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Amplitude

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Umami

In-depth comparison to help you make the right choice for your product analytics needs

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Amplitude

Product Analytics

Comprehensive digital analytics platform combining behavioral insights, experimentation, and session replay to drive user retention.

Pricing
Free - Custom
11,000+
Founded 2012
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Umami

Web Analytics

Simple, fast, privacy-focused web analytics that serves as a lightweight, cookie-free alternative to Google Analytics.

Pricing
Free - $20/mo
34,000+
Founded 2020

Best For

Who should use each platform

Amplitude
Product Teams
Data Teams
Enterprise
Startups
B2B SaaS
Mobile Apps
Marketing Teams
Umami
Indie Makers
Startups
Non-Technical Users

Pricing Breakdown

Compare pricing options and trial availability

Amplitude
Starting Price
Free - Custom
Free tier available
No free trial
Special Offer

Startup Scholarship (1 year free Growth plan for startups <$10M funding)

Umami
Starting Price
Free - $20/mo
Free tier available
No free trial
Special Offer

Open-source version is free forever if self-hosted

Integrations

Available integrations for each platform

Amplitude
Segment
Snowflake
Salesforce
HubSpot
Braze
Intercom
Google Tag Manager
BigQuery
Optimizely
Slack
Umami
WordPress
VuePress
Gatsby
Nuxt
Docusaurus
Flutter
Python
JavaScript API

Strengths

What users love about each platform

Amplitude

  • • Generous free plan (10K Monthly Tracked Users)
  • • Unified platform for Analytics, Session Replay, and Experimentation
  • • Advanced behavioral cohorts and predictive AI
  • • Warehouse-native architecture (Snowflake/BigQuery support)
  • • Autocapture capabilities via Browser SDK

Umami

  • • Open-source and self-hostable (free)
  • • Privacy-first (GDPR/CCPA compliant, no cookie banners)
  • • Extremely lightweight script (<2KB)
  • • Simple, intuitive UI requiring no training

Limitations

What could be better with each platform

Amplitude

  • • Steep learning curve due to depth of features
  • • Pricing based on MTUs can become expensive at scale
  • • Requires disciplined data governance implementation
  • • Advanced features (Experiment, Predictive) locked in higher tiers

Umami

  • • Limited data retention on free cloud plan (6 months)
  • • Less advanced cohorts/segmentation than heavy product analytics tools
  • • Self-hosting requires technical maintenance (Docker)

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