kind\": \"HogQLQuery\", \"query\": \"select event, count() from events group by event limit 100\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http posthog https://mcp.posthog.com/mcp -s user", "config": { "mcpServers": { "posthog": { "url": "https://mcp.posthog.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/analytics.query", "tool": "https://letme.dev/posthog" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Product analytics event", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.00005, "note": "1 to 2 million a month, first 1 million free, lower above" }, { "item": "Feature flag request", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.0001, "note": "1 to 2 million a month, first 1 million free, lower above" }, { "item": "Session recording", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.005, "note": "5,001 to 15,000 a month, first 5,000 free" }, { "item": "Data warehouse row", "unit": "record", "usd": 0.000015, "note": "1 to 10 million a month, first 1 million free" }, { "item": "Boost package", "unit": "month", "usd": 250 }, { "item": "Scale package", "unit": "month", "usd": 750 }, { "item": "Enterprise package", "unit": "month", "usd": 2000 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "PostHog Inc. (formerly Hiberly Inc.)", "domain": "posthog.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-01-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://posthog.com/terms", "privacy": "https://posthog.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://www.posthogstatus.com", "changelog": "https://posthog.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-07", "notes": [ "The privacy policy names PostHog Inc., formerly known as Hiberly Inc., and its subsidiaries. The security handbook names Hiberly Ltd. as the UK entity.", "posthog.com/.well-known/security.txt expires 2027-08-30 and points to the security handbook. The copy on us.posthog.com expired 2024-03-14.", "status.posthog.com redirects to www.posthogstatus.com.", "RDAP for posthog.com gives a registration date of 2020-01-23.", "The API, OAuth server and MCP server answer on posthog.com subdomains." ], "score": 95 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/posthog.json", "live": { "slug": "posthog", "probe": { "target": "https://us.posthog.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:48.109201502Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 475, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.99, "p50ms24h": 446, "p95ms24h": 569, "samples24h": 239, "samples30d": 7463, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 93, "ok": 93 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-24", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-31", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-11-01", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-11-03", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-11-04", "probes": 246, "ok": 246 }, { "date": "2026-11-05", "probes": 185, "ok": 185 }, { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 241, "ok": 241 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.posthogstatus.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:48:37.450387165Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "PostHog/posthog", "version": "desktop-v0.61.959", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:57:41.813768908Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.PostHog/mcp", "version": "1.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@posthog/cli", "version": "0.19.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:57:40.070966304Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "posthog-js", "version": "1.447.3", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:57:38.624326161Z" }, { "registry": 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"2026-11-02T09:17:42Z", "openIssues": 3875, "openPRs": 1342, "issuesOpened90d": 1602, "issuesClosed90d": 1028, "prsMerged90d": 18318, "ci": { "branch": "master", "runs": 50, "success": 50, "failure": 0, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-23T00:10:29Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-wqqw-r8c5-j67c", "cve": "CVE-2023-46746", "severity": "low", "published": "2023-11-28T12:07:41Z" } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:48.109201502Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 43, "category": "security", "leads": "posthog", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Client credentials with three types (write, read for one project, root for the organisation), created and deleted in the dashboard (25), less 10 because the docs give `?token=` in the MCP URL as an option (15 of 30). Read clients are read-only and limited to one project, and onboarding creates a read-only MCP client. No approval step for root-client writes (14 of 20). Tools return event properties, page titles and profile data sent from tracked sites, and no prompt-injection guidance was found (3 of 15). No audit log was found (0). SECURITY.md with a private advisory route and response times, a valid security.txt, and no bug bounty or certification found (9 of 20). 