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Product analytics · October 2026 Edition

Pendo vs Heap

Two of fourteen models named Pendo first on the direct prompt; one named Heap. Both were named by all fourteen models and Pendo carries 46 labels and Heap 51, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Pendo

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

Heap

accepted challenger

By Contentsquare, Paris, France, founded 2008. Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share10%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%24%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels4651A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Pendo reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Amplitude Analytics was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Amplitude Analytics vs Pendo · Amplitude Analytics vs Heap · Mixpanel vs Pendo

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.
PendoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHeap
Direct211 against Pendo
Paraphrase211 against Heap
Comparative00
Budget-constrained002 against Heap
Scale-constrained201 against Heap
Negative005 against Pendo · 8 against Heap
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, Pendo and Heap were named in the same answer 103 times, of the 453 answers naming Pendo and the 225 naming Heap. In those answers Heap took the first choice zero times and Pendo thirteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Pendo and Heap 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
Pendo Heap first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Pendo on the left and Heap on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Pendo and Heap stood in it.

Pendo first, Heap an alternative

2 of 14 modelsHeap was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Pendo alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, Heap, Mixpanel
MiniMax M2.5Amplitude Analytics, Pendo alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, PostHog

Heap first, Pendo not the choice

1 of 14 modelsPendo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickAmplitude Analytics, Heap

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
Gemini 3.5 FlashMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, 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
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog
Kimi K2Mixpanel, PostHog alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, Heap
GLM 4.7 FlashXAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, Mixpanel, PostHog
Muse Glimmer 30BAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Heap, June, Mixpanel, Pendo, PostHog

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmplitude Analytics alternatives: Mixpanel, PostHog
GPT-6 LunaMixpanel alternatives: Amplitude Analytics, PostHog

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
Pendo leads by two points.
Pendo2%#5 of 8
Heap0%#6 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Pendo leads by seven points.
Pendo10%#4 of 7
Heap3%#5 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Pendo leads by eighteen points.
Pendo18%#2 of 11
Heap0%#9 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Pendo

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

“I'd recommend Amplitude for pure analytics power, or Pendo if you want to combine insights with in-product engagement” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with Amplitude or Pendo as they balance powerful features with reasonable pricing” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Heap

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

“Post-acquisition decline... Heap and Mixpanel have the most documented customer pain points” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Heap (now by Contentsquare) – Be highly cautious” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Heap - works best for mid-market B2B SaaS teams and non-technical product managers who need fast time-to-insight without engineering overhead.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Heap is ideal for mid-market B2B SaaS teams and non-technical product managers who need fast time-to-insight” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“if you are under pressure to show immediate results and lack engineering resources, Heap will win you the most internal friends.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · alternative
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.