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Amplitude vs IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Amplitude
Ranking in Customer Data Analysis
1st
Ranking in Web Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Marketing and Advertising (2nd), User Activity Monitoring (5th), AI Data Analysis (9th), AI Customer Experience Personalization (9th)
IBM Watson Customer Experie...
Ranking in Customer Data Analysis
4th
Ranking in Web Analytics
20th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Customer Data Analysis category, the mindshare of Amplitude is 12.9%, down from 13.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics is 10.9%, up from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Customer Data Analysis Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amplitude12.9%
IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics10.9%
Other76.2%
Customer Data Analysis
 

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.
MC
Techincal Pre-sales Specialist - Collaboration & Customer Engagement Solutions at GBM
Great granular DOM level with excellent analytics and reporting
There are three valuable areas: One of them is the granular DOM level where it captures behaviors on the application. Another is the analytics, because you don't need to provide it with a rule to identify the issues, it will analyze the usage of all the customers accessing that site and see if there are any abnormalities and it will identify unexpected changes in the pattern and that there is something wrong that needs to be checked out. That is extremely useful. Finally, the ability to create meaningful reports and dashboards to tell stories. The reports enable you to re-target customers if they've had any problems.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Other areas like cohort analysis, defining key events, and user properties were also well-suited for Amplitude. It is an easy tool to use."
"Thanks to the Amplitude dashboard, we could access all the proper data, and regardless of which team or which part, all teams' decision-making became based on the data extracted by Amplitude, which contributed to a positive data-driven cultural movement."
"Having accessible data which can be easily customized and manipulated by even business stakeholders with less technical knowledge is one of the best things."
"Amplitude has positively impacted my organization as it allows us to make decisions based on data and iterate faster."
"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 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."
"You can let your imagination think about a use case and if it's related to customer behavior on the district channels, it can most probably be done."
"The ability to create meaningful reports and dashboards to tell stories."
 

Cons

"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."
"Amplitude is almost perfect, but there are some charts I cannot create due to the large data structure."
"We have seen tagging issues with Amplitude in rare scenarios, which can be improved."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Setting up reports in Amplitude was challenging for me as a newer user."
"The technical side requires development skills during implementation. This could be simplified."
"An area that can be improved is on the technical side where you identify an event."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is a little on the higher end, especially when considering scalability."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
12%
Construction Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
10%
Media Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise9
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amplitude?
Amplitude and all SaaS software nowadays need to improve their AI feature to keep up with competitors, and my experience with the demo showed it looks cool but needs enhancement.
What is your primary use case for Amplitude?
As a growth marketer, product analytics tools like Amplitude are a powerful weapon for marketers, allowing us to see all user funnels from acquisition to churn and retention. It was really easy to ...
What advice do you have for others considering Amplitude?
There are currently really good product analytics tools, and some are free, but if you want to analyze and see really proper data, especially as a CEO wanting to encounter the truth of your own dat...
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