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Heap vs IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Heap
Ranking in Web Analytics
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Watson Customer Experie...
Ranking in Web Analytics
27th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Analysis (2nd), Customer Experience Management (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Web Analytics category, the mindshare of Heap is 4.9%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics is 1.1%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Heap4.9%
IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics1.1%
Other94.0%
Web Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Aditya Sasmal - PeerSpot reviewer
Autocapture has revealed key drop-off points but usability and awareness need improvement
I have been using Heap in my product management journey to understand users and how and where a user actually drops off in a sales funnel for the past six months. I came across Heap when I was searching for a good user market research tool; first I was using Google Analytics to understand the customer review and the customer's mindset, where we can attract more and where customers are dropping, but once I started using Heap, its auto-capture is amazing and does wonders. All the features of Heap are very important, but the standout feature that I experienced was Autocapture, which does amazing work compared to its competitor, Google Analytics. Autocapture is valuable for me because it helps understand the customer journey from the first interaction with the ad or the first interaction with something we are selling to closing the deal. Autocapture does a great job, and this is one of the features I was looking for in Google Analytics and other platforms as well, so I definitely give credits to Heap.
MC
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

"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."
"Discerning application and UX weak points, driving better user retention."
"The reporting has helped improve investor relations and let us quantify our growth and progress with ease."
"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."
"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 ability to create meaningful reports and dashboards to tell stories."
 

Cons

"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."
"It's more expensive."
"The product could benefit from more advanced UI features."
"The technical side requires development skills during implementation. This could be simplified."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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
Real Estate/Law Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Insurance Company
11%
Performing Arts
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
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Questions from the Community

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 for websites with high traffic.
What needs improvement with Heap?
From a user perspective, customizing the interface could offer more flexibility. Customizing and branding the visuals a little bit better would take them to the next level.
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 are required for administrators. However, based on my experience, Heap's design ...
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IBM Coremetrics Digital Marketing Optimization aSuite, IBM Tealeaf, IBM Coremetrics Web Analytics
 

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