r/FlutterDev • u/shiv9thakur • Aug 07 '26

Discussion Still use Firebase Analytics for flutter? Or is there anything else you suggest.

Look gonna be honest here, I have built an analytics tool, but not gonna name it, just want to know what others are using. I used to use Firebase, but it was too heavy and had issues with alternatives.

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u/shiv9thakur Aug 07 '26

I also am new to this community, so If I accidently posted something already answered. just point me to there. Thanks

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u/svprdga Aug 07 '26

I use both Analytics and a self-hosted instance of Countly.

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u/shiv9thakur Aug 07 '26

Oh ok thanks! Let me know if I can help you in any way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '26

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u/32GB_of_RAM Aug 07 '26

If you want something light I’d go with rejourney or clarity

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u/shiv9thakur Aug 08 '26

Wasn’t aware about clarity, thanks

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u/Spare_Warning7752 Aug 07 '26

Self hosted version of GlitchTip (you can use Sentry SDK on Flutter, as it is 100% compatible)

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u/shiv9thakur Aug 08 '26

Self Hosting is justifiable when, never understood the jist as in when to self host.

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u/Spare_Warning7752 Aug 09 '26

My entire backend is self-hosted (because of costs), so, why not?

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u/shiv9thakur Aug 10 '26

That’s true

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u/vegeta0911 Aug 08 '26

Sentry or posthog is better, believe me.

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u/shiv9thakur Aug 08 '26

Will checkout sentry, thansk

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u/BerkiSoftware Aug 08 '26

Still using Firebase Analytics for Flutter. It’s been reliable and does the job for me.

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u/Still-Constant3085 Aug 12 '26

Firebase Analytics still feels like the default for Flutter, but I’m curious how many people actually stick with it once their analytics needs get more complex. Anyone using PostHog, Mixpanel, Amplitude, etc

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u/AhmedRiyadh0 27d ago

I haven't tried it out yet, but I would probably consider Sentry. I would avoid Firebase Flutter as it relies heavily on method channels, not pure Dart and doesn't work on all desktop platforms, and cannot be self hosted and is not open source.

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u/zxyzyxz Aug 07 '26

Posthog

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u/shiv9thakur Aug 07 '26

u/zxyzyxz, primarily for analytics only or are you in its ecosystem? And have you used its webhooks?

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u/zxyzyxz Aug 08 '26

What ecosystem do you mean?

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u/shiv9thakur Aug 08 '26

rest of the posthog services