Amplitude alternatives
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Amplitude is a product and web analytics platform that combines event analytics, session replay, experimentation, guides and surveys, and AI-powered analysis features.
We only list alternatives we can defend with sourced pricing data.
Top Amplitude alternatives
We compared 16 products and found 14 alternatives · Amplitude pricing is still being verified, so savings are not computed yet · scenario: 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing, USD.
Amplitude’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
We list 14 assessed alternatives; Amplitude's own price is not verified yet, so no cheaper-than claim is made. Amplitude's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK DataBull Hosted Starter (beta) plan | 100% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Pirsch Analytics Standard · 100k plan · missing: MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 80% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Fathom Analytics Base plan · missing: Traffic alerts, MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 60% | $15/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
DataFast Starter · 100k plan web analytics — adjacent | 100% | $19/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Plausible Analytics Starter · 100k plan · missing: Analytics API, MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 60% | $19/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Umami Pro plan · missing: Traffic alerts web analytics — adjacent | 80% | $20/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Simple Analytics Self-serve plan · missing: Traffic alerts, MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 60% | $20/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Seline Analytics Pro · 100k plan · missing: Traffic alerts web analytics — adjacent | 80% | $24/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Matomo Cloud plan web analytics — adjacent | 100% | $25.66/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Piwik PRO Business plan · missing: Traffic alerts, MCP server for AI agents web analytics — adjacent | 60% | $42/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Humblytics Business plan · missing: Traffic alerts web analytics — adjacent | 80% | $79/mo how? ⓘ | — |
Which Amplitude alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Mixpanel — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 80%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 100%
- Best paid drop-in
- DataBull — $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) · covers 100%
- Need event tracking, pageview analytics, analytics API or MCP server for AI agents?
- Mixpanel — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need traffic alerts?
- DataBull — from $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Amplitude has that the top alternatives lack.
- Analytics API — Pull analytics data programmatically via an API.Missing from Minilytics, Umami.
- Traffic alerts — Get notified (email, Slack, Telegram…) when traffic spikes or drops, or a metric crosses a threshold.Missing from Mixpanel, PostHog, Minilytics, Umami.
- MCP server for AI agents — Official MCP server so AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT…) can query your analytics.Missing from Minilytics, Umami.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Amplitude vs the top alternatives, on the 5 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Amplitude | Mixpanel | PostHog | Minilytics | Umami |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event tracking from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pageview analytics from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analytics API from Growth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Traffic alerts from Plus | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MCP server for AI agents | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | — | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Self-hosted (open source) | $0/mo Hobby |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Amplitude covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Event tracking — from Free
- ✓ Pageview analytics — from Free
- ✓ Analytics API — from Growth
- ✓ Traffic alerts — from Plus
- ✓ MCP server for AI agents
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://amplitude.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://amplitude.com/pricing?siteLocation=nav (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
Is there a free Amplitude alternative?
Yes. Mixpanel has a free plan that covers 80% of the 5 capabilities we compared against Amplitude.
What is the cheapest Amplitude alternative?
In our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing), Mixpanel is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Amplitude alternative with Traffic alerts?
DataBull covers Traffic alerts and costs $9/mo (Hosted Starter (beta) plan) in our scenario.
Does Amplitude have a free plan?
Yes. Amplitude's free plan is limited to 2,000,000 pageviews or events/month.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.
