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Amplitude vs Optimizely comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Amplitude
Ranking in Web Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Analysis (1st), Mobile Marketing and Advertising (2nd), User Activity Monitoring (5th), AI Data Analysis (9th), AI Customer Experience Personalization (9th)
Optimizely
Ranking in Web Analytics
13th
Average Rating
9.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (18th), Feature Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Web Analytics category, the mindshare of Amplitude is 13.8%, down from 16.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Optimizely is 4.5%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amplitude13.8%
Optimizely4.5%
Other81.7%
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Featured Reviews

Saurav Bhattacharjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst at Arcteryx
Empowers teams to build visualization-rich reports and make faster decisions using historical user behavior data
I think areas for Amplitude's improvement include data retention. The maximum data I have worked with, the clickstream data on Amplitude, is two years, whereas we rely on Tableau for historical data of at least two years. I am not sure whether it was my organization paying for lower retention or not, but having historical data would take away the reliance on Tableau. Secondly, reconciling clickstream data with Databricks or other AWS systems could help analysts spend less time verifying the accuracy of both sources, which would be really helpful. Lastly, a more focused approach on error logs is necessary. I have found that, at least with Intuit, we used Splunk more for error logs than Amplitude. Although Amplitude had the capability, developers seemed to prefer Splunk, so if that could be improved, it would be good.
it_user623373 - PeerSpot reviewer
AB Testing and Web Optimization Specialist at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's given us a powerful tool that's doesn't limit our test ideas by the confines of code we can or cannot use.
Ease of building the test via HTML, Java, and CSS. It's given us a powerful tool that's doesn't limit our test ideas by the confines of code we can or cannot use The thoroughness of results has helped our company make better decisions for our website. Decisions that help our customers with their…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Amplitude has provided a return on investment, helping us improve campaign targeting and raising personalization accuracy by almost twenty-five percent, while saving us a lot of time since I can see the analysis as quickly as possible in the dashboard, resulting in significant time and money saved."
"Amplitude is a perfect product that will always fulfill all the data-related needs that your company has, and I would suggest anyone to go for it."
"I loved using Amplitude because it allowed me to dive deep into product usage and analyze different customer segments."
"Other areas like cohort analysis, defining key events, and user properties were also well-suited for Amplitude. It is an easy tool to use."
"Amplitude has positively impacted my organization as it allows us to make decisions based on data and iterate faster."
"Thanks to the Amplitude dashboard, we could access all the proper data, and regardless of which team or which part, all teams' decision-making became based on the data extracted by Amplitude, which contributed to a positive data-driven cultural movement."
"We can create charts and bar charts for visualization purposes and check real-time data with the solution."
"Amplitude has provided almost instant value to our dev team when they are deploying new trackable events and seeing how those events line up before they go out to production."
"Optimizely can work for a lot more things than only testing; it is a pretty easy yet powerful tool."
"Customer service is the best in the testing industry; transparent support along with a very strong community."
"Customer service is excellent!"
"Customer service is wonderful."
"Dead simple A/B testing with no code knoweldge needed."
"Optimizely is a great product that has inspired a great community and is the standard for A/B testing."
"ROI: Infinite! (Got 3X conversion improvement using suggestions given by the product during the free evaluation period)"
 

Cons

"I choose nine because, lately, when I was using it, the more people wanted to improve, the more complex things got—not in a good way, but confusing."
"There was a little bit of a problem with pricing since the price of Amplitude was really expensive, and although its features and functionality are powerful, making it worth it, it could be a huge obstacle for startups or those not making lots of money."
"We attempted to use their screen recording and session recording capabilities as a replacement for a previous vendor, and we found that the functionality they offered did not stack up to the previous vendor."
"Setting up reports in Amplitude was challenging for me as a newer user."
"We have seen tagging issues with Amplitude in rare scenarios, which can be improved."
"I give it a nine because it is close to a perfect ten for me, but it is only useful in one layer of the project, not the other, which the tool is supposed to do."
"Regarding how Amplitude can be improved, I think that dashboards and charts are ephemeral; people often create dashboards but rarely revisit them, so while a handful of dashboards might survive, the real value lies in the insight derived from them."
"Amplitude could be improved by being cheaper."
"When testing images or anything involving JavaScript or more than text, they can really slow down the load performance of a page."
"Verifying goals could be easier."
"Better communication with 3rd party implementation"
"Does not allow multipage variants (i.e. allows only variants in elements inside one page)."
"There were previously issues with experiments saving as expected in Classic."
"Exporting statistics provide more statistical data."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is a little on the higher end, especially when considering scalability."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amplitude?
Amplitude and all SaaS software nowadays need to improve their AI feature to keep up with competitors, and my experience with the demo showed it looks cool but needs enhancement.
What is your primary use case for Amplitude?
As a growth marketer, product analytics tools like Amplitude are a powerful weapon for marketers, allowing us to see all user funnels from acquisition to churn and retention. It was really easy to ...
What advice do you have for others considering Amplitude?
There are currently really good product analytics tools, and some are free, but if you want to analyze and see really proper data, especially as a CEO wanting to encounter the truth of your own dat...
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