Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

Amplitude vs Heap comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Amplitude
Ranking in Web Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Analysis (1st), Mobile Marketing and Advertising (1st), User Activity Monitoring (4th), AI Data Analysis (5th), AI Customer Experience Personalization (4th)
Heap
Ranking in Web Analytics
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Web Analytics category, the mindshare of Amplitude is 15.6%, up from 14.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Heap is 7.7%, up from 6.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amplitude15.6%
Heap7.7%
Other76.7%
Web Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Saurav Bhattacharjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst at Arcteryx
Empowers teams to build visualization-rich reports and make faster decisions using historical user behavior data
I think areas for Amplitude's improvement include data retention. The maximum data I have worked with, the clickstream data on Amplitude, is two years, whereas we rely on Tableau for historical data of at least two years. I am not sure whether it was my organization paying for lower retention or not, but having historical data would take away the reliance on Tableau. Secondly, reconciling clickstream data with Databricks or other AWS systems could help analysts spend less time verifying the accuracy of both sources, which would be really helpful. Lastly, a more focused approach on error logs is necessary. I have found that, at least with Intuit, we used Splunk more for error logs than Amplitude. Although Amplitude had the capability, developers seemed to prefer Splunk, so if that could be improved, it would be good.
JF
Engagement Manager at TheMathCompany
Provides actionable user behavior insights and improves feature prioritization decisions
I didn't encounter many components that were annoying. One main area of frustration was finding data. When wanting to find data about clicks on a specific UI feature, element, or button, sometimes the objects were not named in a descriptive way. That was our problem on the implementation side, not Heap's. I also found that the analytics dashboards in Heap couldn't be customized as much as desired. I couldn't adjust the charts in the widgets or the settings on each widget to the level wanted in either data granularity or physical size of the widget on the dashboard page. Additional flexibility in dashboard building and widget building would be beneficial.

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 has impacted my organization positively in a huge way, as everyone uses it to gain insights into user behavior before implementing new features, which leads to massive positive change, data-driven development, lots of learning, and encouragement to use Amplitude in daily work for everyone in the company, not just analysts."
"Other areas like cohort analysis, defining key events, and user properties were also well-suited for Amplitude. It is an easy tool to use."
"Amplitude has provided almost instant value to our dev team when they are deploying new trackable events and seeing how those events line up before they go out to production."
"Amplitude impacts my organization positively as it serves as a central point that allows everyone within the organization to speak the same language of data."
"Amplitude has positively impacted my organization as it allows us to make decisions based on data and iterate faster."
"Amplitude offers flexibility in real-time data analysis, allowing users to make immediate decisions."
"Having accessible data which can be easily customized and manipulated by even business stakeholders with less technical knowledge is one of the best things."
"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."
"An immensely useful feature is the retention graphs with the ability to generate retention data for individual features."
"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."
"The reporting has helped improve investor relations and let us quantify our growth and progress with ease."
"Discerning application and UX weak points, driving better user retention."
"The initial setup process was straightforward."
"Heap enables one to easily track how customers use one's applications on both the web and mobile."
"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."
 

Cons

"I choose nine because, lately, when I was using it, the more people wanted to improve, the more complex things got—not in a good way, but confusing."
"We have seen tagging issues with Amplitude in rare scenarios, which can be improved."
"Amplitude could be improved by being cheaper."
"The free features in Amplitude Analytics need enhancement."
"We attempted to use their screen recording and session recording capabilities as a replacement for a previous vendor, and we found that the functionality they offered did not stack up to the previous vendor."
"The visualization of the properties can also be enhanced. Basically, the visualization could be better, and the real-time analytics can be enhanced."
"Amplitude is almost perfect, but there are some charts I cannot create due to the large data structure."
"I give it a nine because it is close to a perfect ten for me, but it is only useful in one layer of the project, not the other, which the tool is supposed to do."
"It's more expensive."
"Their analytics could be more user-friendly."
"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."
"The product could benefit from more advanced UI features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is a little on the higher end, especially when considering scalability."
"Heap's pricing can be heavy according to the usage and requirements for control billing."
"The solution is expensive."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Web Analytics solutions are best for your needs.
879,672 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Real Estate/Law Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Insurance Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

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?
Amplitude can be improved by allowing more than a two-year look back window for most analyses. Usually, all they offer is that two-year look back window, and longer form time series analysis seems ...
What is your primary use case for Amplitude?
Amplitude is our main product insights system, and it allows us to view the activity on our website and quantify certain KPIs about how users interact with the site. We measure things such as month...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Heap?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was a smoother process, and my teammates helped me out because I don't have clear information about pricing. It was a cost-efficient way to get...
What needs improvement with Heap?
I recommend making Heap stronger, more user-friendly, and integrating it with other apps such as Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and even smaller platforms such as Reddit. If it is integrated with A...
What advice do you have for others considering Heap?
My advice to others looking into using Heap is to use auto-capture and complete capture a lot because these two features are really amazing compared to its competitors. The reports it generates, th...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

ClearBrain
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Nokia, Yik Yak, QuizUp, CrunchBase, Rhapsody, PlanGrid, Acquia, Patreon, SeatGeek, Etermax
Zendesk, Marketo, Ernst & Young, Salesforce
Find out what your peers are saying about Amplitude vs. Heap and other solutions. Updated: December 2025.
879,672 professionals have used our research since 2012.