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Amplitude vs Heap comparison

 

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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 (2nd), User Activity Monitoring (5th), AI Data Analysis (13th), AI Customer Experience Personalization (8th)
Heap
Ranking in Web Analytics
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Web Analytics category, the mindshare of Amplitude is 12.5%, down from 16.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Heap is 5.4%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amplitude12.5%
Heap5.4%
Other82.1%
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

"Amplitude is a perfect product that will always fulfill all the data-related needs that your company has, and I would suggest anyone to go for it."
"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 offers flexibility in real-time data analysis, allowing users to make immediate decisions."
"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."
"I loved using Amplitude because it allowed me to dive deep into product usage and analyze different customer segments."
"We can create charts and bar charts for visualization purposes and check real-time data with the solution."
"Amplitude has positively impacted my organization as it allows us to make decisions based on data and iterate faster."
"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."
"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."
"Heap eliminates the guesswork of funnels, directly resulting in higher conversion rates and revenue."
"After using Heap, I started understanding the complete user journey because of its great feature, the auto-capture, which captures everything from seeing the ad to closing the deal."
"Heap has improved data-driven decisions, enabled faster issue discovery, increased conversions, and delivered overall better user experiences, which has impacted my organization and our product goals."
"Heap has positively impacted my organization because we no longer need to do it manually; it is fully done automatically."
"Heap has positively impacted my organization by giving our team visibility into how users interact with our application, allowing us to move from guessing to real-time information."
"Discerning application and UX weak points, driving better user retention."
"The initial setup process was straightforward."
 

Cons

"Setting up reports in Amplitude was challenging for me as a newer user."
"Amplitude is almost perfect, but there are some charts I cannot create due to the large data structure."
"Amplitude could be improved by being cheaper."
"The visualization of the properties can also be enhanced. Basically, the visualization could be better, and the real-time analytics can be enhanced."
"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."
"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."
"Regarding how Amplitude can be improved, I think that dashboards and charts are ephemeral; people often create dashboards but rarely revisit them, so while a handful of dashboards might survive, the real value lies in the insight derived from them."
"The free features in Amplitude Analytics need enhancement."
"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."
"I would like to see improvements in Heap including more dashboard customization, better predictive analysis, mobile support, more AI insights, and greater reporting flexibility."
"Data privacy is crucial, as my organization has experienced real-time examples where thousands of patients' sensitive data have been compromised."
"It's more expensive."
"It's pretty costly, and they use the common model of impressions."
"I also found that the analytics dashboards in Heap couldn't be customized as much as desired."
"The product could benefit from more advanced UI features."
"Their analytics could be more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is a little on the higher end, especially when considering scalability."
"The solution is expensive."
"Heap's pricing can be heavy according to the usage and requirements for control billing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Insurance Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

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 advice do you have for others considering Amplitude?
I chose a rating of nine out of ten because Amplitude has virtually every functionality that we need except for the aforementioned lack of long form time series analysis, and their pricing is often...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Heap?
Its very affordable and easy to buy licensing ang renew it
What needs improvement with Heap?
Heap automatically surfaces hidden patterns that exist. Our organization can use Heap's data warehousing to export auto-captured behavior data into platforms like Snowflake, Redshift, or merge it w...
What advice do you have for others considering Heap?
Heap eliminates the guesswork of funnels, directly resulting in higher conversion rates and revenue. It drastically lowers administrative hours spent on analytics tagging and maintenance. For secur...
 

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