Tinybird
Build your own analytics on ClickHouse. The infra layer for custom user-facing analytics.
VISIT TINYBIRDQuick facts
- CategoryOpen-source / self-host
- PricingFreemium
- Starts atFree / $25
- LicenseProprietary
- Created2020
- GitHub starsclosed
- Script sizeBYO
- CookielessNo
- Self-hostNo
What it is
Tinybird is not a finished analytics product — it is the infrastructure layer for building your own. Hosted ClickHouse with a SQL-to-API workflow. Used by teams that need to ship user-facing analytics dashboards inside their own product (e.g. analytics-as-a-feature for SaaS). Generous free tier; usage-based pricing scales sensibly.
Best for
- SaaS companies shipping user-facing analytics as a product feature
- Teams that have outgrown PostHog / Mixpanel and need custom data models
- Engineers who want ClickHouse without operating ClickHouse
When not to pick it
Skip Tinybird if you want a finished dashboard product — it is BYO frontend. Skip if you do not have engineering capacity to write SQL and build dashboards.
My take
Tinybird is the right pick when analytics is a product feature, not a back-office tool. For internal analytics, PostHog wins on time-to-value. For analytics-shipped-to-customers, Tinybird is the modern answer.
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