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Amplitude vs Google Analytics 360 vs Heap comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Web Analytics category, the mindshare of Amplitude is 16.3%, up from 13.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Analytics 360 is 12.4%, up from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Heap is 5.2%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amplitude16.3%
Google Analytics 36012.4%
Heap5.2%
Other66.1%
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Featured Reviews

LeslieTaylor - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers depth of analytics and powerful visualization capabilities
Amplitude played a crucial role in improving product decisions for our onboarding project. By analyzing user behavior, we identified key points where customers were dropping off in the activation process. This allowed us to tailor the onboarding experience, making it more personalized and engaging, resulting in higher activation rates and improved customer retention. Integrating Amplitude with other tools in our stack improved our analytics capabilities. I didn't encounter any issues with its compatibility or functionality alongside other tools. I would recommend Amplitude to others because of its depth of analytics and powerful visualization capabilities. Overall, I would rate it as an eight out of ten.
Navcharan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Have improved decision-making with effective reporting
Several positive aspects about the product stand out as advantages. Valuable insights can be gained from the unsampled reports available in the product. The cloud type needs to be specified whether it's public, private, or hybrid. The overall rating for Google Analytics 360 is 9 out of 10, where 10 represents the best product.
Harshith Bejjam - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides the availability of defining events, but there could be advanced UI features
We use Heap to create user metrics, and track page visits, feature usage, and user workflows after engaging with features The product's most valuable feature was the ready-made availability of defining events, creating visuals, and storing the data in the database. The product could benefit from…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I loved using Amplitude because it allowed me to dive deep into product usage and analyze different customer segments."
"Amplitude offers flexibility in real-time data analysis, allowing users to make immediate decisions."
"We can create charts and bar charts for visualization purposes and check real-time data with the solution."
"Other areas like cohort analysis, defining key events, and user properties were also well-suited for Amplitude. It is an easy tool to use."
"It is packed with many of the same reports you'll find in high-priced solutions, especially concerning data relating to real-time visitor tracking."
"With Google Analytics, we obtain different metrics from all of the clients that enter our web environment."
"The User Explorer is a definite favorite because it allows us to pinpoint a user and check their entire journey through our website including all the events triggered and the pages visited."
"Our organization has improved because we have solid data that we can use to analyze the impact of our public policies."
"As an SEO and digital marketing professional, the two features I have found the most valuable about Google Analytics are the Acquisition tracking and the Goal tracking."
"An immensely useful feature is the retention graphs with the ability to generate retention data for individual features."
"The reporting has helped improve investor relations and let us quantify our growth and progress with ease."
"What I like best about it is the session replay feature. It saves a lot of time. I don't need to go and debug or replicate issues multiple times. We can go to the session replay for a few minutes. We can ask when the issue occurred, go to that time in the replay, and see whether the user made a mistake or if there's an app caching issue. That has been very helpful."
"Discerning application and UX weak points, driving better user retention."
"The initial setup process was straightforward."
"You can track customer behavior with your project, such as how the customer envisions, navigates, uses CPA, and every touch point on the website. You can plan to optimize the phases and the customer behavior of the journey."
"With its ability to easily define user events, one can easily detect how one can better optimize one's product to drive better retention and feature use."
"Heap enables one to easily track how customers use one's applications on both the web and mobile."
 

Cons

"Setting up reports in Amplitude was challenging for me as a newer user."
"The free features in Amplitude Analytics need enhancement."
"We have seen tagging issues with Amplitude in rare scenarios, which can be improved."
"The visualization of the properties can also be enhanced. Basically, the visualization could be better, and the real-time analytics can be enhanced."
"They can improve their Android app."
"The sampling of data is definitely a pain point since we don't have an actual understanding of the data."
"An area where I would like to see improvement in Google Analytics is the auto-syncing of functions in Google Tag Manager into Goal tracking."
"Sometimes, the statistics are not updated in real-time and it takes a little time. There are pages where it updates faster than others."
"If you do not use JavaScript, you will be invisible to Google Analytics. If you have the option of JavaScript disabled in your browsers, you will be invisible to the data, since the tool will not be able to register you."
"Beginner users access the live help section a lot, because of how confusing it is, so it would not be bad if the function was located within the administration section."
"Based on my experience, there's some room for improvement. The application is a bit slow. Also, I must read through old documentation when I need to check for new features. It's not very user-friendly. Once you're in the application, it's easy because it has many features. But for first-time users, you have to go through all the documents, which can be challenging."
"Their analytics could be more user-friendly."
"The product could benefit from more advanced UI features."
"It's more expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is a little on the higher end, especially when considering scalability."
"The installation cost is really low and does not require a team with a super performance to run."
"Heap's pricing can be heavy according to the usage and requirements for control billing."
"The solution is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Insurance Company
6%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Insurance Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Insurance Company
14%
Real Estate/Law Firm
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amplitude?
I loved using Amplitude because it allowed me to dive deep into product usage and analyze different customer segments.
What needs improvement with Amplitude?
The free features in Amplitude Analytics need enhancement. The limitations, such as not being able to use the splitti...
What is your primary use case for Amplitude?
I have been working with Amplitude Analytics for around one year, mainly using it alongside GMP products like Google ...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Heap?
It's pretty costly, and they use the common model of impressions. It's impression-based pricing, which can be costly ...
What needs improvement with Heap?
From a user perspective, customizing the interface could offer more flexibility. Customizing and branding the visuals...
What advice do you have for others considering Heap?
Heap is quite user-friendly, featuring a primarily no-code interface for primary stakeholders. Some technical skills ...
 

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