15+14+3+0+9 = 41.", "b": "OAuth 2 with PKCE, 226 scopes, a revocation endpoint and dynamic registration, or personal API keys with scopes, project limits and rolling. A key can still be created with full access, and keys found in public GitHub repositories are rolled automatically (28). Read-only mode, filters by product area or tool, project pinning, and a typed confirmation for 18 admin actions (18). The MCP docs warn about prompt injection and tell users to review tool calls, and the CLI escapes informational responses. No further mitigation is documented for event and replay data that end users wrote (9). Activity logs with an API, MCP calls recorded with the caller's IP, and an admin view of every key with last use. Longer retention needs a platform package (12). security.txt valid to 30 August 2027, Bugcrowd disclosure programme paid in merchandise, public SOC 2 Type 2 report, annual penetration test and a public advisories page (17)." }, "scores": { "a": 41, "b": 84 } }, { "by": 24, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "posthog", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "51 MCP tools, more than 30 (5). We added 3 because a read client doesn't get the 9 dashboard management tools (8 of 25). Insights endpoints take startDate, endDate, range, filters, cursor and limit (18 of 20). Errors aren't documented beyond 401 and 429 (12 of 20). No readOnlyHint or destructiveHint in the MCP source, no idempotency keys; delete_dashboard refuses a non-empty dashboard without forceDelete (3 of 20). Few required parameters, and SDKs for JavaScript, React, Next.js, Vue, React Native, Swift, Kotlin and Python (13 of 15). 8+18+12+3+13 = 54.", "b": "1,183 MCP tool definitions in the repository on 1 November 2026 (375 behind feature flags) is far past 30 (5). Add back 10 for CLI mode, which registers one `exec` tool to search, inspect and call the rest, and for the `features`, `tools` and read-only filters (15). Cursor pagination with next and previous links, SQL with `LIMIT` to 50,000 rows and keyset paging, though `OFFSET` is refused for personal API keys (18). Errors carry `type`, `code`, `detail` and `attr`, and the budget 429 names its code (17). Every MCP tool has readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and idempotentHint (638 read-only, 142 destructive), and 18 admin actions are split into prepare and execute steps. No idempotency keys on REST writes (15). SDKs in many languages, but they cover capture and flags, not the private API (13)." }, "scores": { "a": 54, "b": 78 } }, { "by": 14, "category": "reliability", "leads": "posthog", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Graded on OpenPanel Cloud with the hosted lines. OpenStatus page at status.openpanel.dev with API and Tracker components (20). In the 90 days from 8 August, one incident, degraded API performance for about two hours on 1 October 2026, caused by Hetzner private-network problems reaching the ClickHouse servers (15 of 30). Limits are documented with numbers for MCP (60 a minute per client) and the Export, Insights and Manage APIs (15). The docs say a 429 is returned and to back off exponentially; no Retry-After or idempotency guidance (10 of 15). No SLA was found (0). Generally available (10). 20+15+15+10+0+10 = 70.", "b": "Graded on PostHog Cloud with the hosted lines. Status page on incident.io at posthogstatus.com with per-region components, among them MCP Server and REST API Query endpoints (20). Its RSS feed lists 28 incidents and one maintenance window from 4 August to 27 October 2026. Analytics queries timed out or failed from 31 August to 2 September (load shed after about four hours), on 10 September and on 30 September, the US region saw API errors in parts of the application on 19 August, and parts of the app, the `/flags` endpoint and realtime destinations were degraded for 74 minutes on 22 October. Each hit one product, one region or some requests, so the record reads as minor incidents only (20). Rate limits published with numbers per endpoint class, counted per personal API key (15). The query read budget answers 429 with `Retry-After` and budget headers, but there is no backoff guidance for the general limits and no idempotency keys for writes were found (9). 99.95 per cent uptime SLA in the terms for the Enterprise package (10). The REST API is generally available and the MCP docs carry no beta label (10)." }, "scores": { "a": 70, "b": 84 } }, { "by": 6, "category": "schema", "leads": "posthog", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "A live OpenAPI 3.0.3 document with 93 operations, 67 described, generated by the framework and titled 'Elysia Documentation' version 0.0.0; MCP tools are defined in TypeScript with typed inputs (22 of 25). llms.txt, llms-full.txt and Markdown pages (10). Tool descriptions say when to use them, for example list_event_names is to be called first when event names aren't known (14 of 20). 143 enums in the spec and typed MCP inputs (11 of 15). Curl examples in the API docs; error responses aren't documented per endpoint (9 of 15). Tagged releases on GitHub with notes, unversioned API paths and no changelog page (9 of 15). 