Alternatives to Amplitude

Digital analytics platform for understanding user journeys and retention

Pricing: Free up to 50K MTUs, Growth plan pricing is custom

Common pain points:

  • Growth and Enterprise pricing is opaque — requires sales calls
  • Complex setup and event taxonomy planning required upfront
  • Can be overkill for simple websites that just need pageview tracking
  • Query performance slows with very large datasets

2 Alternatives to Amplitude

OpenPanel

Open-source web and product analytics combining Mixpanel's power with Plausible's simplicity

Open Source

Self-hosted is free with unlimited events. Cloud from $2.50/month for 5K events.

  • Combines web analytics and product analytics in one platform
  • Self-hosted version is completely free with no event limits
  • Built-in session replay, funnels, cohorts, and A/B testing

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