PostHog Features
Metrics (14)
Sessions - Digital Analytics
Accurately measure total web traffic and present data elegantly.
Engagement
Configure and accurately measure an appropriate measure of engagement, such as average session length, page views per session, amount of scrolling, etc.
Entry and Exit Pages
Accurately determine where most people enter your site and where they leave and present data elegantly.
Standard Event Tracking
Software automatically tracks standard user actions.
Custom Event Tracking
Able to set up custom variables to track any user activity on the site.
Retention
Accurately measure bounce rate.
Return
Track user return rates and related metrics.
Conversions
Track what proportion of users convert via a certain action.
Funnels
See how many users proceed down a certain path to conversion.
Engagement
Configures and accurately measures an appropriate measure of engagement, such as average session length.
Exit Tracking
Accurately determines where users close the app during their sessions.
Retention
Accurately measures bounce rate.
Return
Tracks user return rates and related metrics.
Conversions
Tracks what proportion of users convert via a certain action.
Reporting (7)
Real-Time Reporting
Obtain live data for who is currently accessing your site.
Trending
Report on how any user activity has changed over time.
Retroactive Reporting
Report on user activity in the past and set up predictive models for the future.
Segmentation
Break down a population of users by demographics, sequence actions, time, and able to build custom segments.
Mobile Reporting
Analytic tools are also available for mobile and tablet versions of websites.
Unification Across Devices
Able to unify user data across devices, recognizing returning users.
Custom Reports and Dashboards
Allows users to easily build customized reports and dashboards.
Other (7)
User Data
Able to access user-specific data such as location, language, gender, and activity while on the site.
Site Search Reporting
Report on keywords used in internal searches.
Load Time Monitoring
Track load times on different devices and systems.
Campaign Tracking
Analyze inbound marketing traffic to identify which campaigns are working best.
E-Commerce
Track revenue and transactions.
Promotional Messages
Able to deploy promotional or other pop-up messages based on user actions.
Administration Alerts
System can self-monitor critical metrics and alert administrators when they reach concerning levels.
Administration (4)
API / Integrations
Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc. with other software applications.
QA Testing
Able to test that event and variable setup are reporting data accurately.
Performance and Reliability
Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond.
User, Role, and Access Management
Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.
User Identification (3)
Demographics
Identifies user demographics like gender or age.
User Segmentation
Enables the view of analytic data based on user segment.
Geolocation
Identifies users locations.
Tracking & Reporting (6)
Custom Event Tracking
Enables you to define custom events for analysis.
Real-Time Insights
Provides real-time reports.
Attribution
Measures user acquisition analytics.
Dashboard
Provides a holistic summary of your data.
User Path Tracking
Displays a users progress throughout specific paths in an application.
User Activity History
Displays a users activity history.
User Behavior (3)
Click Tracking
Tracks where users are clicking on a web page.
Mouse Movement
Tracks mouse movement over a web page.
Frustration Tracking
See where users experience the most difficulty on a web page.
A/B Testing (2)
Split URL Testing
Split web traffic to a page between two different URLs.
Data Analysis
Offers insights into relationships between user information and user behavior.
Visitor Information (2)
User Identification
Collects user information (location, IP address, email, etc.).
Search Box
Search sessions by keywords or IP address.
Product Analytics (8)
Account-Level Analytics
Ability to see analytics at the account level.
User-Level Analytics
Ability to see analytics at the user level.
Segmentation
Ability to compare usage across segments such as role, company size, etc.
Funnels
See how users move though a product via grouped page sequences
Alerts
Receive automated alerts and reports based on gains or losses in performance.
Multi-Product Analytics
View analytics for multiple products in a single dashboard, including cross-product engagement
User Scoring
Scores customers and visitors to identify at-risk or thriving accounts.
Integrations
Breadth and functionality of integrations with third-party products.
Management (3)
Flag Management
Grants users a centralized dashboard for organized feature flag management.
Rollout & Rollback Control
Grants users granular control over feature rollouts and rollbacks.
Monitoring
Allows users to track the status of deployed features and application performance via automated alerts.
Functionality (3)
Multi-Environment Control
Empowers users to smoothly deploy features in a variety of environments.
Feature Testing
Allows teams to test features in production for select target groups without deploying.
Low-Code Interface
Presents users with a low-code interface to build and maintain feature management systems.
Analytics (2)
Reporting and Analytics
Provides reporting and analytics tools to quantify the results of the experiment.
Heatmaps
Provides heatmap functionality to assess what parts of the website visitors are engaging with most.
Experimental Design (3)
Multivariate testing capacities
Allows for the testing of multiple variables at a time during a single test.
Concurrent Testing
Allows multiple experiments to be deployed simultaneously.
Mobile Testing
Allows mobile web pages to be tested during A/B experiments.
Computing (1)
Little to No Coding
Requires little to no knowledge of coding. Usually this means it comes with prewritten code.
Agentic AI - Session Replay (1)
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Agentic AI - A/B Testing (4)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Agentic AI - Product Analytics (4)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Agentic AI - Digital Analytics (4)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Behavioral Analytics - Product Analytics (5)
Multi-Product Analytics
View analytics for multiple products in a single dashboard, including cross-product engagement
User level Analytics
Ability to see analytics at the user level.
Account level Analytics
Ability to see analytics at the account level.
Segmentation
Ability to compare usage across segments such as role, company size, etc.
Funnels
See how users move though a product via grouped page sequences
AI driven optimization - Product Analytics (4)
User scoring
Scores customers and visitors to identify at-risk or thriving accounts.
Adaptive learning
View analytics for multiple products in a single dashboard, including cross-product engagement
Automated insights
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Autonomous task execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Platform Infrastructure - Product Analytics (3)
Cross System integrations
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Alerts
Receive automated alerts and reports based on gains or losses in performance.
Integrations
Breadth and functionality of integrations with third-party products.
Technology Glossary Features
View definitions of the features and discover new technology terms.
User segmentation is the action of separating different users into specific groups, or segments, based on common characteristics.
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