22+10+14+11+9+9 = 75.", "b": "OpenAPI 3.1 served without a login, 1,742 paths and 2,347 operations, and typed JSON Schema inputs on the MCP tools (25). llms.txt, and every docs page has a Markdown copy at the same address with .md (10). 1,487 of 2,347 operations (63 per cent) have a description. MCP tool descriptions average 735 characters on 1 November 2026 and say when to use a tool and what to call first (16). 1,243 enums across 4,792 schemas and a required scope on most operations (13). 706 examples in the spec. It documents 400 on 224 operations and 429 on 55, and the docs show the error shape with examples (9). Dated public changelog with RSS, but the spec version is fixed at 1.0.0 and the API has no versions (8)." }, "scores": { "a": 75, "b": 81 } }, { "by": 6, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "posthog", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "v3.30.0 was tagged on 6 November 2026 (30). 60 tagged releases between 8 August and 6 November (20). 572 commits since 8 August, a Discord server, a feedback board and email; issue response times weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (15 of 25). The official MCP registry has only a third-party OpenPanel server, not OpenPanel's own; official SDKs are current (10 of 15). Workflows build Docker images, SDKs and self-hosting releases; no test workflow was found in .github/workflows (8 of 10). 30+20+15+10+8 = 83.", "b": "The changelog's newest entries are dated 30 October 2026, and posthog-node 5.61.1 and the Python SDK's posthog-v7.81.1 came out the same day (30). 204 dated changelog entries since 3 August 2026 (20). Public changelog, community questions and in-app support. Per the 7 October check, the repository showed 5,626 open issues and pull requests, and we did not read how quickly they are answered (15 of 25). `io.github.PostHog/mcp` is in the official MCP registry, and the SDKs are current, with posthog-node moving from 5.55.0 to 5.61.1 between 7 and 30 October 2026 (15). 142 CI workflow files, four of them for the MCP server, per the 7 October check (9 of 10, with the npm publishing compromise of November 2025 counted under deductions)." }, "scores": { "a": 83, "b": 89 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "payments", "leads": "posthog", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Public prices by event tier from $2.50 a month, with no overage charges; tiers rather than a per-event rate (15 of 20). 30-day free trial with no card, and free self-hosting (20). Signup is in a browser and client keys are created in the dashboard (0). 0+15+20+0 = 35.", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-unit prices for every product published without a login, in a Markdown pricing page too (20). Free plan with no card (20). A person signs up in a browser and creates a key or approves OAuth (0)." }, "scores": { "a": 35, "b": 40 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "OpenPanel AB", "b": "PostHog Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.openpanel.dev/mcp", "b": "https://us.posthog.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "AGPL-3.0", "b": "MIT for the repository outside the `ee` directory, which has its own licence. 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PostHog takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do OpenPanel and PostHog need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. OpenPanel has a hosted endpoint at https://api.openpanel.dev/mcp and PostHog at https://us.posthog.com.", "question": "Can an agent call OpenPanel and PostHog without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. OpenPanel is open source (AGPL-3.0). PostHog is open source (MIT for the repository outside the `ee` directory, which has its own licence. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flagsmith-vs-posthog.json", "title": "Flagsmith vs PostHog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flagsmith-vs-posthog" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-fme-vs-posthog.json", "title": "Harness Feature Management \u0026 Experimentation vs PostHog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-fme-vs-posthog" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/launchdarkly-vs-posthog.json", "title": "LaunchDarkly vs PostHog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/launchdarkly-vs-posthog" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flagsmith-vs-openpanel.json", "title": "Flagsmith vs OpenPanel", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flagsmith-vs-openpanel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-fme-vs-openpanel.json", "title": "Harness Feature Management \u0026 Experimentation vs OpenPanel", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-fme-vs-openpanel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/heap-vs-openpanel.json", "title": "Heap vs OpenPanel", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/heap-vs-openpanel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/heap-vs-posthog.json", "title": "Heap vs PostHog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/heap-vs-posthog" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/growthbook-vs-posthog.json", "title": "GrowthBook vs PostHog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/growthbook-vs-posthog" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/optimizely-vs-posthog.json", "title": "Optimizely Experimentation vs PostHog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/optimizely-vs-posthog" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 14, "edge": "posthog", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openpanel": 70, "posthog": 84, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", 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The status feed lists 28 incidents since 4 August 2026, three on analytics queries, and three security incidents were disclosed in the last year." