Amplitude is cheaper, but covers only 2 of 5 compared capabilities
$0/mo (Free) vs Piwik PRO Business at $42/mo — covering 40% of the 5 compared capabilities.
Cheaper. Not the same job.
Comparison scenario
Every cheaper-than claim is tied to a defined scenario — never a bare list price.
50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Business plan at $42/mo, the cheapest paid plan.
Free: 0 USD/monthly.
Piwik PRO costs $42/mo on the Business plan at 50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 5 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
Amplitude covers 40% of the 5 capabilities compared against Piwik PRO. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Amplitude | Piwik PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Pageview analytics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Privacy-focused analytics | ✗ | ✓ |
| Analytics API | ↑ Growth | ✓ |
| Revenue attribution | ↑ Growth | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Piwik PRO has that Amplitude lacks.
- Privacy-focused analytics — Track visitors without using personally identifying data.Missing from Amplitude.
- Analytics API — Pull analytics data programmatically via an API.Missing from Amplitude.
- Revenue attribution — Link revenue back to the marketing source that generated it.Missing from Amplitude.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Usage | Piwik PRO | Amplitude |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 pageviews or events/month | $42/moBusiness | $0/mocheaperFree |
| 50,000 pageviews or events/month | $42/moBusiness | $0/mocheaperFree |
| 250,000 pageviews or events/month | $42/moBusiness | $0/mocheaperFree |
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Free | Free |
| Plus | Contact sales |
| Growth | Contact sales |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
| Business | $42/mo |
| Enterprise – Data Fundamentals | $426.97/mo (billed yearly) |
| Enterprise – Trusted Insights | Contact sales |
| Enterprise – Secure Intelligence | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is Amplitude than Piwik PRO?
100% cheaper in our scenario (50,000 pageviews or events/month, 1 site, monthly billing): $0/mo on Free vs $42/mo on Business. That is $504 a year. But it covers only 2 of 5 compared capabilities, so it isn't a like-for-like replacement.
What does Amplitude lack compared with Piwik PRO?
Privacy-focused analytics, Analytics API, Revenue attribution — 3 of the 5 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Piwik PRO: 2026-10-26; Amplitude: 2026-10-26 — on the official pricing pages.
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 & freshness
- https://piwik.pro/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://piwik.pro/pricing/#wp--skip-link--target (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- Amplitude data last verified 2026-10-26