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Amplitude vs Google Analytics 360 comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Amplitude
Ranking in Web Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Analysis (1st), Mobile Marketing and Advertising (1st), User Activity Monitoring (4th), AI Data Analysis (5th), AI Customer Experience Personalization (5th)
Google Analytics 360
Ranking in Web Analytics
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Cross-Channel Attribution Providers (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Web Analytics category, the mindshare of Amplitude is 15.6%, up from 14.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Analytics 360 is 12.6%, up from 9.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amplitude15.6%
Google Analytics 36012.6%
Other71.8%
Web Analytics
 

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.
Navcharan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistent Seo Manager at RTDS
Have improved decision-making with effective reporting
Several positive aspects about the product stand out as advantages. Valuable insights can be gained from the unsampled reports available in the product. The cloud type needs to be specified whether it's public, private, or hybrid. The overall rating for Google Analytics 360 is 9 out of 10, where 10 represents the best product.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"Amplitude has impacted my organization positively in a huge way, as everyone uses it to gain insights into user behavior before implementing new features, which leads to massive positive change, data-driven development, lots of learning, and encouragement to use Amplitude in daily work for everyone in the company, not just analysts."
"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 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."
"Amplitude has positively impacted my organization as it allows us to make decisions based on data and iterate faster."
"Amplitude impacts my organization positively as it serves as a central point that allows everyone within the organization to speak the same language of data."
"We can create charts and bar charts for visualization purposes and check real-time data with the solution."
"Having accessible data which can be easily customized and manipulated by even business stakeholders with less technical knowledge is one of the best things."
"Our organization has improved because we have solid data that we can use to analyze the impact of our public policies."
"The User Explorer is a definite favorite because it allows us to pinpoint a user and check their entire journey through our website including all the events triggered and the pages visited."
"It is packed with many of the same reports you'll find in high-priced solutions, especially concerning data relating to real-time visitor tracking."
"As an SEO and digital marketing professional, the two features I have found the most valuable about Google Analytics are the Acquisition tracking and the Goal tracking."
"With Google Analytics, we obtain different metrics from all of the clients that enter our web environment."
 

Cons

"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."
"Amplitude could be improved by being cheaper."
"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."
"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."
"The visualization of the properties can also be enhanced. Basically, the visualization could be better, and the real-time analytics can be enhanced."
"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."
"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."
"The sampling of data is definitely a pain point since we don't have an actual understanding of the data."
"Sometimes, the statistics are not updated in real-time and it takes a little time. There are pages where it updates faster than others."
"An area where I would like to see improvement in Google Analytics is the auto-syncing of functions in Google Tag Manager into Goal tracking."
"Beginner users access the live help section a lot, because of how confusing it is, so it would not be bad if the function was located within the administration section."
"If you do not use JavaScript, you will be invisible to Google Analytics. If you have the option of JavaScript disabled in your browsers, you will be invisible to the data, since the tool will not be able to register you."
"They can improve their Android app."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is a little on the higher end, especially when considering scalability."
"The installation cost is really low and does not require a team with a super performance to run."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Retailer
7%
Performing Arts
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amplitude?
I loved using Amplitude because it allowed me to dive deep into product usage and analyze different customer segments.
What needs improvement with Amplitude?
Amplitude can be improved by allowing more than a two-year look back window for most analyses. Usually, all they offer is that two-year look back window, and longer form time series analysis seems ...
What is your primary use case for Amplitude?
Amplitude is our main product insights system, and it allows us to view the activity on our website and quantify certain KPIs about how users interact with the site. We measure things such as month...
What needs improvement with Google Analytics?
My general rating for Google Analytics 360 is nine out of ten, where ten is the best. This is the most important question regarding room for improvement. They could add new features or enhance exis...
What is your primary use case for Google Analytics?
For Google Analytics 360, I can describe a few use cases and their purposes.
What advice do you have for others considering Google Analytics?
Several positive aspects about the product stand out as advantages. Valuable insights can be gained from the unsampled reports available in the product. The cloud type needs to be specified whether...
 

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