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Dataflare vs Mixpanel
Mixpanel is a hosted product analytics platform. Dataflare is open-source analytics that runs in your own Cloudflare account.
The short answer
Mixpanel is fast, polished event analytics with a generous free plan. Choose Dataflare if you want your events in your own Cloudflare account, prefer Cloudflare's prices to per-event tiers, or want an agent to answer analytics questions with the SQL to back them up.
Side by side
| Feature | Dataflare | Mixpanel |
|---|---|---|
| Where your data lives | Your own Cloudflare account (D1 and R2) | Mixpanel's cloud (US or EU) |
| Source code | Open source, MIT | Proprietary |
| What you pay | Your Cloudflare bill: $0 on Workers Free for small sites, $5/month Workers Paid above that | Free plan (1M events/month); Growth plan priced by events |
| Cookieless mode | Yes | Configurable |
| Web analytics | Yes, with Core Web Vitals and errors | Yes |
| Funnels and retention | Yes: trends, funnels, retention, cohorts | Yes, extensive |
| Session replay | Yes, with a text transcript for agents | Yes |
| Feature flags and A/B tests | Yes: flags in your Worker, Bayesian experiment results | Yes |
| Raw SQL on your events | Yes, read-only SQL in the dashboard, CLI and MCP | Through data pipelines and warehouse connectors |
Checked November 2026. Sources: Mixpanel pricing. Spotted something out of date? Open an issue.
Choose Mixpanel if you want
- A mature, fast analysis UI with years of polish.
- SDKs for mobile and most server languages.
- Hosted, with support and enterprise controls.
Choose Dataflare if you want
- Data stays in your Cloudflare account.
- No per-event tiers: Cloudflare's list prices instead.
- Open source (MIT): read and change everything.
- An MCP server and CLI written into your project by
dataflare init, so your agent can query and instrument straight away.
Moving from Mixpanel to Dataflare
- Run
npx dataflare-cli initand add the script tag. mixpanel.track(name, props)becomesglass.capture(name, props);mixpanel.identify(id)pluspeople.set(props)becomesglass.identify(id, props).- Recreate funnels and retention in Insights or ask your agent to.