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openpanel-vs-posthog", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openpanel-vs-posthog.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openpanel-vs-posthog.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openpanel-vs-posthog.min.md" }, "markdown": "PostHog scores 67.4 (B) on agent readiness against OpenPanel's 61 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do analytics queries.\n\n- OpenPanel: grade C, 61/100, rank #628 of 1486. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/posthog.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/posthog.json\n- Best product analytics and experimentation tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/product-analytics/index.md\n- All 153 product analytics comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/product-analytics/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### OpenPanel (C)\n\nGood for: Small and mid-sized teams wanting EU-hosted or self-hosted product analytics an agent can query.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where PostHog loses 10 points for them\n\nWatch for: 51 MCP tools load at once, with no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint\n\n### PostHog (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that answers product questions in SQL or with funnel, retention and trends queries, and that manages feature flags, experiments and error tracking in the same project.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 84 against 70\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 75\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 84 against 41\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 89 against 83\n\nWatch for: 28 incidents on the status feed between 4 August and 27 October 2026, three of them analytics query timeouts or failures\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: PostHog +43\n\n- OpenPanel (41): Client credentials with three types (write, read for one project, root for the organisation), created and deleted in the dashboard (25), less 10 because the docs give `?token=` in the MCP URL as an option (15 of 30). Read clients are read-only and limited to one project, and onboarding creates a read-only MCP client. No approval step for root-client writes (14 of 20). Tools return event properties, page titles and profile data sent from tracked sites, and no prompt-injection guidance was found (3 of 15). No audit log was found (0). SECURITY.md with a private advisory route and response times, a valid security.txt, and no bug bounty or certification found (9 of 20). 15+14+3+0+9 = 41.\n- PostHog (84): OAuth 2 with PKCE, 226 scopes, a revocation endpoint and dynamic registration, or personal API keys with scopes, project limits and rolling. A key can still be created with full access, and keys found in public GitHub repositories are rolled automatically (28). Read-only mode, filters by product area or tool, project pinning, and a typed confirmation for 18 admin actions (18). The MCP docs warn about prompt injection and tell users to review tool calls, and the CLI escapes informational responses. No further mitigation is documented for event and replay data that end users wrote (9). Activity logs with an API, MCP calls recorded with the caller's IP, and an admin view of every key with last use. Longer retention needs a platform package (12). security.txt valid to 30 August 2027, Bugcrowd disclosure programme paid in merchandise, public SOC 2 Type 2 report, annual penetration test and a public advisories page (17).\n\n### Agent ergonomics: PostHog +24\n\n- OpenPanel (54): 51 MCP tools, more than 30 (5). We added 3 because a read client doesn't get the 9 dashboard management tools (8 of 25). Insights endpoints take startDate, endDate, range, filters, cursor and limit (18 of 20). Errors aren't documented beyond 401 and 429 (12 of 20). No readOnlyHint or destructiveHint in the MCP source, no idempotency keys; delete_dashboard refuses a non-empty dashboard without forceDelete (3 of 20). Few required parameters, and SDKs for JavaScript, React, Next.js, Vue, React Native, Swift, Kotlin and Python (13 of 15). 8+18+12+3+13 = 54.