Open-source · AI-native · self-hosted

YOUR DATA.YOUR AI.YOUR MOAT.

Open-source analytics built for agentic AI. Self-hosted. Cookieless. AGPL-3.0.

No vendor lock-inFeeds your agentsGDPR by defaultClickHouse-powered
helion event stream — live
track("page_view", { path: "/pricing" })2ms
identify({ userId: "u_9f2a", plan: "pro" })1ms
track("checkout_start", { value: 99 })3ms
track("ai_query", { model: "claude-4" })1ms
track("agent_run", { tokens: 2048 })2ms
track("funnel_complete", { step: 4 })1ms
$
2M+Events / day
AGPL-3.0Forever open-source
AI-readyData pipelines
< 5 minSelf-host setup
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See Helion in action

A real dashboard, real data, no account required. Explore funnels, retention curves, and user profiles — then self-host your own.

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Helion dashboard — overview
Why Helion

Built for the AI era. Not retrofitted for it.

AI-native from day one

Every event you capture is structured for AI consumption. Feed your agents, fine-tune your models, and build LLM-powered features on top of real user data — not sampled exports.

You own the infrastructure

Self-host on your own cloud or bare metal. Your data never touches our servers. No vendor lock-in, no surprise price increases, no terms-of-service changes that affect your access.

ClickHouse at the core

Billions of events, sub-second queries. The same engine powering analytics at scale — running on your hardware, tuned for your workload.

AGPL-3.0. Fully open.

Read every line. Audit the data pipeline, the ingestion logic, the storage layer. No black boxes, no telemetry you didn't consent to, no proprietary SDK phoning home.

Cookieless by architecture

Not 'cookieless mode' buried in settings — cookieless by default. GDPR, CCPA, and ePrivacy compliant without consent banners slowing down your funnel.

Developer-first SDK

Type-safe. Tree-shakeable. Works in React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, Node, and more. Ship a tracking event in under 5 minutes. No analytics consultant required.

AGENTIC AI ANALYTICS

Let your AI reason over your users

Connect Claude, Gemini, OpenAI, or any MCP-compatible agent to your Helion instance. Ask questions in natural language. Get ClickHouse-powered answers — from your own infrastructure.

agent query · helion
>Ask Claude about your retention…
Claude 4↳ Analyzing 847K events…

Week-1 retention dropped 12% on March 4th, correlated with the pricing page change. Users who hit the new paywall before activating churned 2.3× faster.

source: query_events · get_weekly_retention_series

CClaudeGGeminiOpenAIAny Agent
38 MCP tools available
find_groups
find_profiles
get_analytics_overview
get_country_breakdown
get_dashboard_urls
get_device_breakdown
get_entry_exit_pages
get_event_property_values
get_funnel
get_group
get_page_conversions
get_page_performance
get_profile
get_profile_metrics
get_profile_sessions
get_report_data
get_retention_cohort
get_rolling_active_users
get_top_pages
get_top_referrers
get_user_flow
get_user_last_seen_distribution
get_weekly_retention_series
gsc_get_cannibalization
gsc_get_overview
gsc_get_page_details
gsc_get_query_details
gsc_get_query_opportunities
gsc_get_top_pages
gsc_get_top_queries
list_dashboards
list_event_names
list_event_properties
list_group_types
list_projects
list_reports
query_events
query_sessions
find_groups
find_profiles
get_analytics_overview
get_country_breakdown
get_dashboard_urls
get_device_breakdown
get_entry_exit_pages
get_event_property_values
get_funnel
get_group
get_page_conversions
get_page_performance
get_profile
get_profile_metrics
get_profile_sessions
get_report_data
get_retention_cohort
get_rolling_active_users
get_top_pages
get_top_referrers
get_user_flow
get_user_last_seen_distribution
get_weekly_retention_series
gsc_get_cannibalization
gsc_get_overview
gsc_get_page_details
gsc_get_query_details
gsc_get_query_opportunities
gsc_get_top_pages
gsc_get_top_queries
list_dashboards
list_event_names
list_event_properties
list_group_types
list_projects
list_reports
query_events
query_sessions
REAL-TIME INSIGHTS

Every event. Instant clarity.

