Comparison

Amplitude vs Pendo

On the evidence we track, Pendo leads this comparison with a composite score of 53/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amplitude48
Pendo53
Score
Vioscale score
Amplitude48 / 100medium · 73%
Pendo53 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Amplitude
Pendo
Model
Amplitudefree
Price level
Amplitudefree
Pendolow
Transparent
Amplitude
Pendo
Integrations
Count
Amplitude9
Pendo51
Security
Disclosure policy
Amplitude
Pendo
Gdpr
Amplitude
Pendo
Hipaa
Amplitude
Pendo
Soc2
Amplitude
Pendo
Reliability
Status page
Amplitude
Pendo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Amplitude

Amplitude is a product analytics platform that enables teams to understand user behavior through analytics, session replay, and experimentation. It integrates AI-powered features for automated analysis and includes capabilities for product, marketing, and business operations.

Independently observed

Pendo

Leader

A cloud-based product experience platform combining behavioral analytics, in-app guidance, session replay, and user feedback capabilities to help teams understand how users interact with their software and drive feature adoption

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 ↗

Pendo

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Custom MAU-based pricing. Free tier available. Volume-based discounts built into all plans.

  • BaseContact sales
    • Product Analytics
    • In-app Guides
  • CoreContact sales
    • Product Analytics
    • In-app Guides
    • Session Replay
  • UltimateContact sales
    • Product Analytics
    • In-app Guides
    • Session Replay
    • Sentiment (NPS, PMF, CSAT surveys)
    • Orchestrate
    • +2 more
  • NovusFree
    • Continuous product monitoring
    • Proactive recommendations in Slack
    • AI-generated PRs
    • Auto-instrumentation via GitHub
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Amplitude
Pendo
iOS
Amplitude
Pendo
Android
Amplitude
Pendo
CLI
Amplitude
Pendo
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amplitude
Pendo

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Snowflake
  • HubSpot

Amplitude

9 total - 7 not shared
  • Hightouch
  • Google BigQuery
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Databricks
  • Postgres
  • Claude
  • Cursor
Independently observed

Pendo

Leader
50 total - 48 not shared
  • Algolia
  • Amazon S3
  • BigQuery
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Calendly
  • Candu
  • Catalyst
  • ChurnZero
  • Confluence
  • Crowdin
  • DataGrail
  • Dataworkz
  • Domo
  • Drift
  • Figma
  • Fivetran
  • Fulcrum
  • G2
  • Gainsight
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Help Scout
  • HelpDocs
  • Integrately
  • Intercom
  • +24 more
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.