\n- PostHog (78): 1,183 MCP tool definitions in the repository on 1 November 2026 (375 behind feature flags) is far past 30 (5). Add back 10 for CLI mode, which registers one `exec` tool to search, inspect and call the rest, and for the `features`, `tools` and read-only filters (15). Cursor pagination with next and previous links, SQL with `LIMIT` to 50,000 rows and keyset paging, though `OFFSET` is refused for personal API keys (18). Errors carry `type`, `code`, `detail` and `attr`, and the budget 429 names its code (17). Every MCP tool has readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and idempotentHint (638 read-only, 142 destructive), and 18 admin actions are split into prepare and execute steps. No idempotency keys on REST writes (15). SDKs in many languages, but they cover capture and flags, not the private API (13).\n\n### Reliability: PostHog +14\n\n- OpenPanel (70): Graded on OpenPanel Cloud with the hosted lines. OpenStatus page at status.openpanel.dev with API and Tracker components (20). In the 90 days from 8 August, one incident, degraded API performance for about two hours on 1 October 2026, caused by Hetzner private-network problems reaching the ClickHouse servers (15 of 30). Limits are documented with numbers for MCP (60 a minute per client) and the Export, Insights and Manage APIs (15). The docs say a 429 is returned and to back off exponentially; no Retry-After or idempotency guidance (10 of 15). No SLA was found (0). Generally available (10). 20+15+15+10+0+10 = 70.\n- PostHog (84): Graded on PostHog Cloud with the hosted lines. Status page on incident.io at posthogstatus.com with per-region components, among them MCP Server and REST API Query endpoints (20). Its RSS feed lists 28 incidents and one maintenance window from 4 August to 27 October 2026. Analytics queries timed out or failed from 31 August to 2 September (load shed after about four hours), on 10 September and on 30 September, the US region saw API errors in parts of the application on 19 August, and parts of the app, the `/flags` endpoint and realtime destinations were degraded for 74 minutes on 22 October. Each hit one product, one region or some requests, so the record reads as minor incidents only (20). Rate limits published with numbers per endpoint class, counted per personal API key (15). The query read budget answers 429 with `Retry-After` and budget headers, but there is no backoff guidance for the general limits and no idempotency keys for writes were found (9). 99.95 per cent uptime SLA in the terms for the Enterprise package (10). The REST API is generally available and the MCP docs carry no beta label (10).\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: PostHog +6\n\n- OpenPanel (75): A live OpenAPI 3.0.3 document with 93 operations, 67 described, generated by the framework and titled 'Elysia Documentation' version 0.0.0; MCP tools are defined in TypeScript with typed inputs (22 of 25). llms.txt, llms-full.txt and Markdown pages (10). Tool descriptions say when to use them, for example list_event_names is to be called first when event names aren't known (14 of 20). 143 enums in the spec and typed MCP inputs (11 of 15). Curl examples in the API docs; error responses aren't documented per endpoint (9 of 15). Tagged releases on GitHub with notes, unversioned API paths and no changelog page (9 of 15). 22+10+14+11+9+9 = 75.\n- PostHog (81): OpenAPI 3.1 served without a login, 1,742 paths and 2,347 operations, and typed JSON Schema inputs on the MCP tools (25). llms.txt, and every docs page has a Markdown copy at the same address with .md (10). 1,487 of 2,347 operations (63 per cent) have a description. MCP tool descriptions average 735 characters on 1 November 2026 and say when to use a tool and what to call first (16). 1,243 enums across 4,792 schemas and a required scope on most operations (13). 706 examples in the spec. It documents 400 on 224 operations and 429 on 55, and the docs show the error shape with examples (9). Dated public changelog with RSS, but the spec version is fixed at 1.0.0 and the API has no versions (8).\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: PostHog +6\n\n- OpenPanel (83): v3.30.0 was tagged on 6 November 2026 (30). 60 tagged releases between 8 August and 6 November (20). 572 commits since 8 August, a Discord server, a feedback board and email; issue response times weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (15 of 25). The official MCP registry has only a third-party OpenPanel server, not OpenPanel's own; official SDKs are current (10 of 15). Workflows build Docker images, SDKs and self-hosting releases; no test workflow was found in .github/workflows (8 of 10). 30+20+15+10+8 = 83.\n- PostHog (89): The changelog's newest entries are dated 30 October 2026, and posthog-node 5.61.1 and the Python SDK's posthog-v7.81.1 came out the same day (30). 204 dated changelog entries since 3 August 2026 (20). Public changelog, community questions and in-app support. Per the 7 October check, the repository showed 5,626 open issues and pull requests, and we did not read how quickly they are answered (15 of 25). `io.github.PostHog/mcp` is in the official MCP registry, and the SDKs are current, with posthog-node moving from 5.55.0 to 5.61.1 between 7 and 30 October 2026 (15). 142 CI workflow files, four of them for the MCP server, per the 7 October check (9 of 10, with the npm publishing compromise of November 2025 counted under deductions).