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Comparison

Amplitude vs Heap

On the evidence we track, Heap leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amplitude45
★Heap55
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amplitude45 / 100medium · 71%
Heap55 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Model
Amplitudefreemium
Heapfreemium
Price level
Amplitudelow
Heaplow
Transparent
Amplitude✗
Heap✗
Integrations
Count
Amplitude7
Heap7
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Gdpr
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Hipaa
Amplitude✓
Heap–
Iso27001
Amplitude–
Heap✓
Soc2
Amplitude–
Heap✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amplitude6 items
Heap7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for product analytics software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Analytics scope
AmplitudeProduct analytics
HeapProduct analytics
Capture
Autocapture (no-code event capture)
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Analyses
Funnels
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Retention / cohort analysis
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Paths / user journeys
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Session replay
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Experimentation
A/B testing & experimentation
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Feature flags built-in
Amplitude✓
Heap-
Data
Warehouse-native / BYODB
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
Amplitude-
Heap-
Pricing
Free tier
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Compliance
EU data residency option
Amplitude✗
Heap✓
SDKs
Server-side + mobile SDK coverage
Amplitude✓
Heap✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amplitude

A product analytics platform that helps product teams investigate user behavior, track key metrics like retention and funnels, and make data-driven decisions. It emphasizes privacy-by-design with built-in compliance controls for GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA, and includes an AI assistant that can pull context from your other tools.

Independently observed

Heap

Leader

A behavioral analytics platform that automatically collects user interaction events and enables integration with data warehouses for segmentation and customer journey analysis.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amplitude

Usage-basedFree tier

Free: 2M events/month forever. Plus: 2M free + usage-based. Growth/Enterprise: Contact sales for custom pricing.

  • FreeFree
    • AI Agents and MCP
    • Basic Product Analytics
    • Cohort syncs (one-time)
    • 2000 AI feedback records/month
    • 10K monthly session replays
    • +7 more
  • PlusPlus: 2M free + usage-based, up to 70M events/month
    • First 2M events/month free
    • Custom events and formulas
    • Scale up to 70M events/month
    • 20 Behavioral cohorts
    • Alerts
    • +3 more
  • GrowthContact sales
    • Advanced Behavioral Exploration
    • Currency conversion
    • Monitoring and Alerts
    • 20K monthly session replays
    • 2500 active AI Visibility prompts
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Heap

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans use custom session-based pricing; contact sales for quotes.

  • FreeFree
    • Core analytics charts
    • Unlimited enrichment sources
    • Guides integrations
    • 6 months data history
    • SSO
    • +13 more
  • GrowthUsage-based pricing, contact for estimate
    • All Free features
    • Sense AI (AI Powered Assistant)
    • Unlimited users & reports
    • Chart customization
    • CSV exports
    • +2 more
  • ProContact sales
    • All Growth features
    • Account analytics
    • Engagement matrix
    • Report alerts
    • Session Replay (add-on)
    • +2 more
  • PremierContact sales
    • All Pro features
    • Data warehouse integration
    • Behavioral targeting
    • Unlimited projects
    • Advanced user permissions
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
iOS
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
Android
Amplitude✓
Heap✓
CLI
Amplitude✓
Heap✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amplitude✓
Heap✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)
  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • HubSpot

Amplitude

18 total - 15 not shared
  • Hightouch
  • Google BigQuery
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Postgres
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Google Ads
  • Facebook Ads
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Linear
  • Notion
  • Slack
  • GitHub
  • Atlassian
Independently observed

Heap

Leader
8 total - 5 not shared
  • Salesforce
  • Klaviyo
  • Optimizely
  • Google Optimize
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Independently observed
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