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Product analytics · October 2026 Edition

Amplitude Analytics vs Mixpanel

Ten of fourteen models named Amplitude Analytics first on the direct prompt; three named Mixpanel. Both were named by all fourteen models and Amplitude Analytics carries 74 labels and Mixpanel 70, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Amplitude Analytics

endorsed leader

By Amplitude, United States. Named in one category this edition.

Mixpanel

accepted challenger

San Francisco, United States, founded 2009. Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share34%24%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels7470A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Amplitude Analytics reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.PostHog was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Amplitude Analytics vs PostHog · Amplitude Analytics vs Pendo · Amplitude Analytics vs Heap

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the product analytics page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Amplitude AnalyticsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMixpanel
Direct103
Paraphrase731 against Amplitude Analytics · 1 against Mixpanel
Comparative106
Budget-constrained165 against Amplitude Analytics
Scale-constrained22
Negative008 against Amplitude Analytics · 9 against Mixpanel
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Amplitude Analytics and Mixpanel were named in the same answer 210 times, of the 227 answers naming Amplitude Analytics and the 519 naming Mixpanel. In those answers Mixpanel took the first choice thirty-nine times and Amplitude Analytics sixty-one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Amplitude Analytics and Mixpanel stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Amplitude Analytics Mixpanel first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Amplitude Analytics on the left and Mixpanel on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Amplitude Analytics and Mixpanel stood in it.

Amplitude Analytics first, Mixpanel an alternative

10 of 14 modelsMixpanel was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
Perplexity SonarAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Gainsight PX, June, Mixpanel, Pendo
Grok 4.1 FastAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo
Mistral SmallAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, Pendo
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Mixpanel, PostHog
Llama 4 MaverickAmplitude Analytics, Heap
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
GLM 4.7 FlashXAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, PostHog
MiniMax M2.5Amplitude Analytics, Pendo alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, PostHog
Muse Glimmer 30BAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, June, Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog

Mixpanel first, Amplitude Analytics an alternative

3 of 14 modelsAmplitude Analytics was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, Pendo, PostHog
Kimi K2Mixpanel, PostHog alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, Heap
GPT-6 LunaMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, PostHog

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Pendo alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, Heap, Mixpanel

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Mixpanel leads by twenty-six points.
Mixpanel34%#2 of 8
Amplitude Analytics9%#3 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Amplitude Analytics leads at mid-market.
Amplitude Analytics34%#1 of 7
Mixpanel24%#2 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Amplitude Analytics leads by forty-three points.
Amplitude Analytics56%#1 of 11
Mixpanel13%#3 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Amplitude Analytics

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“it is strong for product analytics, but some sources note add-ons ... can require extra line items, and the learning curve can be steep” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“their paid tiers (Growth and Enterprise) are expensive (often starting at several hundred to over a thousand dollars per month)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · soft negative
“"Bill shock." ... the jump to their paid tiers can be a massive financial leap for a small company.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Amplitude is a category leader in product analytics known for its deep behavioral data visualization, cohort analysis, and predictive insights.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Amplitude if you want deep behavioral segmentation, experimentation, session replay and in-app guidance on a single event model” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For a 500-person company, you may want to consider platforms like Amplitude or Pendo that offer advanced features and scalability.” Llama 4 Maverick · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Mixpanel

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“"Highest Caution: Mixpanel … When to avoid: If handling sensitive user data or EU users"ate"ated security incidents” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Mixpanel | Team-wide adoption & UI | Exceptional visual query builder, highly democratized, great warehouse-syncing features, predictable MTU-based pricing.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Mixpanel: The Pure-Play Event Analytics Champion ... Its user interface is arguably the cleanest and most intuitive on the market.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.