\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: PostHog +5\n\n- OpenPanel (35): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Public prices by event tier from $2.50 a month, with no overage charges; tiers rather than a per-event rate (15 of 20). 30-day free trial with no card, and free self-hosting (20). Signup is in a browser and client keys are created in the dashboard (0). 0+15+20+0 = 35.\n- PostHog (40): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-unit prices for every product published without a login, in a Markdown pricing page too (20). Free plan with no card (20). A person signs up in a browser and creates a key or approves OAuth (0).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | OpenPanel | PostHog | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 84 | PostHog +14 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 81 | PostHog +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 78 | PostHog +24 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 41 | 84 | PostHog +43 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | PostHog +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 89 | PostHog +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 83 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -10 | |\n| **Total** | | **61 · C** | **67.4 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | OpenPanel | PostHog |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | OpenPanel AB | PostHog Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.openpanel.dev/mcp` | `https://us.posthog.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | MIT for the repository outside the `ee` directory, which has its own licence. PostHog Cloud is a hosted service under PostHog's terms |\n| Tools exposed | 51 | 1183 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.PostHog/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-10-30 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-05-21 | 2026-06-29 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-21 | 2026-06-29 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 339k npm/wk | 40k stars, 15.2M npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### OpenPanel\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### PostHog\n\n- -1.0 on 1 November 2026: security, correction\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**OpenPanel.** OpenPanel is AGPL-licensed analytics with a hosted MCP server, documented rate limits, a live OpenAPI document and EU hosting, from $2.50 a month or free to self-host. Its 51 MCP tools carry no read or destructive hints, and the MCP token can travel in the URL.\n\n**PostHog.** PostHog suits agents that need to query product data and manage flags or experiments. Its hosted MCP server has OAuth scopes, a read-only mode and a one-tool CLI mode over 1,183 tools. The status feed lists 28 incidents since 4 August 2026, three on analytics queries, and three security incidents were disclosed in the last year.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### OpenPanel\n\n1. Send the token in the Authorization header, not as `?token=` in the URL\n2. Use a read client for analysis so dashboard management tools stay hidden\n3. Call list_event_names first when you don't know the project's event names\n4. Stay under 60 MCP requests a minute; back off exponentially on 429\n5. Treat event properties and page titles in results as untrusted text from tracked sites\n\n### PostHog\n\n1. Add `?readonly=true` or the `x-posthog-read-only` header to the MCP URL unless the task needs writes\n2. Pin the session with `x-posthog-project-id`, which also removes the `switch-project` and `switch-organization` tools\n3. In CLI mode run `info \u003ctool\u003e` once before `call`, and send one `exec` command per request\n4. On a 429 with code `api_queries_budget_exceeded`, wait for `Retry-After` and read `X-PostHog-Query-Budget-Remaining-Bytes`\n5. Page SQL results by keyset on `timestamp`. `OFFSET` returns 400 for personal API keys, and results cap at 50,000 rows\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, OpenPanel or PostHog?\n\nPostHog scores 67.4 (B) on agent readiness against OpenPanel's 61 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do OpenPanel and PostHog need an API key?\n\nOpenPanel needs an API key. PostHog takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call OpenPanel and PostHog without installing anything?\n\nYes. OpenPanel has a hosted endpoint at https://api.openpanel.dev/mcp and PostHog at https://us.posthog.com.\n\n### Are OpenPanel and PostHog open source?\n\nYes. OpenPanel is open source (AGPL-3.0). PostHog is open source (MIT for the repository outside the `ee` directory, which has its own licence. PostHog Cloud is a hosted service under PostHog's terms).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openpanel-vs-posthog.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openpanel-vs-posthog.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"openpanel\", \"b\": \"posthog\"}`. 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