Events Today
2,481,302+12.4%
Active Users
48,219+3.1%
AI Queries Today
9,043+41.8%
Events / hour+12.4%
Top eventslast 24h
page_view1,204,883
ai_query412,007
identify198,442
checkout_start84,119
agent_run61,330
funnel_complete23,907
WHAT YOU GET

Built for teams shipping AI products

Three capabilities nobody else ships together: agentic querying, privacy by architecture, and a five-minute self-host.

Agentic query interface

Your AI queries funnels, cohorts & retention in natural language

No SQL, no dashboards to wire up. Your agent reasons over the raw event stream and returns answers — grounded in your own ClickHouse instance.

> Which cohort has the best week-4 retention?
↳ get_retention_cohort · query_events
claudePro-plan signups from organic search · 61.2%
Cookieless by default

No consent dialogs

Privacy-compliant identity without cookies. GDPR and ePrivacy ready out of the box.

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Self-host in 5 minutes

One command

Bring up the full stack — API, worker, ClickHouse — on your own infrastructure.

What we believe

Principles behind Helion

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In the AI era, your event data is training signal — not just a dashboard metric.

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The companies that win the next decade are building data flywheels, not just models.

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You cannot prompt your way out of bad data.

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Analytics without ownership is surveillance you are paying for.

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Open-source is not a business model. It is a trust model.

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Your analytics stack is your nervous system. Do not outsource it.

Choose how many events you'll track this month

30-day free trial
$20
Per month+ VAT if applicable

Simple, transparent pricing

Pay only for what you use. Choose your event volume - everything else is unlimited. No surprises, no hidden fees.

  • Unlimited websites or apps
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited dashboards
  • Unlimited charts
  • Unlimited tracked profiles
  • Yes, we have no limits or hidden costs
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Prefer to self-host? Deploy for free with unlimited events.

DATA OWNERSHIP

Your data never leaves
your perimeter

Your event data flows in from your SDKs, lives in your ClickHouse, and flows out only to your agents and your team. Helion never sits in the middle.

Inbound
Events
SDK calls
Your infrastructureClickHouse · API · Worker
Outbound
Your AI Agent
Your team

No third-party cloud. No data egress you didn't authorize.

GDPR by default

Cookieless, consent-free, EU-friendly. No personal data leaves your perimeter.

Open source

AGPL-3.0. Audit every line of the ingestion and storage pipeline.

Self-hosted

Runs on your cloud or bare metal. No third-party processor in the loop.

Best Mixpanel Alternatives

The Best Mixpanel Alternatives in 2026 — Why Teams Switch to Helion

Looking for the best Mixpanel alternatives in 2026? Helion covers the product analytics features teams actually use — events, funnels, retention, cohorts, and user profiles — without Mixpanel's pricing, privacy trade-offs, or vendor lock-in.

Fraction of the cost

Mixpanel's pricing scales to hundreds or thousands per month as your event volume grows. Helion starts at $2.50/month — or self-host for free with no event limits.

The features you actually use

Events, funnels, retention, cohorts, user profiles, custom dashboards, and A/B testing — all there. Helion covers every core analytics workflow from Mixpanel without the learning curve.

Actually self-hostable

Mixpanel is cloud-only. Helion runs on your own infrastructure with a simple Docker setup. Full data ownership, zero vendor lock-in.

Open source & transparent

Mixpanel is a black box. Helion's code is public on GitHub — audit it, contribute to it, or fork it. No surprises, no hidden data processing.

Get started in minutes

Integrate Helion with your favorite framework using our lightweight SDKs. A few lines of code and you're tracking.

The founder

Built by a developer, for developers

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Lalit ShrotriyaFounder · Helion Labs

I built Helion because I believe developers deserve product analytics that they actually own. In the AI era, your event data is training signal — not just a dashboard metric. Helion gives you full data ownership, no vendor lock-in, and a pipeline ready to feed your agents.

Open-source, AGPL-3.0. Built in public. Feedback welcome on GitHub and Discord.

FAQ

Common questions about Helion, self-hosting, and AI-native analytics.

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Ship faster.Own your data.Feed your agents.

Open-source, AI-native product analytics. Self-hosted in minutes. AGPL-3.0.